So it’s 2013, a new year and a good time, it seems, to start this blog.
I’ve always found the blank page to be a daunting proposal, the hardship of writing in a new journal or on a new blog comes and I’m trapped halfway between the excitement of committing something new to ‘paper’, and the fear of the writing itself being, well, crap.
So I’ve decided to start with a perspective, ultimately, that lacks direction. To embrace the inevitability of arduous waffle and nonsensical dribble. An approach rooted in the hope that, throughout this collection of thoughts and pictures and poetry, throughout the lack in my knowledge and the inconsistency of my prose, something of value will reveal itself. That if I keep writing, just maybe, something good will come out. Even if this is the minority.
So, where shall I go from here? I guess to start as I mean to go on. Far easier said than done.
In this blog you will find ramblings and ravings, problems and preaches, opinions and oppositions, poetry and politics, but ultimately, one young man’s journey as a disciple of Jesus Christ, my journey as someone trying to live as Christ lived, trying to work out the call of God on my life and my salvation ‘with fear and trembling’.
I am a man wanting to seek first the Kingdom of God and I make no excuses for this. Even in my few years as a Christian I have come to realise that the attempt to separate my faith from anything in my life is futile, and truly impossible for me to do.
Christ is my everything, He is my first love and my King. To be closer to His heart each day and for Him to have His way within me is my desire. I will be sharing my opinions, my misgivings and my experiences. But if your hope is that I will be able to speak of things without the intervention of my faith then I’m afraid there is nothing for you here and you will be disappointed. I make no apologies for my audacity in this respect. I am a young man that has been transformed through the love of Christ.
Jesus preaches the Kingdom of God. Love, forgiveness and hope. It is shocking how so many people still preach judgement and hate to a world that needs to know the true living God. I’m sick of Christianity being misrepresented, I’m sick of dogma and ritual and religion. I seek to follow Christ all the days of my life, to walk as He walked, think as He thought, see how He saw.
This is Christianity. CHRISTianity.
So this my blog, my collection, my overflow. I am George White, currently living in London, studying towards a degree in Theology and working as an intern in parliament. I hope you find this blog encouraging, helpful, thought-provoking or at least interesting. Enjoy!
‘Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks’ – Matthew 12:34
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