I know there has been some talk about what this is really going to be like, so let me quickly give you guys a brief rundown. The purpose of this blog is to just create some community between us and give us a chance to get into the Word. I don't expect you to leave a book for a comment. A simple 1 or 2 sentences of your thoughts are good. However, if you continually want to check in and see what other people are saying, and comment on their thoughts, I encourage that! That is where the community will come, through our discussion.
Things to not worry about: No one here is a biblical scholar. So you don't have to feel like you need to be one to comment. I REALLY want you guys to just say what's on your heart, so don't feel like you have to be eloquent in your speech. There is no grade for this. Trying to impress the teacher won't get you any brownie points, though bringing me brownies will! LOL. No one is going to judge you for your thoughts or comments. (However, please make sure that your comments are appropriate for the blog. Any sideways sneers or derogatory comments won't be acceptable.) You don't have to worry about not understanding something. If you have a question, ask it. This is to be a learning tool. If I can't answer your question, someone else will, if they can't, we'll go ask someone who can.
So here's how this works: If you see something highlighted, for instance the subject of this post: Psalm 150, that is a link. You can click on it and it will take you to wherever the link goes. In this case, it will take you to biblegateway. This is an online bible resource that has just about every translation of the bible you can imagine. And it's free.
Psalm 150: This is an instruction Psalm. It gives an insight on how to praise God. Of course it says to praise Him with a bunch of instruments, but I think the underlying message is this: Don't be afraid to let go and praise your Creator. He is worthy to be praised. And we have been given a gift of music, one that a lot of people don't have. And so, it instructs us, the musicians and people with technical abilities to Praise Him with whatever we have at our disposal, so that the church can be led into worship. Those are my thoughts. What are yours?
How you comment: At the bottom of a post, you will see something that's highlighted and probably, right now, says 0 comments. If you click on that, you will be taken to a new window where you can leave your comments. If you don't have a google ID, it will ask you to create one. It's simple. Just enter an email address, the password for that email address, and you will have a google account. (this is really good to have anyway. you can access a lot of other research and cool google tools by having one. Also you can create a home page with tons of widgets on it. Mine has a language translator, the game "Hangman", doppler weather radar, blog feeds that i like to visit, and a bunch of other stuff. So create one, if you don't have it, and leave your comments.)
That's it, kids! I look forward to hearing what God is putting on your hearts! Now, go read Psalm 150 and tell us what you think.
Love you all!
Robbie
