Lacey?
Isn’t that a type of fabric?
My name means a dainty, delicate fabric. A fabric woven together by various threads, usually in an intricate, purposeful design.
Psalm 139: 13-15
“For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.”
I was woven wonderfully together by God.
I am a fabric made of strings so vast and various that, unwoven, may seem messy, knotted and complicated. But woven together, God made me beautiful and unique. Not ordinary. Not even close. God knit me together, God has woven a pattern in me, a purpose. Just like the lace on a wedding dress, so delicate, so intricate, just like God made me. He made me, and how wonderful are the works of his hand? Even though I may not always remember this, I am his work of art, and I am proud to be something he spent time working on and perfecting, something he calls beautiful!
We had to take a personality assessment as part of our profile. My personality for the Myer-Briggs test is INFJ, which is the rarest personality type in the world, less than 1% of people have the same personality characteristics that I do. And truthfully, that makes so much sense! I’ve always known I was pretty unique…or strange, depending on how you want to look at it! 
These are the traits that the test says that I fit.
Highly principled (Yeah)
Complex and deep (Maybe I am, maybe I’m not! 
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Natural leader (I suppose I fall into that role a bit)
Sensitive and compassionate towards people (Yes)
Service-oriented (Yes)
Future-oriented (Maybe too much so)
Constantly seeking meaning and purpose in everything (Yup)
Creative and visionary (Eh, people would say yes, I beg to differ)
Intense and tightly-wound (Tightly wound?! Who are you calling tightly wound! )
I share the same personality as Nelson Mendel, Martin Luther King and Mother Teresa, which is pretty cool because they were some pretty phenomenal people! I’ll actually be in the same country that Mother Teresa lived in while I am on the race!
In any event, I’m just me.
I’m exactly who I am supposed to be in this moment and in this place, but I am still a work in progress. I have flaws that I wear pretty openly. I wear my heart on my sleeve, but I have secret I keep hidden deep inside. But if we are being honest with ourselves, who doesn’t? I’m adventurous and daring. I’d go bungee jumping at the drop of a hat if it was offered to me! I’ve got a knack for doing some seriously random accents, especially when I am sleepy! I am (according to myself) quite a stellar person when I am overtired… I just get even more off the wall and random, but its fun that way!
I accepted Christ into my life and was saved on September 27th 2012. It was an incredibly memorable and fantastic day! I never knew how different my life would become after that day. I was baptized February 19th 2013, which was a spectacular day as well, for different reasons. And I have spent a good chunk of my time just trying to figure out where I fit here on this earth, how God is using me, what I am supposed to be doing and how I can give him the glory for every little thing. And I think that is a huge reason why I am getting ready to go on the World Race, but I believe that is a whole other blog entirely!
I’m not, ya know, the “perfect Christian.“ I get drowsy in church some Sundays. I’ve legit fallen asleep praying if I was tired enough. I can think un-Christian-like thoughts.I occasionally choose to watch a movie over reading my bible. I give into temptation at times and sometimes, I even question God and His plan. But here is the miraculous thing…God knew all of that stuff before I was even born! God uses those times in my life to show me His love. One day, in early October, less than a month after I accepted Christ into my life, I was having an anxiety attack. I sat outside in 60 degree weather questioning God and guess what happened? It. Started. Snowing…. Clear day. No clouds…. snow. God knows my love for snow and how I find it beautiful that no snowflake is ever alike. I mean, how cool is that?! Our God is such an artist that he can form billions and trillions of new snowflake designs. He is so stellar! Instantly I just started laughing and stopped crying and realized how in control God is. God has used both snow and butterflies to confirm things in my life. I recently heard a sermon about how when we become new creations, its not as if we are now fixed up caterpillars. You can’t strap wings on a caterpillar and make it fly. But the caterpillar does undergo a change that makes it a butterfly, and for us, that change is accepting Christ into our lives and welcoming the Holy Spirit into the temples that are our bodies. From there he changes us. We aren’t just fixed up from who or what we once were, we are a whole new creation… I hear that sermon at a pretty low point in my walk with Christ. And God, even before that, has been using butterflies to display his point, and even more so ever since. The more and more I desire God, the more butterflies I see around me. He blesses me.
Lets see, what else….
I grew up in a small town outside of Rochester NY, called Palmyra, NY. I lived with my Mom, Dad, 2 older sisters, a younger brother and 2 dogs. I did not grow up in a Christian home, and I am currently the only Christian in my household. I have 2 nephews and 2 nieces and a brother-in-law. I am also lucky enough to live close to both sets of my grandparents. I have some pretty stellar friendships that I hope last my lifetime, and more! 🙂
I have something called Sick Sinus Syndrome, which caused my heart to stop beating randomly and I would faint. This happened for the bulk of my childhood, but we just actually discovered my heart was stopping a little over a year ago. Before that, they thought I was just fainting. When it happened, I was technically considered dead for about 16 seconds. And in those 16 seconds, I had one of the most vivid dreams you could imagine. God really showed me something. Now my friends call me the Tin Man or the Bionic Woman because I have a pacemaker in my chest that beats my heart for me! Honestly, it isn’t as scary as it sounds and God used the whole experience to teach me so much about His provision, His timing, His love… We serve a good God!
I have worked in places like Build-a-Bear, Mcdonalds, a group home, a summer camp and as an RA for my college. I am going to college for Emergency and Disaster Response Management – helping out with natural disaster reliefs is my hope. I currently have my associates degree.
So…yeah!
This is just a slight tidbit, a small glimpse into who I really am. Hopefully these blogs will help explain a bit about me as time goes by, and a lot about who God is and what he is doing through me and the people on my squad.
Thanks for reading!
