Building: A Worthy Frustation

https://www.instagram.com/middleageoutrage

I am working on building this website, and I am terrible at it.  It feels like the amount of time I put into it doesn’t reflect the product you see.

This has been a lifetime lesson for me.  

When my wife and I started leading student ministry we weren’t very good at it.

I shudder to think about becoming a dad and how ignorant I was of everything.  Same thing with becoming a husband.  Same thing with my transition from kid to adult- jury is still out on that one.

I do know this is a school the Lord Jesus has me walk through in so many areas of life.  As frustrating as this class is, you don’t have the option of flunking out. When you fail, you take the class again.  And again and again.

I have learned that when my attitude is to not give up despite how I feel the payoff is totally worth it.  If I show up to class and give it my best I receive the reward.

So bear with me as I learn silly things like building a website or how to convey truths that bless people.  The frustration of building will pay off in the end.

On this site I am going to start including things I have written on my super secret Instagram handle @middleageoutrage.  It is where I convey my passion for music; the articles may not appeal to the same audience that liked Karavolades Stairs. 

I have been building @middleageoutrage for a few years, I think instead of hiding it I need to sow.  I desire to reach an audience of people who love music like me.  I want people to know Jesus, and I have to sow what seed is in my hand.

To be misunderstood can be a great frustration. Instead of shrinking back I am going to lean into it.  I don’t know if I’ll find the audience I am looking for in sharing essays on rock music, but I do know that you reap what you sow.

Galatians 6:7-9 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. 8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9 Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.