what if there's a bigger picture?

So the past few days I've been feeling a little overwhelmed by all that comes with blogging.

I love it, I truly do. If I didn't enjoy it, I wouldn't keep doing it.

Because honestly it takes time away each day that I should be spending with my daughter. Or the dog. Or the Hubs. I'm sure you all can relate in some way or another.

But it makes me happy, so I suck it up and pretend I'm a college kid staying up until 3 AM.

Me. Sitting here in the dark with the light of my trusty computer and my dog's snores to keep me company.

Besides being swamped with emails/scheduling posts/keeping up with other blogs and trying to design a new look for my blog {to hopefully make it's debut along with a giveaway this coming Monday},

I keep feeling as if I'm not quite reaching my blogging potential.

No, not about seeing how many followers I can get or how many hops I can join...

But about what God wants me to do with this blog.

With this gift He's given me.

Because I don't think I'm using this gift to the extent that He deserves.

It's been on my heart lately that God wants me to delve deeper.

Yes yes it's all good and fun to post about what the crazy nugget's been up to or what I did last weekend.

But I don't frequently share anything of substance.

Stuff that I feel compelled to write here. Stuff that reaches out to others.

Because sometimes that's all we need to see on a given day. To help lift our spirits or to let us know that "hey, I'm not alone in this". Sorta a piece in the puzzle of what blogging's about, right?

Then on the way home today from running around town like a mad woman, I heard this song. I've heard it many times before and kinda liked it, but I never really listened to the lyrics.Seriously, people, eyes were welling up.This is exactly what I needed to hear, today. That God. He's good. He'll always send something down your road to meet you when you're swerving off the path a bit.Our own little world is not about us.
In my own little world it hardly ever rains
I’ve never gone hungry, always felt safe
I got some money in my pocket, shoes on my feet
In my own little world
population me

I try to stay awake during Sunday morning Church
I throw a twenty in the plate, but I never give ’til it hurts
And I turn off the news when I don’t like what I see
Yeah, it’s easy to do when it’s
population me

What if there’s a bigger picture?
What if I’m missing out?
What if there’s a greater purpose
I could be living right now?
Check out the rest of Matthew West's lyrics to My Own Little World here.How about you? Does anyone ever feel like God chose you to blog for a reason?