Grits, Theology, Mission, and Life

The pace of our lives and the blast of communication that comes our way in any one week is amazing.  The amount of information that available to us on our tv screens, on the internet, through our cell phones, and just generally being transmitted in the air around us is overwhelming. 

With that in mind, I am turning off or at least down for the next week.  This week is our church’s week of prayer and fasting.  It is a week set aside to seek God in prayer and in time meditating on His word.  Fasting is a biblical concept that is simply denying yourself something for a spiritual purpose.  For some it is food.  For others it is media.  For others its internet surfing.  For others it might some delight or enjoyment that they normally engage in.  But to not do whatever it is and to set that time aside for a pursuit of God through prayer and through His word is an excellent thing. 

So in that spirit, this blog is going dark for the next week.  I realize that this may kill traffic (we turned over 1000 hits not that long ago) but so be it.  It is worth it.  I want to encourage you to do that same.  Just turn it off.  It will be there when you get back and if its not what of significance did you really lose? 

So if you are last one out please turn the lights off.

 Andy