Set the Mood

Blog-tember Challenge prompt: Create a collage or inspiration/mood board
that describes your blog.

I blog on faith, ministry, and singleness. Mostly however, I started this blog to honor God with my writing. The truth is that I’ve been blogging since the days of Xanga. Remember them?!?

Having an online presence was just starting to become popular for us regular folks, and my generation – the AIM, Geocities, and Xanga generation – got on board fast and careless. There wasn’t a lot of intention about our online presence. We ranted and exposed our passing thoughts, far-fetched dreams, and trending identities. We gave the world our temporaries, not realizing or caring that the Internet would hold them forever. In some ways, today’s Internet users are still like that.

I moved from Xanga to Blogger and held onto that blog for a very long time. I became a little more aware and careful of the words I wrote on there, but two years ago, God got through to me.

Two years ago, He asked for my words. He showed me how my writing can be a ministry to glorify Him. He placed a burden in my heart to start fresh and be intentional. This little space was born.

It’s still growing and changing, and I’m pretty sure it will continue to change overtime. I really do feel like a toddler, learning to walk and finding my place in the world. The mood board above reminds me what this space is for.

Pink because I love that color. I grew up in dresses, while also trying to keep up with my older cousins – all boys they were. I also grew up in a culture that made fun of strong personalities. Too girly. Too tomboyish. Too thin. Too fat. I spent my adolescence making the move to America and being an awkward and fat transplant. I didn’t feel like fat girls get to be girly so I went tomboy. Choosing jeans over skirts (even though I wanted them) and holding basketballs (even though I hated sports) seemed like the only way to protect myself from the negative comments, like sucking in my stomach if I was in a dress or to be more lady-like if I was giggling too loud.

So pink represents the embrace of my femininity. I still have a tough side, but I love being a girl. It’s amazing to be a girl! I am like that girl twirling in her tutu and sneakers with flowers in her hair. I am enjoying being the woman God created me to be. That’s pink.

Faith because it’s how I want to live and am learning how to live. I want to help others live by faith while living by faith with them.

Fell in love with her King because I write about singleness. I’ve always been single and have learned that God can use our singleness for His glory. I’m living by faith that He has written my love story and will unfold it in His time without any help from me. I want to encourage other single ladies that they are loved deeply and don’t need to listen to the pressures of this world that they are incomplete without a man. You are complete because you belong to the King of kings, and if you let Him, He can put you on reserve for the perfect man for you.

[bctt tweet=”You are loved. You are complete. You belong to the King of kings.”]

Dream because I’m a dreamer. Always have been. Always will be. I’m learning that God places dreams in us that we can’t fathom or imagine. They are glorious and will take our breathes away, and I want to live in them.

Coffee and a Bible, tea and a notebook because this is a place to honor God with my writing. To hopefully help others draw closer to God.

A library because blogs can turn into books and end up in libraries. Because I dream of writing children’s books that will engage their imaginations and point them to Jesus. Because we should never stop sharing our stories.

And Isaiah 6:8 because we all have a ministry. Sometimes it’s obvious, like I’m in the children’s ministry. Other times, it’s harder to realize like writing or art. How can one tiny blog be a ministry? How can one small picture impact lives? They can be if we raise our hands and tell God, “Here I am. Send me!”