do I really have that much to say?

taking on the beast that is blogging has been on my mind a lot… pretty much every time I journal.  Partially because my hand gets tired of writing, and partially because this year I've been trying to focus on using technology to good ends.  So there you have it. Only 2 sentences in and I've established a goal. Thanks for reading! au reviore!


just kidding. i suppose i will write a tad more. :) perhaps I will begin with explain my title "memoirs of mercy" …. earlier this year my church did a "New Thru 30" where, as a church, we read the entire new testament in 30 days (wowza, right.. it was a lot of reading. good reading tho)  anyway- a phrase stuck out to me that I know I have read plenty of times, yet it did not really resonate with me until now (then).
Hosea 6:6  "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice…"
another translation says:   "For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings."
this theme can be also found in Matthew 9:13, Matthew 12:7, Mark 12:33, 1 Samuel 15:22, Proverbs 21:3, and a fav, Micah 6:8    (props to the cross reference tool on biblios.com)
so- what is this charge to action? to me it says- put your pride in the backseat. Yes, live righteously, strive to be obedient to the decrees & commands of God. But more than all that-- he wants us to know HIM.. and if we got to know Him, know His heart and His character… we would be full of LOVE & MERCY. because we have been shown mercy. and we have been loved.  undeservedly.
I will conclude my first blog (still getting used to the word… blog…my blog..) IN conclusion:
"What makes life worthwhile is having a big enough objective, something which catches our imagination and lays hold of our allegiance..... What higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know God?"
-J.I. Packer