What the Blog?

       Growing up I was never really good at expressing my feelings verbally so I'd write everything down & I do mean everything. I'd write a note to ask or tell my parents something important. I'd write when I was mad, happy,excited, or just had an idea. And while I hope I've gotten better at communicating my thoughts verbally I never let go of wanting to write it all out. I mean I wrote my parents a letter to tell them about my husband, no joke! Writing is very freeing to me. It allows me not only to express myself without reservations but to learn in the process. I think in many ways I've always been a writer but it's so exciting to finally be able to really embrace that & share it. Working on my first novel!

When I was 7 I became a Christian but it wasn't until I few years ago that I discovered really what that meant.It was then that I truly fell in love with Jesus. God has taught me A LOT over the past few years not just through sharing my life with someone but with the challenges I've faced with my health.I'm hoping this blog will not only give a little insight but also encourage people through what I've gone through & still face not just with my health but every day life.

 I reference birdcages a lot 1)because I just love them (vintage ones that is) and 2)because i feel like the analogy fits. One day I was laying outside looking up at the sky (which is something I tend do a lot) I saw something fly over head. It must have been miles away but there was no mistaking it was a bird and being the curious person I am I found myself wondering just why do birds fly. So i looked it up.Without going to an in debt scientific explanation into the mechanics of bird flight the answer was simple really:They were built to. 

 And that got me thinking just how freeing it would be to be a bird but then I came across the verse from Matthew 6:26 that says “Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? “And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?"

Birds aren't afraid to fly because they're worried of what may happen, they do it simply because they were made to.A bird may be comfortable in it's cage because it's familiar and safe but given the chance, a bird will fly. If God chooses to watch over them, to keep them from harm and bring them back to a safe place then how much more would he do that for me if I would trust him enough to leave what's comfortable and dare to step out? Since I got sick a little over three years ago I feel like that has been the recurring theme for God's teaching me in my life. There's no doubt God has used my illness to bring me out of my comfort zone & freed me to be able to view & enjoy life in a way I never could have imagined otherwise. He's show me that our circumstances don't define us. I was made for so much more than sitting in a cage and so were you. So let's say bye bye to the comfort of our birdcages & get to flying!