Well 3rd time's a charm... right? That's right. Back at it again in the blogging world, but let me tell ya I'll be talking at a little more deeper level this go around.
First things first -- Let's dissect the blog name. FWordsAreMyFavorite. Catchy right? I'm guessing 90% of you immediately thought of the "no-no" F word.....
Don't deny it! Pervs.
I chose this name because of how powerful a lot of F words can be. I mean come on, when you throw f*** into a sentence your emotions are heightened, your heart may beat a little faster, and its kind of like the trump cuss word in all of cuss word land. Like in rock-paper-scissors. Paper beats rock, scissors beats paper... but throw in that secret grenade and it's a game changer! You become the high power! F*** yeah! F*** you! No f***ing way! Totally crushes the other words.
........But obviously my blog isn't going to be about the word f***. It's going to focus on a few more powerful F words that have grown, strengthened, and really guided me to where I am today.
Faith.
Family.
Failure.
Friendship.
Fun.
Fear.
Some of you are probably thinking, alright can we get back to the word f***? So much more exciting.
Here's a little background info as to why I'm branching back out into the blogging world ---
I have really been feeling a push lately. Something tugging at my heart, whispering in my head (promise I'm not loony), just keeping persistent and reminding me of His presence.........
God.
I haven't felt Him speak to me this strongly in a long time, probably because of life altogether - work, a husband, a kid, meals, something to clean, something to do, working out, visiting family, etc... these last 2 years there was ALWAYS something going on, an excuse to skip church, not pray, and when there wasn't an excuse I pulled the "I just need a day of nothing" card. Life really has a way of getting in your own way with your faith and making you too busy to make time for Him. But I learned a little saying in my MOPS group a few weeks back "If the devil can't make you angry, he'll make you busy." How true! And over the last month or so our messages on Sundays have been about our relationship with God -- not the relationship you think you have, or want to have, or portray but don't quite follow through with -- but the relationship you TRULY have with Him. When you strip back all the layers, the excuses, the "buts, and the "maybe laters"... for most of us, it's not a relationship worth bragging about. And for me personally, I'm not okay with that.
I can say within the last year my relationship with God has improved, but my life altogether has changed. I'm no longer working, which opens up my schedule quite a bit -- but yano, maybe that was His plan all along? To allow me an opportunity to stay home, to have an open schedule, to seek activities like MOPS as a break from the everyday, and to grow in my faith.
I've had this little blurb typed up on my phone for about 2 weeks now and I've hesitated to share it because of another powerful F word I listed above. Fear. Fear of criticism, fear of eye rolls, fear of backlash, fear of debates, fear of feeling I am condescending, fear of opinions, fear of my words seeming small and unimportant, so much fear. I could have ended it all by deleting the blurb, but I've held onto it because of that persistence from Him. And today, after hearing a testimony this morning in my MOPS group, I decided to take the leap. Not particularly for any reason, but more for myself. Because for the next step in my faith journey I would like to be more comfortable and confident in sharing about God and His power. I want to share how He is present in the most mundane tasks. The everyday. Maybe 2 people will read this, with one of them being my mom. Or maybe 42 people will read it. Maybe it will spark someone's interest to open a Bible, go to church, or look into what this MOPS group is (HIGHLY recommend Moms to look into this and find a way to bring it to your church!). Maybe it will make a "friend" on Facebook block me from their feed. I weighed all these maybes out and, well here I am.
If you made it this far, this is my invite to you. Join me a couple times a week, I'll be focusing mainly on those favorite F words of mine, sharing the highs and lows of life and how God is working in mine, even in the smallest of ways.
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