"Dear Church Baby..." Part 1

I'm a church baby.

"I was born on a pew..." I've crawled under pews, and taken naps on the pew. I've played in the pews, passed notes in the pews, and ran through them with my toddler friends. I've heard more sermons than I can count, and I've been at church on more weeknights than the standard American citizen. I was in the children's choir and I've directed it...I was on the Junior Ushers Board, until I quit ...I was in the young adult choir until I aged out... and because music and ministry have a lot to do with what I believe I should be doing with the rest of my life - I'm still in the choir :) I sing with my sisters..

Try.

Playing small doesn't serve the world....

All your fun isn't worth a fail.

I Believe

I believe the joy of the Lord is my strength...

I believe the Lord hears, the Lord listens, the Lord cares...

I believe the Lord loves me at my worse.

He loves me to my best..

The "Never" Lies

I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.

Psalm 16:7

I woke up one morning, and all I could hear was...

"Never give in to the never lies...."

"Never give in to the never lies..."

...I don't remember having a bad day prior, or a restless, sleepless night, but this one thing rang out in my heart over and over and over again... it was as if I'd need it for life.. and I do.

Funny thing is, we all do.

(#1) I've Learned "...that sometimes you can only love someone in the love language they understand."

It's practical, I guess.

When two people intend to share their love for one another, you would think that the message is successfully sent without any undue interference, confusion, refusal to accept, and etc. for all other possible hindrances.

You could assume one's determined demonstration would yield happy receiving..

But not always...not so much.. 

Have You Noticed?

Have you noticed..how the world turns??

How everyone needs inspiration;

And everyone needs a friend?

So much talk about getting out of the boxes we've put ourselves in.

..There must be an enemy...

a worldwide discourager

that we're all up against

because we're all fighting for: 

freedom, expression...
 joy - settled hearts.

How Do You Know You're a Writer?

How do you know you're a writer?

When you wake up with an abundance of thoughts and remain unsettled until you put them into words -- on paper, on a recorder, on a post it note, somewhere, anywhere...

How do we know we're writers?

When our experiences cast an overwhelming shadow over our years of living, and at young ages we become, old souls.. When you know too much, too soon - and there is much to wrestle with, much to reckon...You write..and there's rhythm, you write, and there's resolve.
  
You write, you learn, you grow, and perhaps... you should share.

To write is to conquer fear --  if with might you fight for a right to privacy: a right -  to your own life.

What selfish claim...

If you want to know what you're thinking, pick up a pen...

If you want to know what you're thinking, write.

If you want to know what moves you, pick up a pen.

If you want to know what moves you, WRITE.

Writers have one commission: With the amount of thoughts, questions, answers, resolutions and lessons that graze through the pastures of our hearts and minds daily... it is quite obviously God's will, that we write.

The world depends on its writers, its speakers, its teachers and preachers....  
... the people  who have fallen, gotten up, but given up their right to private note taking.  

A writer can't ignore the world out there, the people who have to keep living a long time after their dying. A writer understands that humanity needs to know... how to love and relate, how to survive, what to avoid, how to overcome... 

So then writing isn't so much a choice as much as you are chosen.

You really don't have a say in the matter.

You are a writer. 

You must write..