About: A Steady Walk

Welcome to first timers, and welcome back to faithful readers. Either way, it’s with warmth that I extend this welcome: baruch haba/bruchah haba’ah— “blessed is the one who comes”.

If you’ve read my blog posts before, you might wonder what happened to the old web page. Turns out I had to find a new home for my web hosting, as the platform was bought out without the promise of supporting the original functions or updates. After 12 years with the same first-rate company, it was a painful switch. As a result, I have a newly designed website, though, which I’m pleased with; however, my old “blogette” posts are no longer active. I can move that content, but the time to do so is costly, and after prayer and consideration, I feel like I need to let it go.

Although I’ve blogged a lot over a variety of places online and have done a healthy share of guest-blogging with different organizations, I’d always called my personal blog Pressing Through. Sometimes I’ve posted that headline, and sometimes it’s just been in my head.

I don’t know when the transformation occurred, but I realized I’m no longer existing in that Pressing Through phase. That is, life is always a death-hard valley, and gosh I need to suck-it-up and press through this very tough situation… (touting scriptures to boot—still a good idea) to get out of the dark valley.

I’ve come to find joy, happiness, even contentment, no matter what the topography of life. So, when I was considering the development of this blog home, my fingers automatically typed inside the title field: Pressing Through. But it felt all wrong. This might seem like a nuance to someone else, but this was big for me. I thought about the theme while gazing out the window at the rugged and woodsy view beyond my desk, and I heard Ruach HaKodesh, the Holy Spirit, speak tenderly these simple words: a steady and deliberate walk through the uneven landscapes of life. Hum… How well we are known and loved by our Father in Heaven.

So, I don’t know at what point it happened, but I’m no longer in a place of enduring, but pursuing a steady walk in faith. I might even be still in the same valley in natural life, but I’ve learned to spiritually abide by Philippians 4:7: “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” A complete surrender.
 
This blog is called A Steady Walk, and I hope you’ll come back to walk a little with me here and there in this foot-journey of faith.

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