FREEDOM.

I'm through.

Release these chains.

Wake-up call.

I'm unemployed. I'm no longer a student. I have NO idea what I want to do with my life. I don't really DO anything. So I've been more or less moping around the past few weeks lamenting at the fact that my life has no purpose or direction.

Boy was I wrong.

I've recently been studying God's glory. And guess what? We...I...was created to GLORIFY God. I was created to love, honor, praise, and worship Him. So even when my life seems void of purpose or meaning to me, my life actually has the greatest purpose of all; to glorify my savior.

So the next time one of my friends jokingly asks me what I did today despite knowing I have nothing in particular TO do, I'm going to respond by saying, "I may not have showered till noon, but I glorified God today. What did YOU do?"

"So whatever you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31

"Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth--everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my GLORY.." Isaiah 43:6-7

Million dollar question.

Why are some people so irrationally mean?

I need a vacuum...

"Life isn't black and white. We grow by wrestling with the mess."

I'm messy. Some (or, let's be honest, a lot of) things in my life are messy. I've been running from the messiness of it all. I shouldn't run, though, because I can learn from it. The messiness is a sign that I'm growing, learning, and improving. I get so distracted by trying to "clean" my life that I just end up running around in circles, stressed out, and not being able to remember what I was so fervently trying to do in the first place. It's like when I clean my room, it always gets way messier before it gets better.

I'm done running.

I'm saying "yes" to the mess in my life, and I'm facing it head-on.