Purpose & Meaning

Hi, ya'll!

Welcome to the inaugural post of my blog!  I can't guarantee that genius will make an appearance, but hopefully this will be a fun journey.  I am not sure where it will take me, but I am ready to put my feet in forward motion.

My aim is that, through this blog, I will be able to share and focus in on the joy of the life I am blessed to be living.  I will be sharing the exciting moments, the mundane, the mountaintop triumphs, and the face-flat-mud-wallowing failures in the hopes that the joy that is present in all of it will become clearer to me.  And, hopefully, the joy in your own life might become more clear too.

Like I said, the posts may not be consistently thought provoking, enlightening, or maybe even all that witty.  There could be some entertainment though, via those face-flat-mud-wallowing failure type moments  - there are lots of those around here, folks.  I do aim to be authentic, even if it is boring or incorrect or just plain weird (which, let's face it, it probably will be at times).

There is beauty to be found in each breath God has given us to take in and let out.  I am setting out to be done with feeling like happiness will come when I get it all together and figured out.  Too many sweet things have been lost while my perspective was locked on what was ahead, down the road, coming next rather than what was in the now, here, and passing away before my eyes. 

This life we're living may not always be pretty. Might not always be fun or sweet, hopeful or comfortable.  But, there is always joy to be mined.  Love to be experienced.  Growth that needs occur. 

James 1:2-8 says:

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,  because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.  Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. (NIV)

I am ready to break out of this whiny toddler mindset I have been clinging that says if things aren't going my way, then it's not good enough.  I'm ready to get some maturity.   Let's find us some happy, some laughter, and a little more elevated outlook.

Will you come along with me?  Encourage me when I hit a bump in the road that leaves me rolling in the dirt throwing a tantrum? Allow me to encourage you when I can?

I'm in.  Let's start counting it up.