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One Year and Counting

I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.  (Philemon 1:6)

One year ago today “Frank’s World” was born.  It started with a Verse of the Day and Sports page, and has grown considerably ever since.  I’d like to thank all of you for your support and encouragement for there have been times when I wished I never made this daily commitment.  I’ve had files corrupted and spent days completely rebuilding the pages from scratch.  I’ve anguished over the design of the site and struggled to find ways to make it more interactive.  I’ve encountered hotels with no dataports and lines that refused to keep a connection.

But all these battles are something I’ve come to embrace.  I take too much joy in sharing the gifts the Lord has provided me with to allow these things to affect me.  I also take great pleasure in watching the Lord work within me:  I remember struggling with “The Road to Salvation” application all day that Saturday.  I would write a paragraph, and then delete it.  Write two paragraphs, and then delete it.  I got so frustrated I was going to scrap it altogether.  I was all set to shut down my computer for the night when I said a quick prayer:  “Lord, I know what I want to say but I just can’t seem to find the right words.  Please guide me through this.”  Thirty minutes later the application was written and posted onto my site.  His power never ceases to amaze me.

The greatest personal joy to come from this site is that I now have an answer to the question I posed in the “God is Faithful” application:  “Lord, why all the years of pain and suffering?”  I truly didn’t expect an answer, but the Lord provided one anyway:  “If you didn’t experience all those years of trials and tribulation, you would still be the selfish, arrogant man you were.  There would have been no desire to serve; only the desire to be served.  Furthermore, what on earth would you have been able to write about in all your verse applications?”
  
I hope this site has been a positive ministry to you all.  I don’t know how long “Frank’s World” will survive but I sure hope the spirit of Christ will never die from within me.   

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