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This entry is dedicated to those who check blogs on a daily basis . . .

I think one of the reasons I don't update my blog on a regular (or even semi-regular) basis is because I am an introvert. Being an introvert really has nothing to do with being a "people person," it's about how one processes life and its events. I am a person who very much needs to think about things for a while before I can talk to anyone else about them. Chris knows this, however, many of you, blog readers, do not, so I am enlightening you. I actually enjoy writing and find it comforting, but I hesitate to blog my thoughts simply because I don't want the world reading my processing. Does that make sense?

Last week Chris and I were watching Miami Ink, a show about a tattoo parlor set in Miami (obviously). In this particular episode a man came in to have his tattoo finished and that meant adding a verse from Isaiah. The tattoo-ee was telling the tattoo-er his life story explaining how he came to know the Lord and left a life of drugs and crime. After the tattoo-ee left the parlor, the tattoo-er talked about how this guy's story was good but that the man should have given himself more credit; basically the tattoo-er was saying it was the man's hard work that turned his life around and had very little, if anything to do with God. This statement struck me; the tattoo-er really believed that God didn't do anything, implying that as humans we have the capability of pulling/getting ourselves out of whatever we are stuck in. If that were the case our world would be a vastly different place. Think about all the people in world and the problems each of us has and the fact that we are hopelessly stuck with them because we are incapable of fixing them. Our world is full of people who seek alcohol, drugs, relationships, and various other things to try to get themselves out of situations to find that they are only in deeper . . .

Situations like these show me very vividly that there is a need for a god of some sort. A need for something bigger than ourselves. For me, and many others, that is the god described in the Christian Bible. I know that He is bigger than all situations and He can help us get out of whatever we're in. I hope that the tattoo-er from Miami Ink comes to a place in his life where he realizes he needs something bigger and finds God.

A young lady from Spartanburg, South Carolina knows this God. To read her story visit: www.caringbridge.com/visit/hannahsobeski