As I enter this, my blog looks like road kill. Blogs4God has had technical problems and my faulty coding on the template kicked in. (Blogs On is on the same server) I’ve hollered for help to cre8d but given the work ahead to get the pages of the portal ship shape, this broken blog will lie stinking on the cyber road awhile longer.
An amazing amount of hard work has gone into providing a portal of community for Jesus bloggers. Starting with Martin Roth compiling and diligently maintaining the Semi Definitive List of Christian blogs to Mean Dean’s technical wizardry, I’ve watched people faithfully plug away.

I have not experienced this level of ego crushing frustration in years. Even entering an email account plunges me into nightmarish entanglements confirming the viciousness of Murphy’s Laws. Fortunately I have an adrenaline kickin’ down and dirty real life responsibility coming up that will help me regain a relative sense of competency. My squashed ego will get the workout it needs to heal and function again. Unfortunately I have a sinking realization the launch of Blogs4God and my Command Post job are going to collide. Big time.
Command Post? I’m one of 25 neat and elite people who run communications for a four-day event that is not unlike managing a city of about 150,000 people. All communication.

We send out a works crew to put toilet paper in a Johnny on the Spot. We send medical, police and security to an injury or fatality. We scramble to send out an ‘all stations’ for a lost child. We dash off with a fresh battery to someone at the main stage. We patiently tell a confused volunteer what channel to stay on for the 10th time. We alert gate crews when to close down to let a train to rumble through. Everything is logged. On DOS even. As the centre of the communication hub we don’t rest. It is something I know how to do without feeling like road kill. We spend long days prior to the event setting up and ensuring the communication tools and back ups are working perfectly. Right down to curtains for the construction trailer we are housed in so we can see our screens.

And that is why blogs4God has been so delayed. The infrastructure has to work.
In both of these events really interesting things happen when you add the people. A properly set up infrastructure does not guarantee good communication, simply because people are, well, people.

The impending collision of both events in my life has caused me to pause and think about my communication with God. Is my infrastructure in place? Am I hiding His word in my heart? Is His praise on my lips? Are my petitions in accordance with His will? Am I staying conscious of His Presence? Have I respected the fact that each of us has their own role in each community? Do I give mercy when I’m weary, angry and cut out of the loop? Am I caring well for myself too? Am I remaining faithful at my post?

Just like the Blogs4God team counts on each of us to do our job and the 500+ people running the event count on Command to stay alert, I only know one thing for sure right now.

I can completely and fully count on my God and His infrastructure. He never changes. He doesn’t slumber or sleep. He leads. He guards my steps. He comes alongside. He lifts me up. He corrects. He knows my needs. He provides still waters. He cares. He communicates.

Enough. This blog will get tossed into the journal category! My fingers are itching to get to work doing what I am comfortable doing, news, meta blogging and connecting others. Soon.
Brace Bene. Brace.