First post of 2010

So, I may come to neglect this blog but I am writing daily on another blog, intimateteam.blogspot.com. You should check it out.

My goal is to maintain them both with separate and different writing. We shall see how this goes. I was reading the title of my blog the other day and realized how pretentious it may sound on first glance. This is probably my biggest communication failure is that what I am saying is not how it is often perceived. Again and again I get strange looks for the things I say that in my head don't sound rude but when they come out because of some poor choice of words combined with my monotonous or poorly inflected tone cause people to take offense. This is something I am working to correct. So I am going to change the blog title to "An attempt at living righteously and with integrity for me, a twentysomething man". Catchy, isn't it? Maybe not but that is what I meant. This blog is meant to discover what Integrity and Righteousness are all about and how they apply to me a guy in his 20s which I still have 9 years of so I figured if I document the revelations and confirmations of said revelations throughout my 20s I will know what it takes to get to wherever I am when I am 30.
 Ten years is a long time to consider as a learning period. But then again so is 30. Jesus spent 30 years observing and learning. He was that guy who lived at home till he was 30 working for his dad. Its so strange to think of the fact that Jesus knew he would spend 30 years learning to spend 1/10th of that time physically doing ministry. Can you imagine that? I suppose its like the Olympics (Though, I've never competed in the Olympics) You prepare your whole life for maybe one chance to compete you win the Gold and then you no longer can compete at the same level. You could teach and train others but never would you have the impact you had when you first were able. That first surge of believers had to be radical, I mean it was illegal . Every day was a risk. We let the good news become nothing but a good story. I know I am not nearly as excited about sharing Jesus with others as I should be. I have such opportunity lately. For a God ordained reason I have friends, former schoolmates, and former co-workers that are dying to know some form of purpose and I don't know how to communicate to them the awesomeness that is Jesus and the love and redemption He brings. God I pray that you would Open up the doors for me to communicate who you are with them.