January 22, 2012

• Sidetracks and Rabbit Trails

  In December, 2011 this blogger was on a roll, hot on the trail of completing a series of blog posts; but then came January, 2012, sidetracks and rabbit trails.

  First was my new Kindle Fire, a gift from my generous brother for Christmas and a new exercise to test the adage about teaching old dogs new tricks.  Internet blogging is already a new trick in progress for this old dog; still pecking away at my old PC just wondering about laptops, I pads and the like.  Suddenly this amazing new portable portal is dropped into my lap; and off on the sidetrack and down the rabbit trail I went!  And I’ll likely continue my wandering about trying to find my bearings there for awhile.

  Then suddenly colder weather aggravated my arthritis and neuropathy, rendering me nearly immobile at times, and making keyboarding only occasionally possible after much aspirin.

  When I could actually punch keys, I worked on attracting some new friends and also personal-service helpers from among my West Central Indiana neighbors using OurTime.com and other people search tools.  I did meet a few very nice people but, so far, no one close enough to get together very often.

  Even as I looked for helpers for myself, I needed to help my mother maintain her independence more often this month.  Those of you with elderly parents living nearby will understand what I mean.  And this is a privilege for me and not, as it may sound, a complaint.

  As I wrote these, I began to realize that sidetracks and rabbit trails have been merely a coping mechanism this month.  Really I’ve been trying to cope with a disappointment and the writer’s block it caused.

  My whole reason for blogging is to encourage people to know Our Creator as intimately as I do, to discover for themselves the intimate fellowship they can have with Our Living God right now, which is far beyond the printed page of history.  How can I finish my series What Is Ours In Christ Jesus when apparently no one is even slightly interested in the very foundation of it!

  So, I’ll dabble here with less important subjects for awhile until the Lord gives me clearer direction about if and when to major in the Major again.

   

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