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the bloggings will continue // Friday E-Devotion

I enjoy teasing my children.  Taking our two girls to school this morning, I heard myself say this: "until further notice, the bloggings and beatings will continue."  Did you catch that?  Should have been "floggings".  Oh my.
 
The truth comes out.  Our world has changes in SO MANY ways just in the years I have been around.  Lots of cable TV stations in the 80's, cell phones in the 90's, the Internet, disposable diapers....you get the picture.  Our lives have been thrust into overdrive with the changes.
 
Hebrews 10:24 (nlt) --- Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.

Proverbs 10:21 (nlt) --- The words of the godly encourage many...
One of those changes is blogging.  Yes, I am into this stuff, and ministry has some awesome stuff and people that offer great wisdom each and every day.  If I am not careful, I could spend hours there, and every time I spend a few minutes I take in all kinds of ideas and encouragement. 
 
Some people should not blog.  Plain and simple.  They have little or nothing to say.
 
Other should blog.  They are gifted writers or leaders and givers.  For me it is about sharing these devotions and being an encourager of people, some I know and some I don't.
 
Therefore, the bloggings will continue.
 
Just like the encouragement that God gifted me and you with to give to others, here is another to pass on the good, to share some warnings and to motivate others with what God is doing in our lives.  This is good stuff.
 
So as I close, I want to give a shout out to some of the bloggers that really encourage me (this is not an all inclusive list by no means...just a few to let you know what I am saying): Craig Groeschel, Gary Lamb, Perry Noble, Ken Wilson, Mark Batterson, Tony Morgan,  Greg AtkinsonSteven Furtick, Art Rogers.

Comments

ken said…
thanks for the shout! Humbling to be listed with such good company.
ken
I, too, thank you for the shout out. Could a brother not be listed on your links, though? :)

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