Near the end of last year I saw several people post a list of the first line of the first post from each month through the past year. Several days ago I saw Bet do the same thing, and that reminded me of it. It’s a fun exercise, so here are my first posts for each month of 2007. While looking through them I also decided to highlight certain favorite posts from each month as well.

January:

First line from first post: Quotes for the new year: “There remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. Joshua 13:1”

Other highlights from January: The Storm and the Rainbow, Fundamentalism and separatism, Doctrine.

February:

First post: Snow day “… though it’s not snow, exactly. More like falling slush balls…”

Other highlights: You can’t say no until you pray about it, The language of Christians, Fundamentals and secondary issues, Meme about Mr. Right, What do you say about this book?

March:

First post: Yuck! “I had a hankering for a hamburger today…”

Other highlights: A sense of Him, God is able, Spring musings, When there is no hunger for God’s Word, The community of believers, The greatest sin.

April:

First post: Easter quotes: “I’ll be back later this evening with Psalm Sunday, but for now I wanted to put up the first of a series of quotes about Easter (or Resurrection Day, if you prefer).”

Other highlights: The resurrection of Jesus Christ.

May:

First post: Labeling downloaded pictures: “My tackle for today involved computer housekeeping.” (Too bad I am easily amused wasn’t first. 😀 )

Other highlights: No work of mine, Why are we so surprised?, Devotional exercise using definitions, Afraid? Of what?, Interview with author Lynn Walker.

June:

First post: Talk about high security: “I haven’t flown in ages — I haven’t even been to an airport in a long time except to pick my husband up from a business trip at the curb.”

Other highlights: No merit of my own, The Deity of Christ, Ode to a summer cold.

July:

First post: Having devotions when you’re not feeling very devoted: “Several days ago, I was starting out my devotional time as I usually do by reading the day’s passage from a book called Daily Light for the Daily Path.”

Other highlights: Works for me Wednesday: Parenting edition, Faith isn’t arrogance, Does He know you?, Scriptural reasons for suffering, Why I love Jesus, Though everything goes wrong, Poor Suzie.

August:

First post: A belated — or early — happy Birthday to Jason: “Jason, my middle son, had a birthday a couple of weeks ago.”

Other highlights: A milestone birthday, No judgment?, It’s the little things.

September:

First post: Book Review: The Potluck Club Takes the Cake: “The Potluck Club Takes the Cake by Linda Evans Shepherd and Eva Marie Everson is the third in a series about a group of friends from a church who started several years ago getting together for prayer and a potluck meal.”

Other highlights: Every possibility, What women want…in a Christian man, Does niceness really matter?

October:

First post: My desktop free view: “Alice at Hello, My Name Is Alice tagged me for a meme in which we show what’s on our desktop on our computer.”

Other highlights: Sometimes love means…, My righteousness, Sometimes it’s best to leave children alone, God’s Word, She regrets having children

November:

First post: Another ER visit: “I decided to skip prayer meeting tonight to go to the ER. 🙄 ”

Other highlights: Thanksgiving Bible study, Preparing good ground.

December:

First post: Photo Scavenger Hunt: Red: “I was looking for the first picture for today and found the other two in the process.”

Other highlights: Don’t forget the grace, His dear wife, Primary purpose of a home, Laying down life.

Update: I just saw that Kelli at There’s No Place Like Home did a similar post, only she has pictures from each month. Neat idea! She added a Mr. Linky here if anyone would like to post the first sentence of your first blog post of each month and link back to it for others to enjoy.