2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:
The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Fresher than ever.
Crunchy numbers
A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 4,900 times in 2010. That’s about 12 full 747s.
In 2010, there were 36 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 90 posts. There were 48 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 30mb. That’s about 4 pictures per month.
The busiest day of the year was November 22nd with 64 views. The most popular post that day was New thoughts on holiness.
Where did they come from?
The top referring sites in 2010 were search.aol.com, aaronlivesy.wordpress.com, mail.yahoo.com, google.com, and authorsden.com.
Some visitors came searching, mostly for feed my sheep, 3d cross, lazarus, wooden cross, and seeking holiness.
Attractions in 2010
These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.
New thoughts on holiness October 2009
There will always be good and evil–Choose good October 2009
Whom the Son sets free is free indeed April 2010
1 comment and 1 Like on WordPress.com,
And they were still following the signs… December 2009
The Death of Lazarus May 2010
Christmas Time in Arkansas Again – KATV Channel 7 – The Spirit of Arkansas:
Christmas Time in Arkansas Again – KATV Channel 7 – The Spirit of Arkansas:.
May it be to me as you have said
Luke 1:28; 30; 35; 38 …”Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” …But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God…The angel answered,”The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you…For nothing is impossible with God.” I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it be to me as you have said.” Then the angel left her.
I have not posted in quite some time, but I could not let the Christmas season pass without spending some time praising our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ. Have you ever been so afraid you were literally paralyzed? Imagine for a moment how a young teenage girl would feel when approached by an angel. If that were not enough to cause such fear, he delivered news that she could scarcely comprehend–she was to be the mother of God.
Look for a moment at some of the key statements in these scriptures, and if you have time look up Luke 1:26-38 in your Bible and read the entire verses to give you a better understanding of the dynamics of this meeting.
- Mary was highly favored and God was with her
- Mary responded by saying she was the Lord’s servant
- Mary further responded by saying, “May it be to me as you have said.”
How does one find favor with God? We know God’s favor cannot come through works, because Isaiah 64:6 says, “our works are as filthy rags.” It is only through faith that any of us can receive God’s favor, and by His grace which was prepared for us from the foundation of the world.
Mary lived in a time when a woman found guilty of adultery was subject not only to divorce but possible stoning. Although Mary was quite young she would have been aware of the implications of pregnancy outside of marriage. Yet, she responded, “May it be to me as you have said.”
God gave His only Son that we might live; Jesus was born to die upon a cruel cross that we might be reconciled to the Father. In 1 Sam 15:22 we are told obedience is better than sacrifice. May we have the courage of our convictions and the power of faith in He whose birth we celebrate each December to respond as Mary, “may it be done to me as you have said.”
I am the way, the truth and the life
John 14
The Way, the Truth, and the Life
1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions;[a] if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.[b] 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.”
5 Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
John 14 includes one of the central tenets of our Christian faith–no one comes to the Father except through Me. We may try to talk our way around it, believing we are somehow being magnanimous by altering the truth to include other methods to be reconciled to God than by Jesus, but the truth does not change, truth cannot be altered. There is one way to God, and that way is through His Son, Jesus Christ, who became a sacrifice for our sins.
The promises in these verses are so sweet and so life-affirming:
- Let not your heart be troubled. In other words, be at peace.
- Believe in God, believe in me
- There will be a place in Heaven prepared especially for you
- If I go, I will come again so that we can be together
- I am the way
I love it when Jesus uses the terminology “I am,” which is reminiscent of God’s first words to Moses in the midst of that burning bush. Have you accepted Jesus as your Saviour, as your “I am?” There is no better time than now to turn to Him. Let not your heart be troubled–believe.
Peter’s denial
By your love, all people will know that you are my disciples.
Seeking Holiness 