Let's Dance.

Put on your red shoes, and let's dance the blues away.

The future. It's such an incredible thing. I get so excited when I think about all the crazy, passionate, new things I get to experience everyday.
I feel like God is definitely beginning some amazing things in my life.
It makes me want to dance.

Everyone I've met lately has been a total blessing. These people have pushed me, inspired me, and most of all, grown me.
I finally have people in my life that love the Lord as much as I do, and that I can trust completely with everything in me.
It's a brand new feeling that I adore.
All I can hear is the sound of love. It makes me move and celebrate. I want to dance.

I move to Ozark to begin JRLC in just a couple months, and each day I grow more anxious. As soon as I get into the city limits of that town, everything just falls into place. There's no stress, tension, or worry. It just feels safe. It feels like home.
And to make it even better, JRLC is filled with people I love that are chasing after God with all they have. It's so anointed. Full of worship and awe, I want to dance.

I know that everyone has the mindset that we should "live for today," and that "we can't take the present for granted".. But I am so ready for a new chapter.
I am so excited to receive new things and stretch myself to new extremes.
I'm looking to the future with eager eyes, and a heart full of hope.
Life's already so good, and this is just the beginning.
Seriously.. Let's dance.

Passion.

Passion: –noun
1. any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
2. strong amorous feeling or desire; love; ardor.

Passion. That sounds familiar, doesn't it?
We all have passion. We all have that one thing that drives us. It's the reason we get up each morning and face the day.
Maybe we have multiple passions. They blend together in order to inspire us. Passion is found behind every lyric, every word, every painting.

I'm passionate about God. About my friends and family. About art. About hope. About healing. About laughter.

These things push me forward. When I feel excited, discouraged, or anxious, its driven by my passion. It consumes me.

My passion makes me want to scream and sing and dance. It makes me want to cry and sigh and rest. It provides an outlet to all of the craziness that follows me. It can save the world, or destroy it.

Passion is a powerful thing.

What's your passion - Have you found it?
And more importantly, what are we gonna do with it?

Love at First Sight.

ON MY MIND:

Have you ever met someone, and immediately known you would be friends?
One look, and you KNEW..

That's my version of "Love at First Sight."
I don't think you'll fall in love romantically, but you can find a soul-mate.
By soul-mate, I mean someone you were supposed to meet.

I'm not meaning this to sound crazy, or random. But I completely believe that God has ordained for us to be friends with certain people. We have soul ties with them.
They're few and far between, but when you meet them, you'll know.

Sometimes it's subtle, and you'll think to yourself, "I could really get along with this guy."
Other times, one smile can make you best friends for life.

I wanna be that friend to everyone I meet. When you see me, I want us to love. Love because we're both happy, or both hurting, or both alive. We've all got something to start on.

It's the sweetest feeling in the world, to meet someone and just... click.

all the other kids.

today's gonna be different. i can feel it.
i'm super tired, and my eyes are burning, but it's gonna be a good day.

i spent last night with my dad and brother, watching movies and eating shrimp and pizza, then making a healthy eating and workout plan.
(that begins today!)
i love little moments like that. to think that it could be one of the last times that we can just sit down together and hangout.. that's no bueno.

my mom sent me an invite to go to the aaron gillespie show this weekend. i really wanted to go, but now i think there's a chance we could go together.
i love my mom.

i'm looking forward to church tonight. i teach friends, which is group of girls between ten and twelve. this is my third or fourth month teaching, and i love it. it's amazing what these girls go through. i'm learning how they think and feel about little things. we talk about everything from sex to the holy spirit, and i see them mature in Christ a little more each week.
i think tonight's lesson will be surrounding gossip. it's something that never goes away, and they need to know how to see it and stop lies right in their path.
i'm so grateful that i had Godly people in my life, showing me how to live for Him.. and now i get to show them.
it's such a blessing.

as much as i wish i could pour my heart out on this blog, it's not all about my days. it's about life. life as a whole. the fact that it's beautiful and unpredictable and valuable.
i want to make a difference in someone else's life, just by living my own.

Have Faith in Me

"Have faith in me, cause there are things that I've seen, that I don't believe. So cling to what you know, and never let go... You should know things aren't always what they seem."

Today's Tuesday.
I feel a sort of vagueness at times, as I go through my everyday life. I don't really feel like I'm living in the "now." I always look towards the future, because I know it holds great and beautiful things. I just hope I'm not taking today for granted.
There are things that I want, people I miss, and dreams I hope to make reality.
Right now, I feel untouchable. I feel as if all of those wishes will be fulfilled, and even more than I can imagine.

I want to be an artist. A leader. A witness. A mother. A wife. A refuge.
I want to be all the things that everyone has been to me, because I live an incredibly blessed life.

I smile a little more each day, even as stress and issues pile up. It's been serene. I love it.
I'm having fun again.

I can't wait to see where life takes me. Whether it's around the world, or if I stay here forever, I'll be happy.

I just want to be.
I want to be with someone I love. I want to be with someone who loves me. I want to love everyone I meet, and share the truth of Jesus Christ in the process.
I want to teach and learn and grow and guide.

Each day, I realize a little more just how much today matters, and how little all our worries really are.
We're gonna come out of each struggle even stronger than we were before.
We're getting quicker, and learning how to swim.

I'm gonna be someone I can be proud of.
Have faith in me.♥

Beautiful Things.

here's a little bit about me, to start off a whole new season of my life.

loved: art. music. photography. Jesus. family. gungor. laughter. traveling. concerts. folk music. coffee. TOMS. ukuleles. lace. buttons. pizza rolls. necklaces. the yankees. pastels. curls. glasses. loafers. leggings. accents. books. the bible. pretty little liars. journaling. classes. autumn. puppies. pools. pumpkin pie. jalapenos. supreme pizza. Chicago. holding hands. the superbowl. moccasins. chris august. catch phrases. boating. frames. vacations. beads. kittens. kiddies. jokes. gifts. mirrors. glitter. big rings. movies. sunburns. steve jobs. steve carrell. James River Assembly. snapshots. apple products. hugs. boots. little cars. big trucks. drums. artists. video games. poetry. screamo. karaoke. dancing. sleeping. eating. rivers, lakes, oceans. mountains. babies. inside jokes. precious moments. church. grilled cheese. driving. talking. smiling. you.


not so loved: big birds. spiders. confrontation. anger. baked pizza rolls. sweating. skipping. missing. being late. being early. mashed potatoes. math. science. homework. stress. boredom.