Well, it has been a while...

Ok, so...anything happen in the last 5 years?  Hoo boy.

Obviously, I didn't follow through on my first post's stated intentions - though the idea still rattles around in my head from time-to-time.  A little over half a decade has passed since then...a few things have changed in me, my life, my various communities, and the larger world.

Last night, my wife and I were discussing those changes (as we are often wont to do), and she stated - rather strongly - that I should begin documenting my journey; writing down my perceptions, and subsequent thoughts, about all that is happening to me and how I process the world and its goings-on.  She even thinks there might be other people who would actually want to read them - no seriously, she really thinks that!  I harbor no such illusions, of course.

However, I have learned that writing, as well as speaking, my thoughts "out loud" helps a great deal to make them better.  In fact I would say, as I have learned from others, speaking (and writing) is part of the thinking process.

Now, I have even less time these days than I did five years ago...and I struggle to find necessary quantities of it just to take care of my current responsibilities - without adding blogging to the mix.  For instance, I need to devote far more of my time to study of God's word/Word, visiting church members, upkeep of the church house necessities, etc.  And, of course (oh yeah, I sometimes start and end sentences with prepositions), that is not to even speak of family, farm, and day-job, duties that I have to deal with (<-- see?  a preposition).

So, there are pros and cons, or as we now say in my family "shrimp", to this blogging.  What?  Oh, the shrimp thing.  Well, for that, you'd have to know my family (wife, 3 kids).  You see we really love each other.  We love each other so much, in fact, that we instantly notice even the most minor "mis-speak" one of us commits, immediately run with it, and NEVER forget it.  Most importantly, we never let the offender forget it.  So, yesterday, on the way to Lowe's after church, we were discussing what we had each learned from the sermon(s).  At one point, I was discussing some pros and cons - I don't remember now about what - but instead of pros and cons, I said prons (pronounced prawns - you know, shrimp?), and the rest is now history...

Anyway, blogging has its shrimp.  We'll see which way they lean for me, as to whether I'll actually continue this time around.  For now, I'll see if one-a-week works.

In closing, I'll just make one other commitment, and ask for one from you, should you actually read this:  I will pray for you...and I humbly ask that you pray for me.  God bless!

Brother Ron Colson