I have written, rewritten, and discarded more posts than I can count, but for the first time, I’ve decided to move them out of my head and onto a blog.  I’m a busy woman, trying to balance my marriage, job, friends, hobbies, activities and church under the umbrella of my faith in God.  And while adding on a blog isn’t going to take anything else away, perhaps part of my reason for launching whatever this will become is the major milestone coming up in my life.  Let’s just say it vaguely rhymes with “lordy” and leave it at that!

I’ve been a Christian since I was 9, and God has been so faithful and so patient to help me grow. The one lesson I’m not sure I’ll be finished with in this lifetime, though, is allowing Him to peel away Me.  My dreams, my hopes, my understanding of His love and His plans… all laid down for trust in those plans.  Often, His plan has fulfilled what I’d already handed to Him, but not always.  So, I am always assured I have more to learn, but thankfully, I have learned that I have even more to gain.  Freedom is not getting my way.   Freedom is knowing that the lighter I travel, the higher I soar. Hallelujah, He can be trusted!

Let’s make a deal – we’ll encourage one another with that truth as often as possible, ok?   And I’ll share my lessons here, if for nothing else than to be able to look back and be reminded of that very thing.