Where Do I Go From Here? Beyond Text

I’ve been outlining where I go from here and did so on the basis that God is one who gives direction and to receive it requires humility and excitement in the knowledge that life isn’t aimless and pure drudgery.  In the last entry I also shared some of my hopes about where my writing goes from here especially in terms of here on the blog and other topics I hope to traverse eventually.

I mentioned another reinvigoration for the LJN blog and this might also be the home for some new audio material that I’m developing.  One rough demo has already been recorded and is being re-edited presently, but the plan is that the audio project will become a more stable part of my rhythm of life with possible weekly offerings.

Those won’t just be posted on that blog, but will also be a contributing feature on The Gospel Show on GFM every Sunday from 7am to 10am, produced and presented by my dear friend Natasha Moore.  (You can hear it online so not living in Gloucester is no excuse to ignore the show!)  The audio thing is something I’ve been keen to do for a while and Natasha’s show provides incentive and motivation to put the planning into action.

I’m taking baby steps in following where I believe I should go from here and a priority in that is being a part of developing Christian community from where I am and making those links in my local area to use them as opportunities to develop relationships.  As beneficial as online and computer based activities are and they would appeal to the part of me that would like to remain a hermit, the call of God is one for relationship.  The girls need to see what all this Word stuff means in the light of the world in which they live in and bedtime bible time ain’t going to cover it.  So linking with believers and doing Jesus life together is part of the next step and seeing what develops from there.

As mentioned in an earlier blog, this is an exciting time and a very challenging one as well.  As hinted earlier, the wife is in the family way and at this stage requires more help from the bloke who’s meant to be here husband.  So other than the pursuit for God specifically there’s its application in the home that becomes even more crucial at this crossroads of DMCD’s life story.

I believe, however, that this is not a place I’ve reached by chance.  I believe this is not some fluke, or even part of the larger machinations in my head.  I believe it’s part of where God would have us to be for this season in life and I endeavour to submit my will to his so that as the song below so beautifully suggests wherever I go God’s Spirit will follow me – not just in a lapdog kinda way, but a protective reassuring way that says that yo, He is with me, His rod and staff comfort me, goodness and mercy pursue me and He shall not forsake me.

For His Name’s Sake

Shalom

dmcd