I've always been one to sit and ponder. I have tried to write my thoughts down but for some reason my pondering thoughts never made it onto paper that often. I started a Diary when I was little but have no clue where it is, but I do remember what it looks like. I even have a memory of what I wrote in it one time. When I was in elementary school, the church I grew up in was having a "Dinner & A Show" night and the choir was performing "The Music Man". A favorite of mine till this day. My grandma played the grandma and she let me go to all the practices with her. I remember watching the movies with her as she did her ceramics while learning her lines. Back to what I wrote in it. Let's just say I had a huge crush one of the boys in the play. In my diary I wrote out the words to the song "Goodnight My Someone" but instead of "someone" I inserted that boys name. Oh the memories and laughter that come as I look back on these moments!! I do still have another Diary that was given to me from my grandparents in 1990. Not to my surprise, there isn't much written in it. The first page was simple. Who it was from. Who was there when I received it. And the statement "this was a good weekend"- Love Melissa Ann Hale. My next entry I do remember but as a young teenager with a broken heart, I decided to rip those pages out and burn them with the pictures and notes from the one who broke my poor little heart. Unfortunately my idea of "out of sight, out of mind" didn't work. Although I kept this diary in my night stand next to my bed, I don't remember writing in it much. So after getting my diary out ( in the drawer next to my bed) and looking at it today (first time in years) it starts with the date January 26,1990. Following that, the next page is dated January 11,1995. Five pages later, it's 1997. Two pages after that,1998. Five pages later, nothing. Now I begin again where a hand written diary in 2012 seems to be a thing of the past. Or if it is hand written,it's called a Journal. But as you can see the most popular is this thing called a Blog.
So here is my warning to you. I don't have a very good record of recording my thoughts, but I do intend to keep up with it this time. And for all you grammar, puncuation, perfect order, correct sentence people, as you can tell I'm not real good at that either. Also, I'm not very good with all this technology stuff. I tried creating a Facebook page for my crocheting and lets just say it was a fail. So who knows how this is going to turn out. Don't say I didn't warn ya! ;)
So why blog? Through a series of event over my lifetime and having grown in my walk with my Savior, Jesus Christ, I have come to believe that what I call "my simple thoughts" or "Melissa's Moments" could be used as a tool to bring Glory and Honor to my Lord. This blog will consist of stories and experiences from my childhood to the present. I will blog about what the Lord has done and is doing in my life. Some entries may be as simple as a question, a thought, a song, a picture, a piece of Scripture. Other times it will be about family, church, friends and what's going on in this life of mine, my moments. Whatever it may be, I hope that you will enjoy what is to be ~ Melissa's Moments.
In Christ,
Melissa
