Timbrell.com from the past

I logged back into Blogger the other day and I've been reading some of the old posts from various blogs that I used to write, it's interesting stuff.

I was never Wordsworth, but I had developed a style of writing, some of it was quite good, one might say some of it was humorous, much of it was quite silly.

Personally blogging is good because it helps me to think things through and just the process of writing my thoughts is a useful way of confirming ideas and working things out in my own mind.

It's also an outlet for my weird imagination.  Here's one blog post from an old 'timbrell.com' post:

The Doomed Friendship.

Cat meets dog
they had a laugh
out on the pavement
or indeed, the side walk
they partook in lively dialogue
regarding the price of fish
and the scarce availability of decent marrowbone
enjoying their companionship, until..
the local species police came along
informing the pair their friendship was improper
dog hates cat
cat hates dog
have you not seen such a cartoon?
now, move along and chase each other!
For pities sake!
stop playing with peoples expectations!
quadrupeds like you two make me sick!

The End.

One Thing

Saturday was the Enable Men's Conference at Birmingham Christian Centre, it was a really good challenging day, and even better I got to see Dave!

Dave has already started blogging about some of the theme's which were covered by the speaker, Mark Stibbe.

Mark mentioned the 'Hedgehog Concept', which goes like this:

"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."

Applied to the Christian life, it's talking about the 'one thing' which God has created you to do. We all have a calling, and I suppose a primary area of gifting, which equips us to do this one thing, this God given purpose, better than anyone else.

I don't think there's anything wrong with being a 'good all rounder' in some ways, it's great if you can put your hand to a number of different things and do them well, but that's not the same as finding your purpose, or your primary passion. Doing lots of things satisfactorily is OK, but doing one thing with excellence is better.

I've been thinking about this in relation to my own life, and what my primary passion and purpose might be. What is my 'one thing'?

Right now, I'm not really sure. I have a few clues, a number of possibilities, but I can't say for sure what my 'one thing' is.

What that means is that I need to pray and seek God about my purpose. I know God created me and has a plan and purpose for me, and so I am going to be seeking Him for those things.

How about you? What's your 'one thing'? What's your passion?

A new day was born

Deep in the ancient depths of a world that time forgot, a small wheel turned, just by one degree. This small movement gave birth to a series of chain events that when future generations looked back on this moment would seem like a pivotal moment in all of history.

Birds began to sing and meerkats stood on hind legs to see what this new day would herald. Excited children and wise old men looked to the skies in wonderment, and scribes of ancient historical texts began to pen this new day as they saw it unfold.

All of creation joined together in a beautiful song to welcome this new dawn, this new day, a day which would be remembered throughout all of time.

This day, this glorious day, when I started to blog, once again.

Simples!