As I blog this morning, I am reminded how much I enjoy journaling my thoughts. It allows me to have a record of where I been and a reminder of where I am desiring to head. If you don’t journal…you should. Most of everything I have written on this blog comes from my journal. It is my thoughts, after prayer. It is my ideas, after long studies. It is my heart, after an abundance of tears. I encourage you to start journaling today.

Here is an entry in my journal from August 29, 2007:

Acts 5 Vs 28 (NKJV)

“Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man’s blood on us!”

Peter would reply to this by saying, in the next verse, that it is better to obey God. Now Peter is absolutely right in every way. I don’t mean to take away from what Peter said or that it wasn’t the appropriate way to handle it. However, there is a bit of a fighter in me that really just wants to respond different. You know…Kind of like Stephen did. When they confronted Stephen, he gave them an ugly history lesson…and it got him stoned. So I understand the consequences in this situation are dire.

But I can’t help wanting to say, when told to my face that I am accused of bringing this man’s blood on everyone, that “You are absolutely right…and if I can get my way in any of this I intend to make sure that the entire earth is covered in the blood of Christ!” (Now I know what the sentence is implying, and you’re right…it’s not the greatest opportunity to be a coy with words…but it would have been an awesome comeback.)