What is the Purpose for this Blog?

I wanted to clarify what my purpose for doing this is.  

There seems to be a real disconnect between "Normal everyday life" and "Church".  One is Monday through Saturday and the other is only on Sunday.  There also seems to be a need for people to understand that the Bible is for everyday.  Not just something a priest or pastor (some pastors think they are priests) handles on Sunday and we sit back and smile and not really have a clue how to do what they just said...(Some really don't say anything at all; we'll deal with that later).  Our youth (I get to help teach a 9th grade SS Class) need to see just how special and important the Bible is. They need to value it (the main subject matter in Psalm 119), they need to "READ IT", they need to be transformed by it; as do I!  

Psalm 119 digs through this. Verse after verse is on the value of scripture in the life of an individual.  I want to fully grasp this in my own life, and help my son do the same.  As I go through Psalm 119 I am going to blog my notes and thoughts as I apply this to myself.  I DO NOT CLAIM TO BE A THEOLOGIAN,  just a church member who wants to be more like Christ. I want to be a better husband, father, son, and employee and if I can help others as I travel along then all the better.  

We are about to start a study in John's gospel.  "That is the study" ...Psalm 119 speaks about how important it is to spend time in the scripture learning about our sin and our savior.  John is about our savior!! So Psalm 119 in a sense is telling you to dig into John...get it?  

So in this blog you will see both a lot about Psalm 119 and a lot about what we are going to start the first of August in John's gospel.  For some that seems like to much... it's only too much when you have to many idols laying around getting in the way of your time.  Make time...wrap your mind around the things of God rather than the things of this world (again-Psalm 119) -The more you focus on Him... the better off you'll be in this world (not a prosperity message). The world needs more of Him;  the problem is often we don't want what we need (John 1:9-11; Philippians 3:13-21) read these verses and think about it!

-Scott