Living Life with Jesus

My First Blog Post

Good morning!

God has placed it on my heart for awhile now to start a blog and this morning a miracle happened so I figured it was a good day to start writing.

I wake up every morning and read the bible, pray and just spend time with the Lord. This morning I was reading 2 Kings Chapter 2 and I started to have an ocular migraine. The symptoms of an ocular migraine are cloudy vision, starry vision, or in my case this morning, a big black cloud in the middle of my vision making it hard to see (or read, for that matter).

I closed my eyes and prayed that the Lord would take away my migraine so that I could continue reading His word. I remembered that Jesus told his disciples that if they used His name, and BELIEVED, then they could do all the healing and miracles they wanted. So, I believed in the name of Jesus, and I said, “because I believe you Jesus, I know that when I open my eyes, the migraine will be gone.” And, not surprisingly, but miraculously when I opened my eyes, the migraine was gone! Usually it takes 15-30 minutes for my vision to return to normal, but with the power of Jesus it was healed instantly. I am so blessed to have been able to witness a miracle this morning to start my day.

I’m in the middle of a prayer and fasting season with my whole church right now and they keep saying that God will do amazing things when you pray and fast (and the bible says so, too). This morning I was able to experience a small miracle of the Lord.

My prayer today is to let this miracle continue to build my faith, that the Lord continue to provide strength for me during this fasting season. That I can have compassion and love for all that I come in contact with and that this story might inspire others to follow Jesus. Thank you, Lord, for all of your blessings. Amen.

My First Blog Post

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.

This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
What topics do you think you’ll write about?
Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.