There have been so many things on my mind lately that I just don't know where to start. Yesterday before bed I was reading my Bible and just reflecting in a journal and I wrote that I felt like my thoughts were like mosquitos at the end of May, there were so many of them just flying around. I could hear them, that annoying buzzing noise, but they weren't landing so I couldn't capture any of them. Do you guys know what I mean?!
Part of what has been on my mind is writing and how much I have learned that I love it over the years. I especially find that I am more in love with writing and feel myself drawn to writing more when I'm reading something that inspires me. I found that when I was taking a particularly inspiring English course in university the amount that I wrote would sky rocket. When I read C.S. Lewis I find myself sitting there with pictures just running through my mind that inspire me and make me want to pick up my computer and write. I love C.S. Lewis.
I was talking with a good friend of mine the other day about spiritual gifts and talents. I believe that we can have talents (ex. musicality, athleticism, singing) that are not related to our spiritual gifts. I realized that for myself my spiritual gifting and what I have talent in are quite related. Writing has been a talent that I have worked on over the years, it's something I love and often entertained the idea in my early university years of pursuing as a side career in it once I graduated. I think that this blog has been a way for me to pursue this dream in a way that I feel comfortable.
When I say writing I don't mean essays. OH boy, not essays! I've always found it hard to write essays because it is not my style of writing, it becomes impersonal and forced. I've loved doing my Masters for this reason. I feel that I have learned how to write in my own personal style, while still being academic and objective. It's fun to look back at my writing and see how it's changed over the years.
I have been learning SO much lately, I feel like God is challenging me in a lot of areas and I'm so excited about what He is teaching me through those around me. I have been realizing the power of prayer and of being real in prayer, crying out in frustration if that is how we feel. He has been showing me just how powerful His redemption is and the JOY that His redemption brings! God is showing me that there is nothing I can do apart from His power. He is showing me that I am a fallen creation but that I am being made new!
This next year holds many exciting adventures. They are little adventures but exciting adventures non-the-less because I know they hold times of great conversation, of basking in the presence of God, of praising God for His work, of spending time in His creation, of laughter, of tears, and times of deepening great friendships.
Part of what has been on my mind is writing and how much I have learned that I love it over the years. I especially find that I am more in love with writing and feel myself drawn to writing more when I'm reading something that inspires me. I found that when I was taking a particularly inspiring English course in university the amount that I wrote would sky rocket. When I read C.S. Lewis I find myself sitting there with pictures just running through my mind that inspire me and make me want to pick up my computer and write. I love C.S. Lewis.
I was talking with a good friend of mine the other day about spiritual gifts and talents. I believe that we can have talents (ex. musicality, athleticism, singing) that are not related to our spiritual gifts. I realized that for myself my spiritual gifting and what I have talent in are quite related. Writing has been a talent that I have worked on over the years, it's something I love and often entertained the idea in my early university years of pursuing as a side career in it once I graduated. I think that this blog has been a way for me to pursue this dream in a way that I feel comfortable.
When I say writing I don't mean essays. OH boy, not essays! I've always found it hard to write essays because it is not my style of writing, it becomes impersonal and forced. I've loved doing my Masters for this reason. I feel that I have learned how to write in my own personal style, while still being academic and objective. It's fun to look back at my writing and see how it's changed over the years.
I have been learning SO much lately, I feel like God is challenging me in a lot of areas and I'm so excited about what He is teaching me through those around me. I have been realizing the power of prayer and of being real in prayer, crying out in frustration if that is how we feel. He has been showing me just how powerful His redemption is and the JOY that His redemption brings! God is showing me that there is nothing I can do apart from His power. He is showing me that I am a fallen creation but that I am being made new!
This next year holds many exciting adventures. They are little adventures but exciting adventures non-the-less because I know they hold times of great conversation, of basking in the presence of God, of praising God for His work, of spending time in His creation, of laughter, of tears, and times of deepening great friendships.
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