So, here we are.
How exactly did we get here? That is a great question and one that I think will be expanding as time passes. Here is what I can tell you now.
I started a blog called, Growing in Faith, Shrinking In Size about a year and a half ago. I felt that God had been calling me to blog at that time, but I also had a substantial amount of weight to lose. It seemed like a no brainer, blog about losing weight, gain some accountability and share my love for Jesus at the same time.
While that journey is not complete yet, and I'll probably still blog about it from time to time, God has been doing some crazy things in my life lately and I started to feel like he was calling me to write about something different. A lot of this has to do with him showing me that my struggle with weight doesn't define me as a person, His love for me does.
Despite my extremely candid blogs about my struggle with weight loss, I am, by nature, an extremely quiet and introverted person. I frequently need reminders from my husband to share what is going on inside of my head. I have a tendency to keep most of my thoughts to myself.
From the outside, I seem very quiet, what goes on inside of my head, however, is quite the opposite. I have a constant narrative of one sided conversations, prayers, songs and writings running through my head during all of my waking moments.
I never considered myself a writer. I have no formal education in writing. The last English class I took was AP English in high school. I had no intentions of ever becoming a writer, nor did I think I had any skill at it. However, this desire to write an the talent to do so has seeming come out of nowhere over the past couple of years.
What I've learned about skills, talents and desires that just show up is that they are usually God given and he wants you to use them to bring him glory. So that is what I plan to do, even though it will be a struggle for me.
That is where the name comes from.
Merriam-Webster defines reticent as "inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech", which is my natural tendency.
Unveiled comes from 2 Corinthians 3:15-18
For the first time in my 32 years of life, I finally feel like I know what it means to be free in and through Christ. I want everyone to get to this point and realize just how much they are loved by Jesus.
Over the past three months, God has taken my heart on a crazy journey and everything I have known about church and God's character has changed drastically. I was always someone who tried to be good enough make all the right decisions, do all the right things so that I would be worthy enough of God's love. But lately, he has shown me why none of that matters and that the only thing at all that he wants is my heart.
Much of this blog, I expect, will be me talking about this shift and what God continues to show me. I hope you'll join me for the ride!
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How exactly did we get here? That is a great question and one that I think will be expanding as time passes. Here is what I can tell you now.
I started a blog called, Growing in Faith, Shrinking In Size about a year and a half ago. I felt that God had been calling me to blog at that time, but I also had a substantial amount of weight to lose. It seemed like a no brainer, blog about losing weight, gain some accountability and share my love for Jesus at the same time.
While that journey is not complete yet, and I'll probably still blog about it from time to time, God has been doing some crazy things in my life lately and I started to feel like he was calling me to write about something different. A lot of this has to do with him showing me that my struggle with weight doesn't define me as a person, His love for me does.
Despite my extremely candid blogs about my struggle with weight loss, I am, by nature, an extremely quiet and introverted person. I frequently need reminders from my husband to share what is going on inside of my head. I have a tendency to keep most of my thoughts to myself.
From the outside, I seem very quiet, what goes on inside of my head, however, is quite the opposite. I have a constant narrative of one sided conversations, prayers, songs and writings running through my head during all of my waking moments.
I never considered myself a writer. I have no formal education in writing. The last English class I took was AP English in high school. I had no intentions of ever becoming a writer, nor did I think I had any skill at it. However, this desire to write an the talent to do so has seeming come out of nowhere over the past couple of years.
What I've learned about skills, talents and desires that just show up is that they are usually God given and he wants you to use them to bring him glory. So that is what I plan to do, even though it will be a struggle for me.
That is where the name comes from.
Merriam-Webster defines reticent as "inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech", which is my natural tendency.
Unveiled comes from 2 Corinthians 3:15-18
Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. (ESV)
For the first time in my 32 years of life, I finally feel like I know what it means to be free in and through Christ. I want everyone to get to this point and realize just how much they are loved by Jesus.
Over the past three months, God has taken my heart on a crazy journey and everything I have known about church and God's character has changed drastically. I was always someone who tried to be good enough make all the right decisions, do all the right things so that I would be worthy enough of God's love. But lately, he has shown me why none of that matters and that the only thing at all that he wants is my heart.
Much of this blog, I expect, will be me talking about this shift and what God continues to show me. I hope you'll join me for the ride!
