CREEKSIDE MINISTRIES: Later, My Friend . . .

Dear Friend ~

'Sometimes you've gotta reset the dial.'

That's the truth that my husband quietly spoke when I told him I had decided not to blog for the month of November. After more than 5 1/2 years of blogging, 1041 posts, and only couple of weeks off along the way, I need to hang up my hat.

For just one month. Promise.

In some ways this has been a very difficult decision to make. I've got to admit there's some fear in saying 'see you later.' The blog is on a roll with more people coming to visit than ever before. I know that I take a huge risk of losing a number of readers by pulling a disappearing act.

The big question that's haunted me is this. What if you don't return when I come back?

But fear's not a good decision-making platform ... and in some ways, this choice is a no-brainer.  I've ended up spending way too much time online in recent months. Of greater concern is that I've allowed too much of my identity to get tangled up in the endless up and down roller-coaster of numbers ... those stats, hits, and comments that all bloggers, if they're really honest, are way too familiar with.

And THAT I don't like.

Life's slowly gotten out of balance with too little focus on solitude with my Redeemer. Too little attention to tending to things in my home. Too little energy in getting away from the desk and out in the fresh air.  A neglect of my lifelong love of reading. And not enough attentiveness to my dear husband's presence at home in the evening.

I need to rediscover who I am when I'm home and not sitting at a keyboard.

Meanwhile I'm leaving you a potpourri of things to sift through, and if you head on over to the right side of the page and scroll down a bit you'll find an A-Z index of everything we've got.  And I'd love for you to subscribe so that YOU'LL be one of the first ones to know when I'm back in the saddle again.

Insights From Scripture

{deep thoughts from my ministry partner, Bob}

2012's Big Stars

{your favorites}

My 2012 Favorites

{need I say more}

Tunes
{have your tissues handy}

This Year's 31 Days: People 101

{in case you missed a day here or there}

So ... I'll see you later, my friend. I'm going to miss interacting with you. But I'll be back. And I hope that you'll return, too!