Living over Blogging - Guest Post
A blogger recently posted an article entitled, Do it, Don’t Blog It. I think the author improved on this title in the comments by saying he should have entitled it Do it, Don’t JUST Blog It. However, I really appreciated his thoughts. But bloggers, Facebook, Twitter, and the like are easy targets for people.
The point does not just apply to social networking stuff. The principle of fusing both thought and action is a thing humans have struggled with for centuries. If you find yourself only a sheep in one of these flocks, perhaps its time to jump the fence and peruse a bit. Given we are all Westerners, the most prevalent temptation is to live your life out in your mind only. Movies can give you feelings of joy. Books can give you a sense of adventure. Sermons give you a sense of knowing the truth, Television shows can even give you perceptions of friendship or companionship.
But living is far better than blogging; actual relationships far better than even the good artisitic expressions of same. Walking with God far better than just affirming beliefs about Him. Being led by the Spirit much better than creatively describing the Trinity.
Do not believe for one second I see no value, even equal value, in the blogs, ponderings, art, writing, etc. that feeds the mind with all sorts of good things. But to indulge too highly on this plane alone will leave your soul dysfunctional and detached from reality.
Translation-Get out there and live out all you know and believe to be right and good and beautiful. Change can be born out of a blog or a tweet but must be carried forth into the real world.
Dan - NeighborLink Volunteer
