YOUR purpose...

When playing it "safe" does nothing...

I've been inspired lately. Inspired to uproot the "safeness" that I have planted over the years and to throw my tree of "education and career goals" into the grinder. Lately its shade has not kept me cool, its just overshadowed my potential and stunted the growth of *me* as a person.

Lately... I've been inspired. To truly get to the bottom of what my heart desires to do in life and so just that. So what if it doesn't include money, so what if it doesn't seem to lead to a road of "success" (<-- aka what many equate to money)... So what.. SO what.. SO WHAT! :) Yea, it requires money to live... I haven't forgotten that, but I am *22* years old and if I don't take the chance to "take a chance" then Ill forever wish I would have...but taking a chance doesn't mean forsaking responsibility...

Lately Ive been inspired to capitalize on the things I *LOVE*LIKE* and *DESIRE* to do....Things outside my "Degree"..Because I'm learning that for ME...right now this degree means nothing... I spent these past four years of undergrad to learn that I put pressure on myself to produce in a direction that would lead me out of my parents "hair and pocket"..only to understand that I was never really in there in the first place. It took me 4 years to come to the understanding that WHO I AM..is WHO I AM.. and its WHO ILL BE..whether i try to hide it beneath a watered down version or not..but if I STEP UP to just be free in me.. my life will me so much more..

[sidenote Ex.... Do you ever see people while your out who are *mainstream* in there look..but these people are 100% comfortable in themselves...they know people stare and talk but because they have that strong sense of self and who they are..the looks and stares are irrelevant and ignored...]

So lately I have been inspired,inspired to unlock all my *childhood dreams*. Inspired not to live with the boxes and walls that I put up. Inspired to no longer hide under the overshadowing of my* safe tree*... Instead I'm inspired to go after things that my heart longs for.. Heck..if I end up living in a VAN for a period of time... it doesn't matter because God provides and I guarantee Ill learn some of my most valuable lessons...

So I want to inspired YOU too.. We have one life to live... and if at the end of it..shoot if RIGHT NOW...you still feel bottled up and unable to comfortable be you... come out from under your "safe place" because the shadow of your safe place doesn't allow much sun and rain to reach you...you need those two things.... to grow in yourself...until you reach that comfort in you..you will never be fully happy...so go discover yourself.NOW. :)

Rain, rain, rain. on my face, on my face... Fill me up, Fill me up, until I drown...

So I *LOVE* Jonathan Stockstill as a worship leader and DELUGE as a band. If you listen to a lot of his worship music... you can feel the anointing oozing out of it. This is a song off of their up and coming Cd called *DEEPER*.

just.STOP.and.THINK

Last night at InterVarsity this video was played... It is actually quiet breath taking. The view, the simplicity, the truth in it. I took a concentrated effort to watch this video and I know it changed something in me. It had been a rough week and a half mentally/spiritually and I need to just take some time to be still. And I kept trying, but in the 15 minutes that I watched this video... I was able toand He spoke loud and clear.

Yea, it's 15 minutes, but it's 15 minutes that you wont want back...I think you might actually want to relive this 15 minutes quiet often to REMIND you of why it is that YOU CHOSE or are contemplating CHOOSING Jesus...not religion..but Jesus.

LOOK.around.YOU.
HE.is.EVERYWHERE.and.in.EVERYTHING

Alex :)

GUESS WHO'S BACK!!!

So its been about 9 months since I have posted anything here. I'm changing up the pace of my blog. I am a **YOUNG** **FRESH** **STARVING** ** LEARNING** **GROWING** **LIVING** CHRISTIAN WOMAN... with many passions, many dreams and a WHOLE LOT of learning to do. So this blog is simple *ME* and whatever I want to present..to whoever is kind enough to read this...

Enjoy! Thanks for stopping by!

Alex :)