This is new...

This is a new adventure for me. I have never before undertaken my own blog. But one thing my husband has a heart to be is a producer and not simply a consumer. All day long we receive input from a multitude of sources. We consume information as quickly as the present converts the future into the past. Not that all consuming is bad, especially coming from a Christ centered source, but I do not wish to simply consume until my heart's content without pouring myself back out and producing something of value.

So here we are. This is my attempt to take on the challenge that my husband has indirectly put on my heart.

The title of my blog is "The Pinnacle of Necessity". My dear friend and sister, Shelli Majeski has a saying that has also taken root in my own life: to be needy for Jesus. There is a deep need for Jesus Christ in my life, whether or not I always recognize it. But in those times when the eyes of my heart are enlightened and I truly see how much I need him, it is glorious. I want to strive to be in that place of desperate neediness for him.

Psalm 40:17, "Yet I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; O my God, do not delay."

Jesus is a necessity in my life. And not just any necessity, he is the pinnacle of necessity; there is no necessity higher than him. The goal of this blog will be to #1 continually remind myself, through my own writings, of that fact: I need him. And #2 implore my readers to see that they also have a great need Jesus Christ. And not just in an intellectual assent to fact, churchy lingo, "need". Most Christians these days would acknowledge that they "need" Jesus (I do). But do we live like it? I'm talking about a deeply felt, personal need for the presence and grace of Jesus Christ every, single day of our lives. A neediness that drives me into his arms because I recognize that there is no where else to go, he has the words of eternal life (John 6:68).

I pray that the Lord will bless this endeavor to produce some light into this dark world. And I pray that this will encourage and challenge those who choose to read it.