For the Record

I didn't start blogging to get on here and whine about every little thing that goes on. I actually just want to try my hand at writing. I have always been kind of creative. I draw some, take pictures (you can hire me to take pictures too!!!), play music and sing. I have just always been in a real bad habit of thinking something that might be cool or helpful and then immediately forgetting all about it.

I got a DVD for Christmas about Mark Tremonti. He is a phenomenal guitarist and song writer for Alter Bridge. He has hundreds of thousands of dollars in equipment, but his most important is a little, cheep, tape recorder. He records every personal practise session because he will forget a new lick if he doesn't. That's kind of like this blog. I think about stuff and just write it down. Maybe to get a response of advice or to help someone with a similar situation.

I do like talking about God. He is an amazing topic to write and think on. There is no other subject more talked about and argued about than God. Even if people don't agree with me or anyone else who blogs, god can use that to stir a curiosity to the point of acceptance or change. I am no Bible scholar. I read it, not enough, but I do read it. But I like writing about Him. I read a few different devotionals from time to time and think about how cool it would be to get in that good of a relationship with God, to where I can start to write uplifting pieces for people to read.

That's why I don't want to get on here and belly ache to much. Sometimes I need to. Sometimes its necessary. But most of the time, I want to be positive. I want to get back to the old Nathan who tried to always make people laugh and forget about the crappy hand the real world can deal them. My first blog today, that was belly aching. I am alive. I have amazing family and great friends. I have a great church family who will pray for anybody who is going through anything. Bad days suck and seem to be more often than good, but the bad days make the good ones that much better.