2009 Year in Review

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2009 Year in Review

December 31, 2009 by John Knight

We’ve been at this blog for more than a year and it has changed significantly in that time, particularly when we moved to WordPress and re-branded as The Works of God in September.

I want to publicly thank Abraham Piper, the very talented web content editor for Desiring God and the creator of 22 Words, one of the best personal blogs you will find. He recommended many of the changes you have seen over the past year. I was frequently slow to make the changes he suggested, but I have always been glad once I have done so. Maybe I’ll move a little faster when he suggests things in 2010.

I will continue to trust God to provide the content on a regular basis. I don’t think a whole lot about ‘traffic’ to the site. It should surprise no one that when Pastor John tweets about The Works of God, traffic increases substantially. That is also the case when Noel Piper tweets about us.

The posts I labored over the most usually received the least amount of traffic. Yet a few of those lesser-viewed posts seemed to have greater impact on specific individuals, sometimes months later. I’m grateful God works like that.

I’m also grateful for friends who regularly feed me content. God is very kind to me in the many relationships he’s given because of a common interest in disability, the Bible and God’s sovereignty.

So, to close the year, here are the top five most-read posts on the Works of God, along with one more from our old blog on Webjam:

5. Disability, Disease and Treasuring God

4. Year-end Reminders of Why I Love Bethlehem

3. A Young Man’s Testimony to Suffering and the Sovereignty of God (Lord willing, this will end up on the top 5 next year as well. Joe’s testimony is worth reading multiple times. I know it will be posted again.)

2. Wave Four: The Disability Community Fills in the Grave

1. Helpful Things: Pastors Who Love Their People

The post that received the most traffic over the past year came while we were still on Webjam:

When Do We Get to Talk About the Other Consequences of Abortion, Mr. President?

As we end 2009, to God all the glory! May he allow us another year to make much of him and his sovereignty and goodness over disability and disease and suffering.

Happy New Year Everyone! Jesus is King!

Posted in commentary | 4 Comments

4 Responses

on December 31, 2009 at 9:50 am | Reply Steve Burchett

I thank God often for this blog. Keep it going, brother!

Warmly in Our Sovereign Lord,
Steve
on December 31, 2009 at 10:30 am | Reply John Knight

Thanks, Steve. Grateful God used the blog to bring us together!
on January 2, 2010 at 4:12 pm | Reply Alexandre Costa

Thanks for posting this. It was very helpful.
on January 3, 2010 at 12:27 am | Reply Michelle

I read your blog off and on. I know how you feel about only a little traffic. I feel like a ghost town on my blog. But nonetheless, God sees what we write. As for me, your blog really got me thinking this year about spiritual vs physical disabilities. I have a child that is being tested for autism and to be quite honest, she is a child that loves God with all her heart. My other two just go through the motions or atleast as much as a parent can tell without seeing their hearts. It’s going to take a ton more work on my part to keep digging into it with the others that don’t have physical issues. Anyway, I started reading your blog before I knew my daughter might have autism. I think God knew I needed to read it and at the right time too. Bless you for posting this even if I don’t get to read it every day…I still do read it. Happy New Year..I look forward to more great content from you too.