Numero Uno.

Yeah, I started a blog. Time to join this century? Haha, I don’t know. It was completely on impulse one night when I made this! Then, by the time I was done just getting everything set up, I was too tired to begin to actually write. Which says a lot because I love writing. It’s as though I enter a whole other realm in my mind when I begin to write. I have all of these thoughts and feelings and ideas that seem disconnected and fuzzy. But then, give me a pen and paper (or blank computer screen), and everything floating around becomes grounded, organized, clear.

I guess I’ll use this as a means of simple expression of whatever is pressing at my heart at the moment. I presently have a lot going on (not that that is a change). But right now is a very important, even crucial time in my life, I believe. I have taken off January to August to really explore the deepest corners of my soul. To heal. To find purpose and direction, and then go with it. I admit that it’s already March and I have done a splendid job avoiding many things. But I needed to get a job and regular steady schedule, worry about the basic issues so I could go to the deeper ones. This is only my third week of routine, and I’m ready. It’s going to be quite a roller coaster journey, but heck, it’d be boring if it wasn’t!

So... Here’s to life. Here’s to refusing to stand by and let it pass any longer. Here’s to living, breathing, learning, experiencing, and loving it. I want to find beauty in every second. I desire so much to have the God of the universe reach down and touch my eyes, my heart, my mind and body, and save me. For that is what this Christian walk is about. It isn’t a ticket to heaven, or list of do’s and don’ts. It’s the freedom to truly live in tune with who we were intended to be. That’s my goal. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind.” (Luke 10:27, TNIV) It’s a verse we’ve heard a thousand times if we’ve grown up in the Church. But have we believed it for right now? Christ came to save EVERYTHING. When He came, everything changed. And when we choose to become His disciple, everything in our life should change. You name it- God has a holy plan for it. Everything is spiritual. In the time the New Testament was written, there was no differentiation in labeling parts of life “spiritual” and other parts “secular”. To Jesus and His disciples, it was all God’s. That is what I desire to live my life by. A radical surrender of everything, so that I can live in harmony with The One Thing that matters.

It will definitely take time. More than just these next 7 months. More than a lifetime on Earth. But starting now will make a world of difference. My encouragement to whoever is reading this, is to not wait. Not even to finish reading this sentence. Give into Freedom. Let the power of the Spirit enter every facet of your life. LIVE TODAY!

Well, I'm off to work! Happy Fridayyy:)

Spread the Love,
Emily