A perfect game in baseball is a pitcher’s milestone.  A milestone might be getting your first book published or having your first song recorded.  For a pastor a milestone might be an ordination or reaching a certain year in the ministry (10 or 25 for example).  For a church, celebrating its 10th year or 100th year may be a milestone.  For a blogger it might be reaching a certain amount of readers or countries.  I have reached a milestone of sorts.  I honestly have no idea how many readers I have.  I have never kept any sort of counter for that.  I know I have readers from other countries-UK, Tanzania, and…I think that is it.  I have young and old.   I have family and some friends who read my blog.  I have gained some new friends via this blog and I am eternally grateful for the sharing of ideas and thoughts.

My milestone?  My counter tells me this is post #1000.

My first post was on February 20, 2008 with this thing. Hopefully, it has progressed to be something worthwhile to read.  I have had readers come and go.  Some visited for a little while and then have disappeared.  Others were here for quite some time and then have quit blogging, gone on to FaceBook or Twitter, or have just chosen to vacate the premises.  I have done the same so I reckon that is fair.  I know some blogs are closed to comments but I have chosen to leave mine open for the sharing of ideas-agree or disagree.  I was once “accused” of using my blog to do an end-run around the leaders of the church I pastor and get other ideas so I can “browbeat” the leaders into accepting my way of thinking.  I have one thing to say to that: Hogwash!  Some of my leaders read it, some don’t.  Shoot, except for a very few, most of my readers are from outside the church I pastor!

All that to say this: thanks for coming by my blog.  I hope when you leave here you are challenged, enriched, encouraged, disturbed (not mentally), loved, made to laugh at times, and made to cry at times, but always…always… challenged to seek Jesus and His desire for your life.  I reckon the blog will continue until I feel I have nothing else to say that enriches lives or God says, “Enough.” (I think that would be a pretty strong motivation don’t you?)  Until then…thanks from the bottom of my heart for making my world richer and brighter and a whole lot of fun.