When I started blogging a month and a half ago, I thought this would just be a fun thing to try. I've always been a little shy, and communicate much better writing than speaking. What started out as a whim, is now becoming an obsession. The obsession has nothing to do with the writing. That has been a nice creative outlet for recording memories, thoughts, opinions, and nonsense I've kept inside for years. I bet my blood pressure has lowered ten points since I started blogging...but then again, that might be attributed to not working!
My obsession is with "stats". If you've ever written a blog, you probably know all about stats. It's that section of blog design with maps, charts, and all sorts of statistical data. Stats track what browser was used (Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome, Firefox). Operating systems are also tracked (Macintosh, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Blackberry, or iPad). Blah, blah, blah..I'm not a techie, so that's not important to me. What I want really want to know (several times a day) is anyone, other than me, reading my ramblings?
Well, I've just discovered something in stats. Besides the United States, at least one of my rants has been read in the United Kingdom, several in Germany, one in Taiwan, and today one in Australia, and another one today in Nicaragua, thanks to my son on a mission trip. Is that not the coolest thing?!! How all but my son found me, I haven't a clue. But just to think that my thoughts, without ever leaving home, have connected with people all over the world. It's amazing!
When I left my employment last month, I prayed that God would increase my circle of influence. That seemed to be an impossibility when, in actuality, some days I may not speak with anyone other my dog or my family. But my God is a big God. He is showing me daily that with Him, it can truly be a small world after all!
So if you travel outside the United States, please read my blog in a foreign country. Okay, you don't even have to read it, just click on the link; I'll never know the difference. It'll make my day--plus color in another country on my stats map.
I Chronicles 4:10: "And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, 'Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain.' So God granted him what he requested".
Copyright 2011 Charlotte Laney
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