Today’s message confirmed so much of what I’ve been working through with God. Worshipping God in Spirit and in Truth, is not one or the other, but both intertwined. Unashamed Worship. For so long I struggled to write here out of fear.

I love to read the Bible, connect with God, and pray. So often I have struggled with people around me thinking that I am being religious or fake. I feared what people would say or think that I have a blog under my name, rather than another (I have blogged for over a decade with different names, I just settled on this a few years ago). As I have been silent here in the blogosphere, I have not been silent in my desperate prayers, struggles, studies, and steps with God.

For too long I have allowed small g gods into my life, one of them being what other people think, true or not, about me. Yes, that is me idolizing what you say, or think.

I’m over it.

If you’ve known me, I wear things I like, laugh at awkward times, wear my hair high (thanks to college in the south) but truly love God (all praise and glory to God)! I want this space to be a place where you come to hear what God has done in my life, and in the lives of others. A space where God is glorified, His Word is woven throughout and the basis of anything and all written, and a place of encouragement.

For too long I have been silenced by well meaning people (and some not) who did not take the time to truly ask questions or seek to understand what this space is.

This space is full of my testimony, and I pray is always God glorifying.

God has been asking me to step out into what He is calling me to, and I can no longer sit in the fear of others’ opinions.

So, I pray that as I share more here that you will come along on this journey. If you don’t know who Jesus is personally, ask me. If you are confused, message me. If you are upset, start a conversation with me. If you wonder how I balance this in this busy world full of distractions, drop a line. I’ll share what I have learned, and areas I am growing in.

I am not perfect, but…

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV

“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”

I have invited some of my church leadership and others into this space to make sure that none of this is off track to what God calls us to and says in His Word.

Reflect:

Ask God to show you what you are placing above Him.

Repent:

Ask for forgiveness, turn from it.

Seek:

Look to see what the Bible says.

Move:

Go forward into what He is asking you to let go of, in His strength.

Praise:

Praise God for all He is, all He has done, and all He will do.