Several Things I Want You to Know

The snow that you see falling is a simple gift from  Wordpress.com who hosts the site Brokenbelievers.  It was an option, and I liked it.  So, whether you like it or not.  The snow will fall on your screen.  Get out your shovel.

We also have just surpassed 90,000 hits.  That’s a whole lot of clicks.  It seems very unreal and quite improbable.  Brokenbelievers is positioned to be a real factor in the lives of struggling believers, many who have a serious mental illness.

We also have just hit 900 posts.  So 900 times, something of substance has been posted on BB.  This is basically a library that you can draw on.  From my firsthand position, a whole lot of good things are now available.  You can tap them all.

I’m so glad that I can do something that really matters.  And that is how I really feel.  I have just started a spanking new blog that is studying the Psalms.  You can find it at www.psalmslife.com.  It’s new, but I sense a momentum building from eager hearts.  Please look at it, and let me know what you think.

When you feel it’s appropriate and OK, please leave a response in the reply action after each post.  These are like mini-transfusions and I am grateful for each and everyone.  I do listen, and am hoping to be quite responsive to your comments.  Your email address is most sacred, it will never go beyond me.

Thank you for your willingness to read, and then care.  You are special and you bless me.

Finally–A BB Milestone

50,000 Visits

 

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Since September 23, 2009–May 2, 2011 we have reached 50,000 distinct hits on Broken Believers.

 

We have come a very long way.  On BB first day we had 10 hits,  since than we have climbed very steadily.  Our best day was just a few days ago—the total hits was 712 for the day.  Right now our average is about 180 distinct views a day.  (Sometimes a little less, but often a bit more.)

This ministry to Christians with a mental illness is a rarity indeed.  I look and look and have never found a blog like this with such a ministry focus for these struggling believers.  And the appeal is broader than mental illnesses.  People with other issues benefit by this blog.

I beseech you to pray for the people who come to BB.  Pray for the blog itself, and for me as I battle my own issues.  I have no illusions or self-deception about my own heart condition and dealings I’m working through.  I am most certainly a “broken believer.”

I continue to put together a daily post.  I’ve been somewhat weary the last few weeks.  FYI, I receive no financial help from the BB ministry, rather I have paid the incidentials out of my own pocket.  I guess I just needed to make it clear.

I so hope you’ll continue to make BB a regular stop on your travels.  And if you should read something to merit sending me an email, I’d love it.

                                        flash99603@hotmail.com

 

ybic,

    Bryan

A Most Happy of New Years!

Happy New Years’ to each and every Brokenbeliever follower!  I ask for God’s best blessings and that you would know His love, and then walk in His light. 

“What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?  He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?” 

Romans 8:31-32, NIV

 

Administrative Update & 10,000 Hits

Posts Since September 20, 2009

The ministry of Broken Believers is growing and being strengthened.  You may have noticed, but over 35% is directly dealing with issues of mental illness, and 60% of our posts deal with regular discipleship topics.  We have as of today a total of 358 posts, with 221 categories, and a total of 10,000 distinct hits!

That staggers me, to say the least.  I never thought that this little blog would touch so many.  And that I, a disabled man, and taking on a new ministry would be used in this way.  I am trusting in the Holy Spirit and His care over me and BB.

I want to thank you for helping to make this possible.  Now lets go to 20,000!

That's the spirit!