And It Begins...

So if anyone ever decides to read this blog, there will probably be two questions that pop into your mind. 1. What on earth does the URL mean? 2. What is this blog about?

To answer the first question, I tried several different URL addresses (and was rejected in all of them) before I decided to try "Whose glory His glory." In the summer of 2009 I did an internship with Athletes in Action, which is the sports ministry branch of Campus Crusades for Christ. Whenever we huddled to discuss something, we'd break the huddle like any team does. This usually included us all putting a hand into the center of the huddle. Ravshan, an AIA staff member from Uzbekistan, would then shout "Whose glory?!" We would all reply by saying "His glory!"  Even today, that cheer serves as a reminder to me that I should always be living out 1 Corinthians 10:31..."Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." I believe that can also be correlated to this blog. I want this blog to be solely focused on glorifying Him and nothing else, including myself.

Which brings us to the second question. A couple of months ago I decided to read Job. Once I finished it, I contemplated which book of the Bible I should read next. I originally decided on Nehemiah. I read the background information on Nehemiah and saw that it was probably written by Ezra the priest, and that is somewhat a continuation of the book of Ezra. So I thought to myself, "Ok, I'll read Ezra and then Nehemiah." Then I thought that it would be important to know the background of Ezra and Nehemiah by reading the Chronicles first. At this point I decided that I should just start from the beginning, to make sure I didn't miss anything!

I read through the Bible once, when I was 15. It was a "read it in a year" kind of system, and I really didn't process most of what I read. This time, I'm going at my own pace and reading as much as I can process at a time. I'm quite sure that I won't uncover everything about every verse this time around, but I am sure that I will learn much more than I did 7 years ago.

I'm no theologian, and I'm no philosopher. My blogs will simply be what I am gathering from my reading of the Bible, from beginning to end. Some thoughts may seem much more intelligent than others, and that's ok. You may disagree with some of my insight, and that's ok, too. I will always try to back up Scripture with Scripture. If you want to add your own thoughts, go for it. I've already read through Genesis, so my first several blogs will go back through Genesis and recall what I gathered from it. Enjoy the blog!