But I admit....here's a secret....I'm a great "blog starter". It's true! I've started at LEAST 3 or 4
blogs in the past 4 years or so, but never really followed through with them. Most of them were private or not really followed to the point where I had to worry about putting down something too personal. And like my journaling habits, my time between entries grew longer and longer, to the point where I forgot about the site altogether. There are definitely a couple that 'expired' that I wish I could find again in cyberspace. C'est la vie. Such is life. :)
And don't get me wrong here...I can't promise that the same EXACT thing won't happen to this blog attempt. But super private thoughts and day to day happenings is not necessarily what I'm envisioning for this blog. I'm more seeking to address/meet/minister to a need that I've been experiencing myself and that I've been noticing many around me experiencing. It would be a way of processing this myself and also a way to reach others. Reach out. Express. A way of saying "you're not alone".
Here's what I'm getting at ...(forgive me, I can be long winded at times).
I'm 26. Single. A Bible believing, cross clinging, grace dependent Christian.
With a passion for the ministry. With a 'call' to His people.
A worship leader with a pastoral heart and a love for the local church.
Currently job searching. As of this moment "unemployed".
For the time being, finished with college/ministry training/Bible Institute.
Living back at home with my parents.
Oh....and did I mention I'm ....."in between."
I think there are a lot of us out there....in our 20s.... describing our lives as "in transition"
(with a smile of course), but privately crying out to the Lord, searching for our "place in this world"--hello old school Michael. W!--and waiting for that 'next step' so to speak. Aching to connect to other Cross centered Christians our own age. To know we're not alone and we're not 'abnormal'. To know that this process is one that MANY have gone through before. With a passion for ministry, but sometimes it seems a lack of an 'outlet'. To learn to thrive in this season of life that seems to be all about waiting. And resumes. Weddings to attend. Waiting. Loneliness. Choices. Waiting....
College is finished.
Friends are further away.
Debts are waiting...
The (quote, unquote) Real World
So, after conversations with other "job hunting, in-between time of life" 20 something friends...I knew this was a need. And I'm not claiming to have all the answers. No. And I don't claim to be
"Super Christian" (cue theme music). Double No. Nor am I claiming that I will, at all times, be rational, composed, logical, or super 'up beat' about this transitional season of my life and of this time of life for others.
But I DO want to create a 'sounding board'. A way of reaching out and encouraging each other. A way to realize "hey, I'm not strange, I'm not alone in feeling this way or thinking that."
A way to be REAL. Honest. A way to be honest with myself about what I'm going through and strive to process the emotions, deceptions, insecurities that go along with this season of life. And most of all, a way to keep myself (and any blog followers or readers) girded and strengthened by Spiritual Truths. A way to focus on Kingdom principles and bring them to the forefront, instead of ingesting worldly lies that tell us that we have to 'be' this or that in order to be successful, happy, secure.. etc.
So over the next few months, I hope to fill this blog with a mix of personal anecdotes, musings, 'highs/lows', frustrations, insights...generously sprinkled with devotional thoughts, Scriptures and most of all TRUTH.
Transitions in life can be tough. Daunting. Confusing.
Thank goodness that the Lord "knows the plans He has" for us. All of us. Individually.
But we're the body of Christ.
Which is why I figured, I don't want to do this alone.
Body. Fellowship. Community.
Join me on this experiment, won't you?
I think I may like this blog ;-)
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