The Inspiration...

  

I have always loved writing and after recently stumbling across various blogs of fellow young women of God, I have really felt the Lord leading me to start a blog of my own. This blog is titled "Finding The Happily Ever After". My posts will basically be a journal of my life from struggles to blessings and all that falls between. In a world where you feel all alone at times, it has been a comfort to me to find that other women have walked through the same fires as me. They have been a huge part of inspiring me to find joy again- even in the midst of a storm. If my journey can do that for anyone out there in the blogosphere, then that is reason enough for me to launch this ministry.

To give you a glimpse into what "Finding The Happily Ever After" means for me, let me give you a quick walk down memory lane. My whole life, I have always been a dreamer, a planner, and well- a control freak! I have always yearned for what is next all the while thinking that "next step" will be where I find my happiness. I have had a life full of, " I can't wait to... be a teenager, be in high school, be in college, have a boyfriend, get engaged, get married, own a home, have a dog, have babies..." I have spent countless hours dreaming about, planning for, and doing everything in my power to make each step happen and happen the way I wanted it to. Boy, was I off track?! 

Here I am... almost 26 years old, blissfully married to the love of my life for the last 4 1/2 years, and beyond ready for yet another "next step". Waiting on babies...that is where I am at right now. The last few years have seemed as if my life had come to a screeching halt. I felt empty, purposeless, even depressed- at times.

It wasn't until just about 4 months ago that everything finally came into perspective for me. As fellow dreamers, planners, and control freaks know... having Patience and Trust in a plan that is not your own is nearly impossible. Maybe I just wasn't standing still and listening these past 26 years; but for the first time in my life, I felt like I was hearing God speak to me. It was as if everything I came across was in sync. Every sermon at church, every song on the radio, every Bible verse I read all spoke the same message. Some, maybe even most, of these messages were all words that I had heard a million times before and even knew by heart.

With all that said, I will leave you with a few lessons that He has been teaching me:

• "Be still."
• "Trust Him."
• "Let go of my plans, and let Him control my life."

and most of all...

• "Be fulfilled and content in Him, finding my happiness in Him rather than next steps."   

HE IS ABLE to do EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. AMEN. - Ephesians 3:20-21