To Blog or not to Blog

I have thought for a few weeks now about whether I should write a blog or not. It seemed a bit of a pretentious thing to do. After all, I am no great wordsmith or high-brow intellectual. But then I do have opinions and thoughts just like everyone else so why not share them. Everybody, no matter what their status has opinions and of course a wealth of experiences in all sorts of areas so what possible harm cold come from sharing them.

That being said there are of course lots of people with some strange ideas and some of these could prove offensive to others. nevertheless we are very lucky to live in a society that allows and encourages free speech so I am going to have my share of that liberty.

But with that comes responsibility. As a Christian I take that responsibility very seriously. The Bible says "Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing" Proverbs 12:18.

So it is my hope that I would always consider that verse in all my blogs. I also hope that I have the wisdom to know when to blog or not. I neither want to bore people with useless ramblings nor do I want to waste my own time. But I do hope and pray that this blog may be a blessing to somebody and that the odd sentence here or "bears fruit that won't spoil".

Hope I don't let myself, you or the Lord down!