Thankful: Diversity

While going through my blog roll, I was looking at the recent posts by different people.
One from a woman I don't know in real life who lives in Arkansas.
One from a childhood friend who has gone on to be a fashion model/blogger (WHAT?) who lives in Switzerland.
And one from a former teacher and now friend who lives in California.
And that was just at the top of the page before scrolling down (not to mention all those blogs on the left). And that's just the blogs I follow! And that's just one form of creative outlet!

And it hit me. I am so blessed to know these people and be a part of this human race where every single person is unique and artistically made.

They're all so different!

They're all so intreguing!

They're all so intricate!

And they're all so real!

Sometimes it gets really easy to look at society as a whole (especially from an educational standpoint) and see them as one communal, molded, functioning machine rather than a group of unique, beautiful and messy people.

I can't help but be enamored when I look at the creativity and art that comes out of each person and think about how they were all made by God. One God made all those people, and yet they are all unique but all made in His image. One, all-powerful being made them all and yet He gave them the freedom to have their own personalities, their own likes and dislikes, their own creativity, and their own mistakes.

It's truly amazing and truly beautiful and I am truly thankful to be a part of it.

Clear The Stage

This song was first brought to my attention a few months ago - when one of my biggest idols was being exposed for what it really was. Since I've been learning all along, but especially today, that vulnerability is something that should increase as you become more and more rooted in the Lord, I will be vulnerable with you here and now. One of my biggest idols for about half of my life was liking guys. And while it was specific guys that I would like, my idol was moreso just having someone to daydream, think, talk and pray about. I realize that liking somebody isn't sin in itself. I actually think that romanctic love is one of the big ways that the Lord is glorified through our hearts as humans. It became an idol though, because I allowed it to be my god. I based my relationship with God on how my love life was. When someone would ask me how I was, I would reply based on my relationship with the person I liked. When I prayed, a majority of the content of my

Seasons: Right Now

As it has only been since last night that I wrote my first post in my new series, "Seasons", I don't necessarily have a whole lot more to say about my planning for the posts so I think I'm gonna dive right in. Something I like doing is sitting in coffee shops while I blog (VERRY original, I know). I'm in one right now and have a Pumpkin Pie Chai on one side of the table and a Coconut Chocolate Chip Scone on the other (now you can be jealous of my overpriced and extremely unhealthy consumptions so far today). This brings me to the first season I'm gonna talk about . . . . RIGHT NOW. Right now I'm 19 years old. I'm about 3 1/2 months away from moving to Kansas City for at least six months to do an internship at the International House of Prayer. I'm not a mom, not a wife and for sure don't have everything even close to figured out. I would go so far as to say that I barely have anything figured out. Now you're probably trying to fig

Gap Year(s)

In my post about going back to school this fall and the favor I've seen in the process, I said I would expound on why I'm glad I spent two years out of school. Now I know I don't always follow up on things I say I'll write "more on later" but I am for this. Let me begin with my plans as a high school senior. In high school I had quite a few changes of plans regarding what I would do after word. For a while, I planned to go to Ball State. That fell off the wagon for a few reasons that I can't remember now. A local University was my next consideration, but something kept me from deciding to go for that full fledge. The plan then became to go to a 6 month school at a Christian organization (more for personal growth than academic gain). I prayed about that more and realized that I didn't actually feel like God was pointing me to that (although I'm sure if I had gone, it would have been great). When I let that go, I didn't have a replace

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