The Not Much Blog

I am convinced every person in the blogging community writes a blog on New Years day, because let's be honest, we all have an opinion and we are all filled with hope about this year to come.
So what the heck, here goes nothing...

I can hardly look forward to what is to come because it can get so overwhelming, but what I can do is look back. I can look back at the growth and love I have learned, the things I saw and experienced. I saw the moonrise over the sierras, I slept on the beach in Monterey, I planned a surprise party, I messed up, I gained vision, I fell in love...I lived my life.

I am still uncertain of what God has for me, but I am certain of one thing, it is worth looking forward to.

So, as this first day of the year comes to a close, make some resolutions, and try and keep them for once, be realistic about your goals. Heck one of my goals is to learn a little more Spanish, not the whole language, just a few more phrases. Something like that.

Discover something new about somebody, people are much more complex than we give them credit for. I have learned so much about Justin in a year it blows my mind. Oh my Justin, what a wonderful man he is. I am so looking forward to what God has for us. He has been all I needed and more this last year and the blessing God has promised me. If you all could be praying for him and his application for the Culinary Institute in Napa. He will find out when he is accepted in March and until then it is a test of patience for us both. Also just prayer that he will get financial aid coverage and things would move along at a steady pace for him.

The man bought me a plane ticket to come out to Holland and go to Winter Fantasia with him! Best Christmas gift ever. So, I feel a bit spoiled. I feel like half a person without him here, so by that point it will feel great to be whole again. New years resolution #2 , love my Justin.

Well, I am feeling very random about this blog, it isn't making much sense, thus, the "not much" blog.

I will close with something I have had on my heart, and I hope it carries me through to next year.

There is a point in every persons life that requires a significant amount of bravery. The moment we allow God to work in us to fight for what is just and right. For some, I believe, this moment is just a moment, for others it is a lifelong accomplishment. There is darkness around and we cling to what we know, what comforts us, but we could become cowards in our comfort. We are made valiant by what we love, and we love because we were made valiant. God created us to inspire, to motivate, I hope that I can always be that for somebody. Do something that takes bravery, and courage this year, something that seems crazy. We live for an adventurous God, let Him prove Himself to you as a hero, a rescuer. Let God stir something in you, return to His living water. There is something insane about standing before something extraordinary, standing on the edge of all you know....jump.