I'm starting a blog! It's been on my mind for a long time, but I've repeatedly put it off because of laziness or fear. Yet this morning, I was wide awake at 6:00am, and said, "Hey, why not today?"

In high school, I got a ton of praise for my writing ability. But for some reason, I let this praise have a crippling effect on me. I became terrified for people to see my writing, lest I produce an off-par piece of work and it didn't measure up to the praise I'd been given. And so I stopped writing, and I've been afraid to begin a blog or book all these years. I'm about to graduate college, and I'm afraid because of praise I got in high school! How silly!

Enough of my craziness. I have no more time for perfectionism! I'm ready to have grace with myself, and not constantly grade my own efforts. I'm ready to be faithful with the small opportunities God gives me.

I want to use this blog as a way to hold myself accountable. Accountable to taking risks, to being vulnerable with others, to putting in writing the truths God speaks to my heart. Generally, my plan is to read through the book of Genesis, and write what God speaks to me through each chapter. Other ramblings are sure to be intermixed, but I basically just want to use this as an avenue to study scripture.

I love the direction in which courage is moving me.
Woo! I'm happy to begin.