Blogging

I have the utmost respect for mommy and homeschool bloggers who have Christian words in their titles. The pressure must be astounding.

And I really almost regret choosing Royal Little Lambs as a blog name and all that connotes. But it points to Him as our Shepherd and not to me being anything but a follower. I’m not trying to promote myself as the best and most (Christian, Biblical, Proverbs 31, Gospel, JesusFreak, Godly, whatever) homemaker, homeschooler, blogger… Bloggers who have words like that in their titles better measure up to those expectations, eh?

I fear the expectations of being a Christian blogger.

It must be so much easier to be just a blogger – with no ties, no pointing fingers, no haters.

And it seems that some Christian bloggers feel they must post comments as weapons, complete with scripture, pointing out weaknesses, imaginary sins, what ya shoulda coulda done. Like they know everything about one’s past and journey.

I know I’m a failure.

Every single moment of my existence, I’m reminded that I don’t measure up.

And it’s ok.

Jesus made it ok for me. Thank God for His mercy.

I don’t want to be lumped into the group of Christians, and certainly not Christian bloggers. I addressed this before. Too many bloggers give it a bad reputation, spewing hatred at anyone who disagrees with her doctrine – on blogs, social media, even personal Facebook accounts. Yes, some of us notice such things. Such a great testimony.

We all have regrets. Some more than others. I don’t need strangers to point anything out to me. I know only too well what my faults are. My kids and husband are quick to remind me.

I don’t really have a comment policy like some bloggers do. I know some who delete any comment they don’t like, if they consider it disagreeable or argumentative or whatever. They live in a lovely bubble, I’m sure, censoring at will the comments of real live people and keeping the peace in their comment stream, protecting their readers. I get it. It’s their blog and they can do what they want. I’ve had some comments I find highly offensive and they stay there at the bottom of posts for all to see. Some I reply to publicly or privately, but I love the freedom of expression. I learn from all comments, positive and negative. And maybe a reader needs to see reality once in a while.

And as for social media groups and communities? I just have no time to participate in that nonsense. The owners have their strict policies about what can be posted: no affiliate links, no advertising, no blog posts, nothing offensive. Again, the censor bubble. Again, I get it that the owners can do what they want. It’s just not worth my time stressing over what I can post, if I’ll get deleted or blocked if I accidentally forget and post the wrong thing or it’s found disagreeable.

Not many [of you] should become teachers (self-constituted censors and reprovers of others), my brethren, for you know that we [teachers] will be judged by a higher standard and with greater severity [than other people; thus we assume the greater accountability and the more condemnation]. James 3:1 AMP