Anything I put before my God is an idol. Gosh dang, that line brings me to tears every dang time. I get so caught up in busy, in trying to build this little business, in juggling life and I never just sit down and clear my stage. Clear it down to the basics, stop giving my time to things that might be currently draining me and give my time to things that are life giving.
I've been thinking a lot about this little lovely adventure of mine the past few weeks.
What my mission is, why I'm doing it and what I want it to become. I don't know a lot, I still have a million ideas swirling around in my head but here is what I do know...
-I want this to be a place where you can find a genuine friend and a transparent heart
-I want to encourage you to find a lovely adventure and choose joy in your life each day
-I don't want to just tell you words that are easier said than done, I want to give you tools and I want to do it with you.
That last sentence made me all weepy. I think it's because I want it right in that soft spot center of my heart. I want to have adventures and choose joy with you, sweet friends.
I still want to create things but in the next few months I hope to create some things that are tools we can use together to find joy and daily adventures.
So, here's my challenge to you for this three day weekend: Clear your stage. Not for the whole weekend (let's be real... errbody got plans) but even just for 5 or 10 minutes. Just be. Be you. Clear your thoughts, write them down if you have to. Try to find that soft spot center of your heart and think about what it really wants.
Figure out one way you can get that. One tangible, achievable way you can get what your heart truly wants. Maybe that's talking to a friend, maybe it's forgiving someone, maybe it's doing something you've been telling yourself you couldn't do. Clear your stage and then go after what really matters.
My heart will be seeking a beautiful God who loves me to my core, even when I don't believe it. Even when I'm mad or I forget His goodness. His stage is always clear for me. For me to fill with all my baggage and my tears and my thoughts and my dreams. And he takes it all, sends it back behind the curtains and tells me to just be for a while. He can handle the show.
