Someone, at my request, has read my blogs and commented on the length of them. Immediately, and because it was someone I respected, I started to second guess my ramblings. I was sure that if anyone else would read them, they would think me nauseous and boring...but then I remembered that I am not blogging to be a world famous blogger. I am blogging because I have a zillion thoughts that I can put into words and that I may need to look back on them some day.
Funny how the moment I hear a comment from someone I start rethinking my words and forgetting my motives.
I am using a blog format because there are people out there who know me and have asked me to put my prose and poetry down on paper. Although BLOG is a cute short word, my devotions are usually 4-5 minutes and my poetry goes till I run out of rhymes. Yes, I am an iambic pentameter person - or at least I have a rhythm and cadance that is balanced throughout.
So while I am trying to write to please any reader, I am not producing a product. My friends and family know that I do not use one word when I can use a number of them, and I never use a sentence when a paragraph will do.
Bear with me, everyone. I warn you now that if I mention a devotion, it is going to read aloud at 4-5 minutes. If it starts as a poem, it will run a full page. If I just recount my day, it'll be a rambling of events that really mean a lot to me...
I am glad there are bloggers who have turned it into an art form - people who have mastered their words and inspired and reassured others. I have a goal and I will read their works and learn and someday I will produce a blog that is concise, interesting and easy to digest. But not today.
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