It has been exactly one year since awesomepurpose.com had its first post. Wow! I had hoped to premiere a new layout in time for this special anniversary, but I had some trouble with the coding at the last minute. Moving on…

When I started this website, I had no idea what to expect. I felt led to do it, and I obeyed, and the Lord has blessed me tremendously with this blog. Not only have I been able to share the amazing works of the Lord that I have been witness to, but I have also had the chance to be apart of many discussions between Christians (some I’d like to forget), and I’ve learned a lot from my fellow bloggers.

The greatest reward that any writer could ask for is to know that their writing has somehow touched the lives of the readers. In some small way, I think I have done that!

So what has happened in the past year?

June 12, 2007 - The first layout is premiered, and it was also my first time designing a page using CSS. The original layout was pretty simple, and I quickly grew tired of it.

August 7, 2007 - Version 2.0 is released and the feedback is wonderful! The blog looks much more professional with its new catchy design! Also, I moved from blogger.com to wordpress.com for more functionality. It was a challenge learning the new codes, but it was worth it!

September 11, 2007 - I went public with my deliverance from homosexuality with the article titled, “Coming Out Straight“.

November 8, 2007 - Version 3.0 is released, but is really only a slightly modified Version 2.0.

December 7, 2007 - I discover sitemeter.com, a wonderful little tool that shows me exactly who is coming to my site, among other useful details. Unfortunately, traffic before this was not recorded. Since the day I started using this service I have had 6,876 unique visitors with an average of 27 per day.

January 6, 2008 - I surprised everyone with the beautiful Version 4.0 Wood. It’s quickly named my “favorite layout ever.” I also included Twitter as a side feature for the new look.

February 5, 2008 - I received my first blog award!

Since the beginning of my blog I have had 127 posts, and 370 comments (not including the ones that have been deleted). Not overly impressive, but not bad either for my first year!

Anyway, thanks to everyone who still reads this thing, and to the new comers…I hope you enjoy what you are getting yourself into!