So this is my blog. I wanted to start one over Christmas break last year, but just didn’t get around to it. To be completely honest, I had no idea what I would write about. Being a Dietetics major with plans of going to nursing school, it seems odd to have a blog for people to read my writing. For as long as I can remember, I have always had notebooks filled with things I would write about. As a kid, while reading one of my books, I grabbed a notebook, and copied down every word. Just for fun. I would write the names of people over and over and over. I would write my family’s full names in cursive, print, bubble letter, or any other type of font I could come up with. At one point I decided to go through the alphabet and write down every single person that I knew down in alphabetical order.. what kind of child does that? I was odd (still am), I know.

I do a lot of my thinking through writing (one main reason I chose to do this). I love to talk/speak, but it’s hard for me to know the right words to say unless I write them down. Most of my prayers are done through writing in a journal that my mom gave me a couple of years ago (it’s almost full… so mom I’m going to need another one!!). As I was thinking about why I even wanted a blog, I started to realize what a love the Lord has given me for writing. I’m not writing names of people or basically plagiarizing kids’ story books anymore, but the love of putting letters down on a page remains the same. I realized that most of my writings are about the Lord, my prayers to Him, and how He marvelously works through every event in my life.

Ephesians 3:20 “Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we can ask or think, according to the power at work within us”

The word “focus” has been a big part of my life the past couple of months. We as Christians are supposed to try and live more like Christ every day, and strive to do His will. I think most of the time we get caught up in what we think is right, and so it becomes not “let Your will be done”, but “let Your will be my will”. <—– Wrong way of thinking, and I am so guilty of it. If He really is able to do far more abundantly than we could ever ask or think, then why do we so often stray away? God is meant to be the center of our lives, the focus of every event. Our hearts need to belong to Him before anyone else. Our thoughts need to be about Him before anything else. Our struggles need to be rejoiced about because we know that He is God and nothing triumphs over Him. While this is hard to absorb and hard to do 24/7, it’s so true and so necessary.

That all being said, life gets overwhelming. It feels too hard to handle at times, and all we want to do is take a step back and take a break. Thankfully we serve a God who is patient, and always has us as His prime focus. He doesn’t ever need a break. He’s got it.

see ya later dudes

-liv