Welcome

Go ahead.  Pat yourself on the back.  YOU are reading the inaugural post of what will become a fruitful, insightful, and delightfully witty blog.  I'm just kidding.  Don't pat yourself on the back.  You will look silly.

Why am I starting this blog?  Why does anyone start a blog?  Perhaps its for the friends and family far away. Perhaps I just think I have something worthwhile to say.  Perhaps its for posterity.  I really don't know.  I just  know that I was walking through the woods (more on that later) and decided I would start it again (I had about 20 posts going on a blog I created 10 years ago - WOW. Awkward).  

About the blog name and stuff:  I had some great ideas, but they were mostly taken.  Its humbling to see how original I am not.  Anyway, as a man, I have come to intimate grips with the responsibility I have to work for and provide for my family.  Its an honor to know that and be able to execute it, especially given my "nature" as a lackadaisical fellow (if you aren't someone I know from before marriage, ask someone who is).  

I am also working through what it means to be a man of God.  I have ideas from people I look up to, and that has been immensely helpful; but I have a son of my own and I want for him to be sure of his roles and responsibilities prior to being confronted by them firsthand.  I want my daughter to be keenly aware of what her future husband is required to be before she gets tangled up emotionally.  So, "Working Through It" sums that up.  The address to the blog, "Abide and Conquer", is a silly pun I made up and put permanently on my wrist.  It refers to abiding in Christ and Conquering things.  Pretty cool, eh?  Seriously, though.  Its good to be reminded that following Jesus, while it was never supposed to be easy, is at least simple.  Not some hokey pokey dance of to do lists and chants.  

Welp, that's about all I have to say about that.

'Night.