This is another in-the-meantime post, because I STILL haven't gotten my big one together yet.
Today, I thought I would share with you a neat story that happened recently.
A little while ago, I decided to close my blog.
I wrote up a Farewell blog post, and decided that I would end it with a bang, so I made plans for a really awesome post about God.
I'll let you read a piece of my Farewell which gives you the reason for folding.
"I have received lots of encouragement from my family and friends, but I always felt that I needed to have a vision, a purpose for why I was writing. But I didn't have anything.
In short, I don't feel like I am "called" to be writing this blog, and so I'd rather not. I have thoroughly enjoyed updating it and am very thankful to all of my encouragers, and if God shows me that I should pick it up again, I will, but for now, I am putting it to rest.
It will still be here for you all to read if you feel like going back over my posts, but I will not be updating.
SO. I thought, as a farewell post, I should write something awesome! And what is more awesome than God Himself?
The following post is a small, quick picture of my Savior. I know I won't be able to do Him justice, but I hope it is a cool snapshot.
So this is it for this post, my next one will be the OFFICIAL farewell, and much less gloomy than this one, I promise. ;)
Until then!
~Keturah"
The same day that I officially decided to close it, I received a Facebook message from someone encouraging me, and telling me that they love Counting Blessings. That gave me a little remorseful feeling, but I had known that people would be disappointed, so I wasn't discouraged.
Only a few hours later we went to a meal at our church, a man whom I know came by to tell me that some people that he had read my blog to were very excited about my writing.
I thought, Okay...It's fine. They can get over it. I don't have a reason for writing, so I am still going to close it.
The next day I found a post that I had written a while ago and never published, so I posted it, and someone commented to tell me that they love my blog.
Seriously, it was like everyone was trying to get me to keep it, even though I had not told a soul my plans.
The next day I got ANOTHER Facebook message, again, encouraging me, telling me to keep writing.
By that time I was seriously doubting my own judgement. The next day, I finally consulted my dad.
"Should I keep posting on my blog?" I asked.
"Why is that even a question?" He said.
I explained the situation, (excluding all of the encouraging people) and he told me why he thought I should keep it.
By the end of it, I basically said, "You know what, I can take a hint."
It was too much, and too direct, to ignore.
I have decided that I will keep writing, without a vision or a mission statement, because even though I don't have a purpose for Counting Blessings, obviously God does.
So that's it! This is not my second last post friends, I will probably have many more to come. :)
