Hello and welcome to my blog. My name is Greg Watson and I have started this blog in order to put pen to paper (so to speak) about some of the musings I have as I journey down the Christian path. The goal of this blog is to try to find the Truth. That explains the website address ”queso veritas” – it’s Latin for “ask for truth”. At least I think it is. I put the two words together based on an online english-to-latin translation website. I hope it’s correct; for you purists I apologize if it is not.
I like to reference the book of James when it comes to asking from God. James 1:5 says:
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
James 4 implies that we don’t receive from God because we don’t ask him for the right things or with the right motives. However, God wants us to know the truth. How do I know this? Because Jesus said that He is the way, the TRUTH, and the light. I’ll bet my last paycheck that God wants us to know the truth because Jesus is the Truth and God certainly wants us to know Jesus. So if we ask God for the Truth, do you think God will give it to us? My thought is “absolutely” and my experience is generally sooner than we expect.
So that’s the thought process behind the blog. But what’s with the name? Obviously, “SonBurn” is a play on words. What happens when we get to much exposure to the physical sun? We get a sunburn, right? People can see the evidence of where we have been and what we have been doing. But just as exposure to the natural sun gives us a sunburn, our exposure to Christ gives us a SonBurn! People can see it on our faces wherever we go. They can tell what we have been doing, what we have reading, and what is important to us.
My philosophy is we should use our SonBurn to help others answer their own questions about what is the Truth. After all, that is a big part of being a Christian—helping others find Christ just as we did. That’s called the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20).
So, happy reading!! Feel free to comment as often as you like. I’d love to hear from you!
Thank you for sharing. Very inspirational.
Greg…Just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your devotion, “Worthless” on christiandevotions.us. I loved your analogy. I also write for them. I had one devotion last year and have one coming up in June and another in July. I met Cindy and Eddie at the Philadelphia Writeers Conference last year. Keep writing for Him. I will read some of your other devotions when I get a chance.
Thanks Frances for your kind words and encouragement. I am really glad you enjoyed the devotion—I hope it spoke to you. I was able to finally meet Cindy and Eddie just this past week at the Writers Advance Boot Camp. They’re great people who truly have a heart for the writer’s ministry. Looking forward to reading your devotions on the CD website!
Greg