Blog Post 001

8/6/2009

"I'm going to start a blog."

These are the words I spoke to my wife. I expected a drumroll or a gasp of awe at the words... but not so much. Not that my wife doesn't support me, she does. She's been with me step by step since we said "I do"... or "I will" as it were. I love my wife. I love God. I love Jesus Christ, who is God, but also became man in order to save His people. These are but the beginning of the reasons I want to start a blog. I want to write my thoughts, keep a journal. If my thoughts could be helpful to others, I'd like them available. So, I logged into blogger.com and clicked "started a blog". I was directed to the following prompts:
Blog title:
Blog address
(URL):

Having just come back from Airdrie, Scotland on a mission trip, I tried:
covenanter
http://covenanter.blogspot.com/

I clicked "Check availability".

Sorry, this blog address is not available

What? Someone else has thought to use the same address? I had expected such trouble, so I opened a new tab and took a look at "covenanter.blogspot.com". I wanted to see the success of the person who had the address which I myself would have chosen. I felt a kinship with this person even before the page loaded. When it did, however, I saw one post, dated Wednesday, October 18, 2006. I read the post. This person was a fan of Reformed Theology. I am a fan of Reformed Theology. This person had started this blog but hadn't updated it since 2006. I felt a bit of resentment toward them. They were taking a space that someone else wanted... and weren't even using it! I quickly tried a few others.

http://reformed.blogspot.com/
1 post dated Tuesday, August 05, 2003

http://protestant.blogspot.com/
2 posts... most recent dated Saturday, January 25, 2003

http://psalmsinger.blogspot.com/
not a single post

This was irritating. I quickly tried a few others randomly...

http://blogthought.blogspot.com/
1 post dated Tuesday, March 08, 2005. This post reads: "Very late... thinking about what's next.... all alone here. found this blog site... let's see what happens.
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http://devoted.blogspot.com/
1 post dated Monday, November 13, 2000. This post reads: "I'm not even sure why I even made or even signed up for this thing."

Why was this so difficult? Why was I so irritated? These people all had aspirations to become exceptional bloggers. I'm sure they pondered what name to give their mind's voicebox. They had clever titles. They had reserved the coveted URLs. Why hadn't they followed through? Would I do just the same? Would someone come to my blog someday and find irritation at only reading what they've just read. Is someone reading this right now irritated at me?

http://irritated.blogspot.com/
2 posts... most recent dated Thursday, January 23, 2003. This post reads: "ll"

Perhaps I won't start a blog today.