"If you’re still breathing, it means that God isn’t finished with you yet.”

A thought by Mark Batterson (2011-01-18) in his book, Soulprint: Discovering Your Divine Destiny (p. 140). Multnomah Books. Kindle Edition.

This quote by Mark Batterson from his book, Soulprint: Discovering Your Divine Destiny got me thinking about doing some more writing. I even bought another computer just for that task.

I have been spending time in writing a blog called bill’s front porch that is helpful in the practics of the Bible but I have some other areas that interest me. I do a lot of reading and in my reading I like to underline or in my Kindle I like to highlight phrases that catch my attention. So the thought came to me to take those phrases and Just Continue That Thought but from my perspective. So that is what this new blog is all about. As you see there is the quote and then all the info about the author and the name of the book. It also is possible to click on the title and go to Amazon.com and buy the book.

Now back to this quote. I am a 64 year old retired church planter who believes that God isn’t through with me yet. My best days are ahead of me. I am going to do all I can to strive to grow and develop in areas that I didn’t have time for when I was working 50 to 60 hours a week in starting new churches. One of them is in my writing.

What about you?

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