What to write?

So, having a blog is kind of a big deal, even if no one really reads it (no offense to the two people who subscribe to my blog). And as a big deal, I do feel at least some pressure to write a post every now and again; after all, what good is having a blog if you never write anything on it. Well anyway, that is how I feel today; that I should post something to my blog. And so here I am writing about feeling that I should write something... isn't that at least a little weird?
Anyway, what to write about? There are any number of topics to write about, Haiti, the upcoming mid-term elections, my job/jobs, people who are suffering with diseases and other physical ailments. But i can't really decide on any one thing. So why don't I go in a different direction.
I'm going to talk about my blog, or rather more specifically, why did I name my blog, "Adoration of the Magi: to live beyond my means?"
Well it all started with this facebook thing in which I was supposed to "design" an album cover by picking several random things, this included the album cover, album name, and band name. So when I went to find a random band name what came up was "adoration of the magi" which was pretty cool, and then when I went to get an album name what came up was "to die beyond my means." I was really surprised how everything came together and it sounded pretty cool, and almost legit.
Well anyway, I wanted to figure out what the "adoration of the magi" actually is, and, after googling it, discovered that it is a painting. Well, actually, more than just one painting, there are many paintings entitled "Adoration of the Magi." Many famous artists have painted on this theme, and what they all have in common is that it is an image of the Magi, or the Wise Men, worshiping the infant Christ.
So, when I decided that I wanted to create a blog, and to begin writing some of my thoughts and reflections in it, I first had to come up with a name for said blog. Well, I had not idea what a good name for a blog might be, but I knew I wanted it to be a somewhat cool sounding blog, but also to have some meaning behind it. And that is when I remembered that "album" cover I had made on facebook.
I thought to myself "hey, that would make a cool blog name." But I didn't really know what it meant, or what it would imply to make this the title of my blog. So I began to think and explore what "the Adoration of the Magi" meant.
Doing searches and investigating the various paintings of "Adoration of the Magi" didn't really turn up any real meaning. The people who painted them just basically did it to appease the Church, and to depict a biblical scene. That's not saying that they didn't believe in Christ, or weren't good Christians; just that I couldn't find any significant meaning behind any of the paintings.
And so, I went away from that paintings and looked more at the story of the Magi and their visit to the Christ child. And more specifically than their visit, I looked at the gifts that they gave to Jesus and His family, the three gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, and at what these gifts, these "adorations" signified.
First, gold; gold represented that Jesus would be a king. He is the King of the Jews, and the King of all nations, and one day "every knew will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord." Second, frankincense; frankincense represented that Jesus would be a priest. In fact He is our great High Priest, the intercessor between man and God, as he is the true GOD MAN, the Incarnation. And third, myrrh; myrrh represented the sacrifice that Jesus would make. It represented the sacrifice that He would make many years later on the cross that brought us salvation.
So, what do I mean when I title my blog "Adoration of the Magi"? What I mean is that I mean to lift Christ up as my King, High Priest and Savior. In everything I do and say this is my testimony, that Christ is Lord over my life.
So that settles the main title of this blog, but what of the "subtitle"? What about "to live beyond my means"? Well, as you can tell I adjusted it slightly from the facbook album cover "to die beyond my means." Well, I have no idea where that quote came from, or who said it originally. I only remember that it is what came up when I did the random search.
But it speaks to a Biblical truth that, as the hymn says "little is much when God is in it." What I mean by saying "to live beyond my means" is not that I am going to try to live a life style that cannot be supported by my income. I do not mean, by saying this, that I want to go into debt or spend more than I have. What I mean by saying "to live beyond my means" is that I am giving what I have and what I am to Christ to do with as he pleases. And the cool thing is, that what I give is always more when it is in Jesus' hands than when it is in mine, even if it is the same amount. Just as when the boy gave up his loaves and fish, enough to feed one or two people, in the hand of Christ if feed more than five-thousand.
So that is the meaning of the title of this blog. I magnify God, and give Him everything I have and am.