Jonese's Blog

A little over a year ago I started this blog. I had the idea initially this blog would be a place for me to unload my thoughts about everything which interested me. In the early days there were some geeky posts but they were quickly lost in the shuffle of religion and personal exploration.

My posts here have always been sporadic and very often long winded. I'm a passionate blogger and when the spirit moves me I write and post. A lot of my earlier posts were these kinds of stream of conscious posts. Not a lot of review, discernment or even care for possible backlash.

It was all about putting my brain and it's crazy ideas on the Internet for others to soak up, debate and comment on.

As I got more and more followers I felt like I needed to be more "missional" with my posts. Which is just a fancy Christian word for being preachy in my case. Many of my posts got a "holier then thou" attitude in them and while I was talking facts it was all about how you should be better.

I was preaching but not always following my own advice.

Then over Christmas God really stepped in through His Word (aka the Bible), wisdom from friends, and just me paying more attention to bloggers I respect. I saw how I had deviated from BEING me and was more ACTING me.

It's time to JUST BE again.

So this is my last post here at Jonese.us. Jonese is dead, I'm killing him but leaving him up here because there is a lot of great content and I fully stand by everything I've written.

I'm not giving up, I'm not going away, I'm just moving forward. I saw this as a realignment but a friend said it was a reinvention of myself. I didn't like that idea until my friend showed me how it wasn't ME reinventing myself but how my relationship with God has reshaped and reinvented me.

I am no longer jonese. I am Eric Ryan Jones, follower of Jesus Christ.

Jonese was the old me, it was me in everything, emails, nicknames, twitters, im's. You could find me all over the place just by searching out Jonese.

But it was the old me really, it is not who I am now. It must ALL come to an end.

It's time for me to claim who I am, to stand up and BE who I am supposed to BE.

What does that look like? Good question, I'm not 100% sure but as with everything I do it has a theme. It has a purpose and I'm stoked to be stepping out of the boat in faith with all of you.

So join me as I stand with arms high and heart abandoned. Fully surrendered to the God who loves me more then I'll ever be able to love myself.

http://www.witharmshigh.com/