“I am the way, and the truth, and the life.”

This is the declaration that Jesus makes in John 14:6, and it has become my life verse over the course of this writing journey God has placed me on. This day, July 20th, holds much significance in that journey, as it was two years ago today that I first put pen down to paper to begin the writing process. Of course, it’s only from my perspective that this journey began 2 years ago, because from God’s perspective it began the day I was born.

Before writing was ever on my radar, I had a strong desire to be a person who led others in a ministry capacity. My life was radically changed in college after being exposed to the light of Christ, and as a result I made it a commitment to be someone who helps others discover a similar transformation. That desire remained in me for years before one day I was approached about leading a small group at church. After that conversation, I had a lot to think about as far as what I wanted the group to look like—one of those things being what content the group would cover. God revealed to me then how the content that needed to be covered was within me, and how I needed to write it.

I was completely caught off guard. Me? A writer? No way.

God knew I thought those things about myself, and that’s exactly why He didn’t just randomly tell me to write a book one day. If He had, I would’ve responded with something along the lines of “You’ve got to be thinking of someone else, God.” Instead, He used a desire already planted within me and said “This desire you have will be fulfilled, and to get there, I am calling you to be a writer.” Not someone else, me.

I won’t say I believed it in that moment—or even for the first few months—but I was determined to lead a small group, and because of it, I sat down at least 3 nights a week to discover what this message was. What happened from it all? Well, I never actually started the small group I began my writing for. Why? Because God has so much bigger plans for all of our lives than we do for ourselves, and all He asks from us is to have faith in Him and His plan for us.

God is all about using our weaknesses.

In 2 Corinthians 12:9, we see how God’s power is actually perfected in our weaknesses, not hindered by them. My story is no different. Now, I sit here two years later–in the same coffee shop that I sat in on that very first day—completely in awe of how far God has taken this message He has planted within me. That message involves speaking God’s truth into all I cross paths with. John 8:32 states “The truth will set you free” and that is exactly the kind of life I want everyone to experience—a life of knowing who you truly are, and living freely in those truths. I will be using this blog as a space to expand on who it is God has called me to be —a writer—and use my straight-forward and analytically-wired brain to address a different truth in each post. My goal is to connect how those truths about both God and about ourselves as His creations are applicable to life today and how we can find a life in the freedom those truths bring.

Thank you for joining me on this journey, and God bless!