There have been many times in life when I have thought, "there has got to be more to life then this!". Most of those times come from looking at the "American Dream" and wondering what is really so dreamy about it?? A five days a week, 9-5 job where you get to make everyone else happy as a clam when inside all I hear is "is this really what I am supposed to be doing??". Since I was in elementary school I have told my parents, I will not work a full time, same old same old job. I knew there had to be something better then that and I have felt called to something bigger since I was a teenager.
Don't get me wrong, I love my life! I have grown up in the small town of Castle Rock and loved it! I have a family that is in love with Jesus and parents who have showed me how to be fully God's and pursue him no matter what! I have had many adventures in life already such as college, multiple jobs,and random road trips all over that are always cause for a good laugh. But nothing compares or could ever make the feeling of "there's got to be something bigger God" go away. I came to a point of realization a few months ago that I had completely stopped dreaming. It was of course all God showing me this but I hadn't even realized that I had given up on every dream God has ever placed in my life. In that moment of seeking forgiveness for my disbelief and realizing I serve a God who is all about dreams and has given us these desires, I made a commitment to dream again. I threw every caution sign out the window and jumped full steam ahead into God's sufficient grace and provision. I thought dieing to myself meant giving up my dreams and in part yes it does but I had missed the part where we have to let God give us back the dreams he wants us to pursue.
So this is me 🙂 My name is Stefani and I am going for it! I am throwing away the "American Dream" to live fully and with reckless, beautiful abandonment for Jesus! WR here I come and I cannot wait to see what God is going to do in these next years!!
