Hills and Valleys

I love writing. Sometimes though, writing is hard. It takes effort to find just the right word. Recently, I feel God is challenging me to write again. So, please bear with me. My writing may be a bit rusty, and I may still disappear again for another six months, but for tonight I want to share what is on my heart. For my twenty-first birthday I got a tattoo that says, "Beloved." It is a constant reminder that I am God's beloved (Romans 9:25 and Isaiah 43:4). However, a word written on my wrist cannot replace the words engraved upon my heart. Unworthy. Ugly. Stupid. Not worth it. Not enough this or that. Loved for what I do not who I am. Not seen much less understood. Who told me these things? Well, I suppose at the root of it all, I did .  When someone treated me a certain way or said something, I chose to take on a title. Maybe they flat out said I was one of those things. Maybe I just felt a certain way and took on whatever word came close...

I created this blog because I had had my old one "Greater is He" for awhile. Three years to be exact. As seasons of life have changed, so has the need for a new blog. I drifted away from writing for awhile because I lost my desire to write. But, here I am. Back trying to write. This new blog is based around the song, "Hills and Valleys" by Tauren Wells. On the mountains, I will bow my life To the One who set me there In the valley, I will lift my eyes To the One who sees me there When I'm standing on the mountain I didn't get there on my own When I'm walking through the valley I know I am not alone! Life has seasons. Some seasons are easier than others.   In this season, I am growing a lot. As an adult. As a Christian. As a person.   I am paying for college and for car bills. I am working at a job that fulfilled the desire of my heart. It doesn't mean it is easy, but I do find a lot of joy in it.   There is a...