I just finished posting all of my old blog entries during my lunch break. Wow, I have changed such a great deal. I was coming out of a depressed state when I started the old site, and it seems those are the only entries that I have backups from. Sad. I would have liked to revisit the other entries to see what happened back then. 
Do any of you ever go back and re-read your journals, notes, etc? There is a very great reward to looking back and seeing how far God has brought you. Oftentimes we sit around wondering when God will grow us when all along he has been, ever so slowly. Isn’t it great that we are not always being dipped into the fire but that we get times of rest as well?
Well, enough reminicing. I will post some new stuff tomorrow. My brain is filled with work stuff right now. Maybe running bleachers tonight will jog a couple of random thoughts loose. 
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Ryan, I have to say, as someone who has known you for many years now, I can definitely see how God has been changing you and causing you to grow! It’s been fantastic to watch someone who means so much to me grow into the Godly man that you have become!
I’m a big fan of the journal (even Todd’s ‘private blog’ type). I firmly believe it to be an invaluable tool to remind us of where we’ve come from and confirm the work the Lord has done. I try to read over past journals once a year (not word-for-word, mind you), and there are times I read entries from the recent or distant past that I would almost swear were written by someone else.
In some cases, the person I used to be is practically unrecognizable…either because the Lord has brought me through so much growth, or because I had recorded a mind-blowing epiphany which hasn’t translated into my daily life that I’ve forgotten it (what a horror!).
Wow, thanks for the reminder on periods of rest. Every time I am in the fire I hate it, but when I get out I am like hey, I feel stagnant. I never read your original site (because I didn’t know you) but I look forward to what’s coming.
Dovie, I often feel the same way. I got my first journal as a hs graduation present and felt obligated to use it (so much has changed indeed). Reading those early entries… wow! Not only has the Lord changed me, but my writing has gotten incredibly better! Or at least I hope so!