Thinking Clearly

For years I've blogged on a stand-alone site that defined online journaling before "blogging" was part of our everyday vernacular. I've never been the most disciplined of journal keepers. Most days it's a lack of motivation, and even when motivation was present often material was lacking. One year I attempted to blog my way through Oswald Chamber's "My Utmost for His Highest" (excellent devotional). A friend always referred to this book as "Utmost High". That stuck.

Socrates posited, "The unexamined life is not worth living." What did he mean? And was he correct?

I don't think I'm qualified to judge anyone else's life. However, I will admit that journaling has often lead to thinking more clearly about circumstances in my life. Beyond that, I've often been able to discern my Creator's hand in the circumstances. Even when His handprint was not evident, journaling has helped to lead me to places of hope.

Jesus Christ taught that the greatest commanded was to love God and to love our neighbor. I believe these lead to the utmost high's we can have in life. Those loves are lived out in various arenas including: family, church, work. One arena where spiritual lessons have been brought to life in technicolor as been my body, which I've rediscovered in a fresh way through CrossFit and Paleo diet. These will probably be the topics most examined on this blog.

So here's to another attempt at examining my life and thinking clearly.