I keep thinking to myself, my blogging will pick up when I leave the country. Right now my life seems boring and mundane and I don’t think anyone will want to hear about it. So I have started to do some research, because I don’t want to blog just to blog. I really want to leave you all with something.
First, thank you for taking the time to visit my page. I hope you leave inspired and encouraged. I believe that God has a specific plan for each of your lives that may seem irrelevant to you but is more special than you know.
Why do I think this? Because God has allowed me to experience love beyond my wildest dreams.
I can vividly remember climbing the stairs of a big yellow bus and waving to my pint-sized cousin who had excitedly saved me a seat. I was eight years old and heading to my first day of public school. Unfortunately my cousin was placed in the classroom across the hall from me and for the remainder of our day and the majority of our elementary years we parted ways. Continually hoping to be surrounded by the familiar… eventually pushed out of my comfort zone, beyond my control.
I remember walking into a parent/teacher conference and Miss Messenger broke the ice by making a joke to my parents that I was so quiet she thought I was mute. I hid behind this seemingly innocent “shyness” for a number of years, but there was a deep fear of rejection growing.
Would people want to hear my opinion, voice, thoughts, and dreams?
I came to a point where I was forced to either talk to others or become a recluse. At one point I seriously considered the latter option. But I realized I have too much to say. I have been given breath and life for a reason. I did not muster up this boldness on my own, and I know that not everyone will accept all that I have to say. It is an individual experience that I have to come to own for myself. God has given me grace that I refuse to deny. World Race is a journey of faith, a decision to trust God to give me courage to simply love others without borders.
<3 Emily
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.” 1 John 4:18
