New To This

So here I am writing on my first blog. I don't expect to come out of this as an author or to inspire many people, I first started a blog for the sole reason of doing book reviews for books offered for free from BookSneeze. If anything else comes of it then that is God's design and plan and I will gratefully follow his leading. So The Musings of a Meandering Sheep, huh? Yeah, kind of a unlikely name but I know we are all sheep of the Good Shepherd and sometimes I've been known to be a little hard-headed. I don't always follow when I should, sometimes I like to try to lead. Meandering according to Webster is to follow a winding or intricate course. I think that this is the life a Christian leads; it is a winding and intricate course. Although meandering can also mean to wander aimlessly or casually without urgent destination, I greatly don't want my type following to be of this ilk. I want to follow with great urgency to the destination of being at home in my Shepherd's arms. I think that most Christians though do go through times when they just mosey on along being a slow poke about their walk with the Lord and they aren't on fire for Him. I don't want to be this way, I want to be red hot in my pursuit to follow Jesus, I want to seek Him daily and yearn to be the disciple that He created me to be. And frankly, I'm not there yet. There isn't nearly the amount of growth happening that I desire. And what to do? How to achieve that? It's all in the question and the searching. It's following after Jesus and asking Him on a continual basis to draw you close to Him, It's seeking His face in every situation you are put in, It's turning to Him when you most want to turn away. This searching and following is a lifelong commitment but aren't the best things that we value in this life aren't they worth waiting (or working) for? There are times when we feel like we have failed our calling but we have not, we are at a point in our lives where someone else is fulfilling theirs by being an inspiration to you. So, I guess these are the first musings of this meandering sheep, I know not all posts will be this intrinsic but this is just what spilled out of my mind and heart as I sat here and began to write.