Benefits I Get From Writing Blogs

-While I have mostly been writing these
blogs to, hopefully, benefit other people, I realized that writing these
blogs has some personal benefits as well.

When it was first suggested to that I write a blog, I was not AT ALL keen on
the idea. To be honest, I wasn't even sure what a blog is. To say that I am
"challenged" when it comes to technology would be an understatement! But,
before rejecting the idea outright, I figured it would only be wise to
discuss it with the Lord. So I prayed and I knew that God wanted me to do
it. So I figured that, if nothing else, it was an opportunity to obey God.
Never a bad thing. So, I admit that I started writing these blogs more to
obey God than because I wanted to.

However, after writing the blogs for  some time, I have come to the
conclusion that these blogs provide benefits other than an opportunity to
obey God.For one thing they help to pass time. With so many long hours to fill up, I
am always looking for something to do to help pass the time. Because I have
to bop out one letter at a time with my head, it takes me a long time to
write anything. It takes me 3-4 hours to write a blog, usually in two
sittings, and those 3-4 hours seem to fly by.

I lead a lonely life. Lonely because I am alone most of the time but also lonely because, even when I am with people, I can't take part in any conversations. But, when I am working on my blog, I don't feel lonely. In fact, I prefer to be alone with as few distractions as possible.

These blogs are a good way of keeping my thoughts from wandering all over the place. In most of my blogs, I talk a lot about God. So, while I am writing these blogs, I don't have to struggle to keep my thoughts on  God like some other times.

I also learn from these blogs. Of course, I hope other people are learning from these blogs as well. I usually have a general idea of what to write about but the specifics don't come until I actually begin to write. Then I find that what comes out may be something that I never thought of before. Or perhaps it is a reminder of things that I already know. Or, sometimes, I have to say ouch as it is a bit of a reprimand. There are times that the blogs help me to understand both God and myself better. And so on.

These blogs have turned out to be more of a blessing to me than I ever thought they would be. Hopefully, they are a blessing to other people as well.