So tonight I watched "Mom's Night Out" for this first time and it inspired me to blog. Wow...novel idea, Val! I have never been very good with spoken word... I have always expressed myself better through writing anyway so why not give it a try? This is not a blog to tell anyone how to live their life or steps to take to make this better or that better - it is just me sharing...well... me. I am opening a portion of my life for the world to see (or maybe just the 5 friends who happen to click the link). That can be a scary thought, but sometimes it is in the vulnerability that we find our strength, that we find our voice, and that we find our purpose.
Many people have probably noticed that I am a quiet person. I call myself an introvert through and through. Other people sometimes categorize me as snobby, stuck up, fake or closed off. I really don't believe I am any of those things I just simply don't talk all the time. It is not because I think I am better than anyone else (usually the opposite), it is not because I am trying to hide something and it is not because I am trying to come off as perfect and put together (I am soooo not that!). If I have something to say I will say it, but I like to think things through thoroughly before I speak. Some call that being stuck up or closed off and some people call that wisdom ;) Either way, please know that just because someone is quiet it does not mean they think they are too good for you - sometimes they just aren't that good at making small talk :)
Anyway, I figured I would give people a small little glimpse into my soul through this blog. Maybe that will help people realize I am not as closed off as they think I am or maybe not. Either way I am not really writing this for anyone but myself so it doesn't matter anyway! I decided to call this "Broken and Beautiful" because that is what I am - though most of the time I definitely feel more broken than beautiful! BUT God has told me before that He takes the broken pieces of me - the broken pieces of my life - and He turns them into something beautiful. Therefore, I am going to take His word for it since He seems to know a bit more than I do! So in this blog I will talk about the ways that I am broken, the ways I have been broken in the past and in the present and the way that God has redeemed those things in my life and made them into something beautiful. Yes, there will be those days when I cannot see past the broken, but then one day I will look back and see just how beautiful that thing has become - how beautiful my crazy life has become. I pray that if you are reading this that you can begin to see that in your life as well. No matter how broken you may feel right now, God is at work. He is making a masterpiece... hang in there and just wait to see what He does!
That's all for now, Beautiful!
