Every once in a while, I wonder why I do any of this - blog, write on Facebook or tweet on Twitter.
Especially Twitter - what sometimes seems like a giant black hole - where my 140-characters-or-less are sucked into a deep, dark abyss the second they are posted.
Who cares (with the possible exception of my family and closest friends) what a want-to-be psalmist with a camera on Pollywog Creek in the Rural South has to say about anything anyway? (violins playing in the background)
If it weren't for the handful of perfectly delightful and lovely souls (you know who you are) who latch onto some of those sinking characters and engage me for a moment before they forever disappear, I'd shaken the dust off my twittering feet (or should I say fingers) and moved on long ago.
Today was one of those dust-shaking-off days - when I inched this close to calling my twittering days over.
Then my lovely and creative writer friend Heather Holleman posted Why I'm Now Using Twitter...
And I read Jeff Goins' Does Twitter Make You a Better Writer?"...
And John Piper tweeted that fabulous quote about not being in a hurry that I was so grateful to see...
And I remembered what I've known all along - that blogging, facebooking (?), twittering, and life never have been (or should be) about me.
Photos: Red-headed and red-bellied woodpeckers from my short walk around Pollywog Creek this July afternoon.
8 comments:
I love today's pictures.I have sometimes wondered as well,why go to the bother of putting together a post.Deep down inside,I do know why.My friends live in my computer and I want to share with them.
I haven't seen the red-headed woodpecker here but we had them in our forest in Mississippi. The red-bellied variety are so lovely and come regularly to the feeder. Haven't seen the pileated woody woodpecker looking into my mom's room this week... perhaps too much outdoor activity going on.
Great photos! We have pileated woodpeckers here, and they are always a treat to see.
I enjoyed that quote by John Piper.
I do not tweet or hang out in facebook, but I do enjoy blogging. It's a way to share our lives, loves, creativeness, our beliefs, our joys and sorrows. We are encouraged and inspired and hopefully do the same for others.
Have a nice holiday ~ FlowerLady
Good thoughts today, sweetheart, and great pictures! I love that quote SO much.
Spectacular pictures Pat! How amazing that you are able to bring out the beauty of God's creation as you do. He has gifted you, and I am blessed! I am glad that you continue to Facebook, Blog and Tweet! After all, you are the one that got me started!!! :) Continue to press on towards the goal of the high calling in Christ Pat! This is a ministry to our hearts and souls! Hugs my friend!
i was just contemplating the same thing this week and came to the same conclusion...all for the glory of God!
and your photos and the piper quote? bliss!
may you continue to see Him in all today, patricia!
megan
exquisite, this post. what a perfect reminder... thank you.
I was just reading this post when up popped a tweet from you about a post on spiritual depression. Now I'm going to go read it! Sometimes God has a really funny sense of timing.
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