Cleaning up today, I found myself in my closet going through old photos and scrapbooks. It was a wonderful time of refreshment and seeing the blessings of God all over my life. I saw clearly the seasons of my life from childhood to present day and was amazed at the adventures the Lord brought me through. I have had difficult times as all people do, but to see how many dreams were fulfilled… it was incredible.
I came across an old scrapbook I started of this exact theme, but it was left incomplete because I stopped having time for scrapbooking and other interests took priority in my life. Once I had children, they seemed to have their own lives of prayers answered and dreams fulfilled so I had put the scrapbook aside.
At the time, I thought making a scrapbook dedicated to the faithfulness of God in my life was something I wanted to achieve and if I still have time for it, I might work on it here or there, but as the winds shifted in my life and I grew more, I found that this blog was a place to do that using the gift God gave me: writing. Not only is it more suited to my gifts but definitely not as time consuming and I get to share with the world (whoever stumbles across my page), how great God is, how faithful he is, how much he’s done for me and how he can do it for you too.
I had walked away from my blog for a while too, not seeming to stay consistent with it. I knew I wanted to write a blog, I knew I wanted to reach people but I couldn’t put my finger on what I wanted it to be about. I wrote about hair, books and recipes, I wrote about my family life, I wrote on Bipolar and strategies for people with mental illness, I wrote on the fast approaching day when we will be raptured by Jesus. I wrote and wrote, and all of it was good, but it wasn’t compelling me to stay committed to writing regularly.
When my grandma passed away, I wrote yesterday’s post after being absent from my blog for a while. Then I realized that all of it is connected. It’s my life poured out for my readers, pointing to Christ’s return as I live day to day life with my beautiful family and pursue joy in the midst of a bipolar diagnosis and grief. Why can’t I write on all of the above? It’s what I know best because it is me.
I hope to share life with you from my heart knowing that is the only place from which I can truly write. My journey can be your journey too if you’d like to follow along. Maybe someday I’ll get back to that old scrapbook. I like the pretty pages, I like the photos, it’s personalized. My thought just turned to the fact that I could probably do that with this blog as well more than I already am, but as I mentioned on one of my first posts, I am not very tech savvy! lol I’d love to look into that though.. maybe I’ll give it a try someday soon. You’ll have to wait and see!
Have a beautiful day!
Lindsey
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