My (ahem) Brilliant Blog

I had a great idea for a blog—really! I thought of it during the prayer during devotions this morning. Unfortunately, multiple aspects of my job stymied me before I could return to my desk to jot my idea down. It was later when I remembered that I forgot to remember it that I couldn’t remember what it was. I do know that it was quite witty and profound.
I did have what I thought was a good blog idea, and I did forget it; however, forgetting it made me realize that sometimes I get so wrapped up in my trying to make the world look more like I want it to look that I forget about the reality of where I am now. The contacts I had today with people will likely make more of an impact than the words I post tonight.
Too often it is easy to get involved in ourselves that we forget that it is not about us. Our human nature (aka original sin) makes us so utterly egocentric that we don’t realize we are focusing only on ourselves. We justify ourselves with nice-sounding phrases, but lose our real focus. Our real focus is on Christ. His life, His death, His resurrection; and then we turn that focus towards others and help them keep their focus on Christ. Yet human nature keeps popping up and turning us back onto ourselves. Lord, have mercy on us! We can’t even keep the first commandment, let alone the other ten!
I still wish I could remember the other blog idea—I know it wasn’t nearly so rambling. . .