Hello all!
In my last
post, I mentioned how, even though I disappeared from the blogging world, some
of you out there continued to read my blog and what an encouragement that had
been to me. I promised “more on that soon”. :D I have had this promise pulsing in
the back of my mind since then, and I truly do not wish to disappear again, so
here is my ‘further explanation’!
As a
blogger, young lady, and Christian, I try not to post anything on my blog
unless it truly promotes Christ. This is why you don’t get any/many posts about
me and what I’ve been doing in my personal life and such. (I am not saying
those types of posts are bad; I am not saying those who write blogposts
as such are bad; and I am not saying that this conviction/standard/way
of posting will never change for me. I am only stating how God has ‘led’ me to
post thus far :D). Sometimes, I even feel guilty checking my
blogs statistics, knowing that this isn’t supposed to be about me or how
much people read my work, but it’s supposed to be about God and
encouraging young ladies in their walks with Him, through me. (That is
why I began this blog, after all :D) However, I do still check… :D
As you all
know (unless you are new to my site :D) I’ve been off the radar for a sadly loooooong
amount of time. While y’all surely noticed my lack of posts, there is one
thing that nobody has noticed.
Except me(Well, and God ;-)
What I noticed over the past couple of months is
how, even though I haven’t posted for forever and a day, according to my blog
statistics people were/are still visiting, reading, and stumbling across it nearly
every day. I've been on that part of my blog quite
frequently; so while it seems I've been doing nothing, I did happen to be
poking around in the background ;-)
Was that
because of anything I, Katie, had done?
No.
Was that
because God was working? Because He is good, gracious, and can still use us
even when we feel “unusable”?
Yes!
But the
neat thing is that REAL
PEOPLE backed up those daily,
much-larger-than-I-thought-they-would-be statistics.
You are not a statistic; you are a young
woman, probably a lot like me, who read my blog.
And this is
what I want to say to all of you who patiently waited me out, and continued to
check my blog regularly for updates during this ‘dry spell’.
Thank you
It blessed my heart and
uplifted me to know you were still checking things out
That you still cared
I know this
probably seems shallow or unimportant to some people, but to log on and see how
many people had visited, what posts they had read, and that they were keeping
tabs on my blog even though I hadn't been posting—
THAT WAS A WONDERFUL
ENCOURAGEMENT TO ME.
Whoever you are—thank you.
By His grace, God used you to be a
great encouragement to me!!!
