This is why we blog.

I must say that I've been VERY excited to blog about this one.

First of all, I might sound like a creeper for this. But on the plane coming back to Toronto, I was sitting beside a woman who was using her laptop. So my eyes kind of...wander. She plugged in her iPod so her iTunes popped up, and I like seeing what kind of music people listen to because I think that it says something about someone. So I'm blind, and didn't want to stare, so I saw the word "God" in one of the songs. So alright. Then she opened her documents, and I saw the word "sermons". So I'm kinda growing interest. I told you this would make me sound creepy. Then she opened something up, and by looking at it, I can tell it's a journal. Not just any journal, a SPIRITUAL JOURNAL. like this blog.

I really liked her format and how she approached the journal. She used a variety of ways. I really liked how she kind of wrote a "letter to God" as I call it because it would start off with a question like "God, what are you trying to tell me about ______?" then she would write out her thoughts about the issue. I also found her list format interesting. First, she would have something like "My hopes for the future", then after that list would be "What God wants for my future". That's an awesome way to compare. There was quite a bit about what she wants, then what God wants. I think that's really thoughtful because you can visibly see where priorities lie.

I was also kind of inspired by the fact that she's in or around university age (i saw the word OSAP) because I kind of have the mindset that it takes half a lifetime to be this committed, but realisticly, steps and depth are different for everyone. But i did find it interesting that she was in university because it's so close to our age, so c'mon guys, we can do it! it's not like she blogged EVERY day. Probably just when something was on her mind, which was even once a month sometimes. At the end of this, I swear that I had the urge to thank her, but that's way weird. So I settled for letting her use my tray table so nothing spilled on her laptop. haha. Oh, and I'm guessing that she was looking over her journal in order to gain some perspective about something using her past journals- that's why we started this!

Anyway, in conclusion:
-BLOG BLOG BLOG!!
-Lists and letters are a good way to organize thoughts
-Blogging doesn't have to be very frequent, but please blog occassionally.

I'll blog using that format soon.
Sabrina