For some reason, 2020 feels different. I can’t quite figure out what it is just yet, odds are I won’t until 2021. But it feels like more needs to be done, as if I don’t prioritize my efforts and focus on what is actually important, then the year could end up being a waste.
I remember waiting up on December 31st, 1999 with canned goods all stocked up and ready for the economical collapse of Y2K. As the ball dropped in Times Square, we went around and shut the lights off in the house like that was going to help things when the world shut down. Midnight came and went, but the only catastrophic result was how much beans and canned vegetables we had to eat over the next few months.
There’s a feeling I get, when I look around and my life and the lives of others around me, that we are putting a lot of effort into things like canned goods for Y2K. There are things we fear, things we want, things we need, things that matter, and things that don’t matter that take up our focus and efforts.
My effort with this blog is just to express thoughts on things that matter, things that help. Obviously, as a Christ follower and a Youth Pastor, I really do believe that God and His Word matters and helps. As a husband and father, I have come across much that matters and helps, and there is still tons more to come. I’ve been known to find humor in a lot of things, and at times, that matters and helps.
So that’s my focus. My goal for this blog and for this year. To do and say what matters and helps.
I hope it does!
Just Dan Grant 