Why Journal?

Every night when I open up the blogger, well most nights, the nights when I am home on the computer and I open up the blogger I see the blog and it shows how many total page views, how many posts and it has a graph thing that indicates page views for the day.  I don't usually pay much attention to it, it just happens to be there.  The total number of page views stood out to me just now and I figured I would mention it.  As of right now my blog has had 15,000 page views.  That is a bit crazy.  I certainly hope it has been a positive thing for any who have read it.  I don't know that I always have a wonderful message and really that isn't what this blog is.  This is my journal that after many years of handwritten journals that no one can read I transferred to an electronic journal in the form of a blog.  I certainly never imagined people would tap into it and read what I have to record about thoughts and feelings and happenings in my life.  I hope it serves to lift, to inspire and to strengthen any who read it.  Most importantly is that I hope it inspires my children and posterity. I write it so that they will have some understanding of who I am.  I write in hopes that they will know of my love for the Lord and my testimony of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Like Nephi, I write so that they, meaning my children, will know to which source they may look for a remission of their sins.  I write by way of invitation in my Patriarchal Blessing that I keep a journal of my life.  I hope that it is of worth to someone.  I find that keeping a record of my life serves as a great blessing in my life and helps me strive to do good, to do the best that I can as I struggle to follow the example of the Savior.