Dear Beloved,
A year ago I committed to do one blog entry each day for 365 days. By God's supernatural strength and grace I was able to fulfill this goal.
How little did I know what challenges I would face in writing a daily message from God's word. In 2013 I was given an opportunity to teach a few Bible lessons on Wednesday nights at church, lead a Bible study in our home and take on a leadership role in the prayer ministry. Then the Lord spoke to my heart to move to New York. It's what I call an Abraham moment. After 14 years in Oregon, my wife and I sold our home and most of our belongings to lighten the load. We drove some 3,000 miles to the East coast.
Even on the road I wrote before the stroke of midnight so it would count for that day. At one point my wife had to push me out of bed to do an entry that I'd forgotten and thought it was too late. Fortunately, the computer was still on Pacific Standard Time!
Then there was the challenges of learning a new job (though working with the same company), finding a reasonable apartment and adjusting to life in New York. I've learned much along the way when writing: to pray before and during the times I write, to lean on God's understanding and to be willing to change midstream if the Holy Spirit orders it. Overtime I've watched the readership grow to some 10 nations with very encouraging feedback. It was worth it all!
2014 is already proving to be a season of change. For sometime I've sensed the Lord asking me to write a book to encourage men and women in their walk with Christ. I didn't want to stop writing this blog but it will mean making an adjustment. So I will limit my blog writing to a Saturday devotional. There may be an occasion that I will write an additional post as the Spirit leads.
I hope you continue to visit and be encouraged by God's word.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Colossians 3:16 (KJV)
In His strength,
Andrew Mark Scott
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