I recently tried to guess my personality in class the other day. I think I guessed ISTP(according to Myers-Briggs test). I know I'm definitely an introvert and thinking, so the other two it's more of a toss up. I took the test and received INTJ. I was shocked with the J honestly. The more I look into it I am very organized and I like things to be in order and so that makes sense. I did take the test again and scored an ISTJ. I am very much on the line when it comes to Sensing vs Intuition. I can accept either about myself.
I also took a strengths test to find my strengths. It takes 24 character strengths and ranks them by how I scored on the test. It was a long, 240 question test in case you were wondering. I'm not sure if it is a certified test or not. It may or may not be legit. My top character strength is Spirituality. That's pretty cool. I think I would be a bad Christian if that scored lower than number one. Then the rest of the top five ranked as follows; Fairness, Humor, Appreciation of Beauty & Excellence, and Forgiveness. These all describe who I am and what I believe in, so maybe this test is real. I think it's neat to input your answers to some of these questions and have the output describe you so well.
So let me really get down to what this blog is and why I'm writing it. I am basically forced to do it for my class. Forced is a strong word though. It's true, but it is also a good thing. I'm not bitter about having to do it. I think making my thoughts on subjects public is good. Sometimes this helps to get better opinions as well, because I'm obviously not perfect, or the wisest person alive. It will be about worship leading and about myself as well.
I've titled this blog Encountering God because I want it not only to be about worship leading, I want it to be about my experiences as well. Worship is life and what our focus is and I wanted to bring that aspect into this blog as well. Singing and playing music is great but there is so much more to worship than that.
I also have this theme of miz-bay'-akh throughout this blog. Miz-bay'-akh is the Hebrew word for altar. We all know altars were built for sacrifices and offerings to God, but originally Noah built his to worship God and honor Him. They were built in places where people encountered God. We honor God by building an altar. I want to write about the experiences where I encounter God and I want to make this blog about that as well. I want to make my mark in this world by just writing about what God is doing in my life today. Hopefully I stay true to this and don't fall off topic.Matt
