Musing about blogging

I have thought about starting a blog for some time. However, I have hesitated thinking that I would not have enough profound meaningful things to write. Having read some other blogs I realized that blogs do not need to be profound and meaningful. Often they are just about day to day life. I have learned that trying to be profound and meaningful is a lot of work and usually doesn’t end up being nearly as profound and meaningful as you had hoped. But sometimes when you are just sharing what is on your heart about everyday things significance strikes.

The big thing this week is the arrival of my son Matthew and his wife Emily from Portland, Oregon. Matthew has just graduate from Multnomah Seminary. He is looking for a job as a pastor. They are expecting a baby in late September or October, so they plan to hang around here until then. This is great news because very honestly, apart from my wife Kathy, Matthew is my very best friend. That doesn’t mean I don’t have any other friends and it doesn’t mean that Matthew and I always agree on everything. He is my friend because I feel like he knows me very well, he understands me, and still loves me. We are able to talk honestly about nearly any subject. Although I suspect my cynicism and sarcasm bugs him sometimes. That is ok because I am sure it bugs God too and I am working at reforming.

I also really love Matthew’s wife Emily. She has been supporting them financially by teaching High School Spanish but is now looking forward to being a full time Mom. Emily is one of those very intelligent, talented women, who is committed to changing the world by being a good mother and supporting her husband. Matthew and Emily are one of those couples who each are better people because they are together.

That is really what marriage should do for us, our spouse should make us a better person and we should make them a better person. I don’t mean that we should set out to make our spouse a better person, like some kind of project that usually leads to problems. I mean just by being ourselves and loving each other and working through life issues as a team we become better people because we are together. I thank the Lord for my wife Kathy because there is no question that she has made me a much better person because of our nearly 36 years of partnership.