Why This Blog Exists

In today's media glistening lifestyle, blogs have become the icon of free speech and have given thousands of people the hope of being heard. There are blogs for multinational corporations, personal passions, and even for dogs. Hundreds of thousands of people write about a huge variety of subjects with one goal in mind: to be popular in the eyes of the public.

With this in mind, why am I starting a blog? Why do I even have the desire to write? Why should I even strive to be heard? Why do we, as human beings, even long to shine in a universe with billions of other stars? I'm not claiming to have the answers, but I do hope to shed some light on the subject.

We, as far as I can tell, strive to be significant because of sin. That's right. Blogs are just another temptation to be selfish and prideful and self-centered. Philippians 2:3 commands us to "do nothing out of selfish ambition or vein conceit." Now don't get me wrong. I am not in anyway saying that blogs are of the devil or that they are the source of all evil. I'm just saying that when we write it should be done not to glorify ourselves, but to glorify the only important thing in our lives: Jesus Christ.

This blog, I hope will be different compared to your ordinary blog. Throughout the future posts, I write for one purpose and one goal: to share with you how God has revealed his power and love in my life, or to refer to the title of this blog, his appearing glory. All I want to do is glorify Jesus in everything I write. As I leave from being a more sheltered high schooler to being a more independent university student, I know that I will need to rely on my Lord and Savior more then ever. I have already vowed to trust him to provide for my physical, financial, and spiritual needs. I write this blog to share these beautiful moments when God blesses me more than I deserve.

And that is why this blog exists. To glorify God, and to hopefully bless you as I share with you how God has and will reveal his appearing glory in my life.