Pensees: Blogger Returns to First Love

Blogger Returns to First Love

There are few bloggers that I admire as much as La Shawn Barber, and my appreciation is even greater as I have watched/read her mature and grow right before our very eyes. I have commented on her before here and here and here.

La Shawn Barber has made a huge impact in the blogosphere, is respected in the political world as a person with influence, and has an outstanding, unequivocal Gospel witness for the Lord Jesus Christ. Her readership is huge and yet she publicly confesses a greater love.

Yesterday La Shawn announced her desire to be more dedicated to matters of faith.

La Shawn confesses:

I believe God gave me this burning desire to communicate through the written word because that’s how he wants me to boldly proclaim his word and reach the lost. As long as I’m able, I’ll blog. But I feel that it’s time to “mature” into something different, something better and more purposeful. I’m reminded of this passage in Revelation 2:

I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first.

In the course of my blogging pursuits, I’ve slacked off in a lot of areas of my life. I’m blessed beyond anything I deserve, yet I’ve put my prayer life, Bible study, and the very pursuit of God on a shelf, where they sit collecting dust.

Before I make any rash decisions, I need to contemplate these things in prayer.

Addendum: In case anyone misunderstands the post title, I’ll clarify. The “first love” I refer to is Christ and my relationship with him, not this blog.

Thank you, La Shawn, for your boldness. Thank you for publicly declaring by your affections that you belong to another Kingdom. I personally will miss your “Corner,” but will pray with you as you seek the mind of the LORD.