Please humor me as I try out an idea I have just had. I wish to lay before you a blogging challenge. The reward in this challenge will genuinely be in the taking part. Anyone who completes the challenge, and sends me an email with a link to their post will get a link in a round-up post here on my blog. I will not be choosing a winner, but those who's posts I really like will be directly quoted here on the blog.

I came across some words on the desiringgod website, and the challenge is to interact with these words- either agree, disagree, explain, or illustrate. You can take any aspect of these words or the paragraph as a whole. Entries via email to adrian@warnock.info. This challenge will remain open for a few weeks or until I feel inundated with entries! I hope at least some of you may enjoy this.

Here are the words-

At Desirign God we are blood-earnest about helping people be as happy as possible in God. Because those who are not satisfied in God are not free, but slaves to the futility of seeking their happiness in this world. But those who are satisfied in God are free indeed. They are free to feed the hungry, care for the diseased, comfort the abused, minister to the poor, treat the addicted, speak hope to the despairing and serve on the most difficult mission fields. They are free to lose their lives because they know where to find LIFE.

So for the sake of God's glory and the happiness and freedom of the saints, we are pouring our lives into producing and distributing resources that help them grasp the crucial truth that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. For in its absence, every aspect of kingdom work eventually suffers