LOVE.

Well, it's been three years. haha. I'm not sure why I haven't deleted this thing yet seeing as how I only blog in my dreams. I think back to where I was three years ago and I'm a little overwhelmed at where the Lord has brought me and the things He has taken me through. What a good God I serve! He is so faithful and so good to me! Here I am, living in Atlanta, Ga, going to grad school, and living a life that I never thought I'd live. I'm going to be 25 in a few weeks which overwhelms me. The older I get, the younger I feel. It's almost like I racing to get to adult status and no matter how adult I become in age, I never feel like one. Technically, I guess I am an adult. Bizarre. I've recently come across a few blogs that have made me realize how life giving it can be to put your thoughts down on paper (or screen) and to share them with others. Not that I believe my thoughts will give life to others (although I hope they do) but that I receive life by participating in the world and contributing to the conversation of life. How interconnected we all are overwhelms me sometimes. I'm reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Life Together right now and it reminds me of how the core of our being unites us in that we are all the image of God... we have all been sacrificed for... the life and death of Jesus Christ unites us all as one body, one being. As healthy as solitude and silence may be at times, it's so important to participate in the oneness of His creation, to be in community with our brothers and sisters, not for the sake of our gain but for the sake of Christ. I don't do my part nearly enough. There is so much to share and so much to say but I'll finish this first post of (what I hope to be) a new season of blogging, with this.... Love God, Love others. That's where we start and that's where we will end. It applies to every part of your life, no matter how mundane that part of life may seem. Life is a journey to and from love. It's at the root of our existence. We were created our of love and for love. So make life about love.