First Journey

This post marks the first of what I hope will be many posts. After reading a number of blogs over the last couple of years, I often thought it would be great to create my own blog. However, I resisted, until now, because I didn't think that I would have much to write about that would be tangible or even helpful to others who may be dealing with the same issues that many of us struggle through in this "life" that we live. But, now I believe that even thought this may not be helpful to others, at least it will have some therapeutic value for me, and may even lead to open doors and friendships elsewhere.
So, with that being said, let me introduce myself. I am a married (happily) middle-aged male with two wonderful children; a teenage boy and a soon-to-be (yikes) teenage girl. I can say that God truly blessed me with the family that I have; I can't imagine where I'd be without them.
I live in small city in NW Georgia, that in many respects, is a great town to raise a family, but still not too far from the Big City.
I am a Christian, raised in a fundamental Baptist Church, but now I am a member of another denomination. I think God for Grace, because I often struggle spiritually and seem to often fall way-off the mark.

The title of my blog is Journeyman, which is to imply that I have felt that my whole life has been a journey of which I often do not know where I am going or where God is leading me. To me, life is a journey, with lots of hills and valleys and side roads that often times leads to dead-ends.
I really enjoy just getting in a car and just driving; not caring where the road that I am on is leading to, or where it will stop, forcing me to take an alternate route. I just enjoy the "journey" of a road trip; always wondering what's over the next hill or what's on the otherside of that curve. And if I get lost, as a male, I'm not asking for directions (LOL). And that is how life is, and has been, for me; never knowing what's on the other side of that hill or around the next curve.
That to me is where Trust comes-in. Often times, I want to guide my own way without asking for directions. And then I wonder why I have to wander through the desert sometimes.

So, as I begin this blog, I hope that it will help someone out there in blog land; maybe encourage you, or bring a ray of sunshine or a smile your way. I will try to be honest in posts, though like many others, I am a private person, often wearing various masks to hide my emotions, my sins, my failures and hearbreaks. If you do read this, and subsequent posts, please say a prayer for me, that God will guide me in this Journey called life.