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I oftentimes find myself feeling as if I am drowning in a sea of brokenness. Financial strains, familial tensions, and the like, oftentimes distract me from who I am in Christ, and furthermore, what I am called to do as His servant. Scripture repeatedly teaches that a part of my calling is to offer up my body as a living sacrifice, and this includes giving thanks for the blessings in my life to the loving God who bestows them. My life needs to be one of joy, one that actively pursues beauty and appreciates all things, even those that are commonly overlooked.
With this blog, I hope to take myself and anyone who reads it on a journey in which each and every day I find something to do, or see, or make that is beautiful and can be deeply appreciated. Then, I will give the beauty I find as an offering of praise and thanks to the Lord by writing about it here on this blog. Check back each day for a new post! I hope that what you read here will inspire you to appreciate life more and actively pursue the beauty that surrounds you, even in the midst of brokenness.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Nerves and Expectations

I was so nervous.

Why, you ask?

Oh, I was only going to a brand new place full of people I have never met...all by myself.

Granted, it was a church, so I shouldn't have been as nervous as I actually was.

On my way there, I got semi-lost. Go figure.

But then I found the place and was welcomed by the most kind and welcoming people a nervous stranger could ever hope to encounter.

I talked with people my own age, which hasn't happened in a long time since coming home for the summer. I worshipped God with my new friends. I heard a sermon on 1 John 5. I went to  fro-yo afterwards with my new friends. It was fantastic.

I met people I wouldn't have had the chance to meet otherwise. God took my expectations and blew them out of the water. He has a way of doing that sometimes.

Thank you, Lord, for giving me the courage to go to a new place tonight. Thank you for blessing me with wonderful conversation, worship, and fellowship. I love you.
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