Baby steps.
I sat down with the intention of writing a mission statement and discovered...I wasn't sure what it would be. Rather than becoming discouraged by my apparent lack of natural mission, I moved on to the bio.
And that's when I decided the bio should come first. You learn a lot about your mission in life when you write your bio.
The bio {for me} is still a work in progress, so I'm not ready to formally publish it yet, but I wanted to share with you some of the things I learned along the way.
* The thing that used to be my greatest hangup is now the opening to my testimony. My life was a total surprise to my parents, but I was completely and divinely purposed by God. I cannot even begin to tell you how much the whole "surprise child" description used to wreck my mind. So many questions. So many tears. So much confusion. And one day, God set me free from those hangups and He began to instill in my heart that being purposed by Him trumps human planning any old day. And the transformation is so great in my heart that what used to define me for evil now defines me for good.
* The answers to the greatest desires of my life have been so intricately intertwined that I couldn't begin to separate them if I tried. When I could only see what was directly in front of me, God was weaving a story, and its details formed some of the greatest highlights of my testimony.
* God has already given me some very distinct areas of passion...and I'm sure He has many other areas He's still developing. {You know...I am still awfully young!} But when I looked at the list of things I've already written about...spoken about...taught about...I'm in awe of what He's laid on my heart. Amazing what you learn about yourself when you write it down!
There was one other little part of the assignment...the photo. Pretty sure if I were putting together a "real" bio kit...I'd have pictures taken. But I found a few from the last year or so that at least capture something that to me...shows a girl who feels worthy. And that's what this assignment is really all about. So I share these with you...from moments when I felt most like a girl completely and divinely purposed by God.
I can tell you with all sincerity that if you'd showed me any of these pictures back when I was in high school...struggling to believe I had worth...I would have cried with relief that I would one day turn out normal. Better than normal.
That I would be a girl who would laugh...genuine laughs...and have love sparkle in her eyes.
That I would have strength and courage and desire. That I would be chosen and loved.
That the stigma of surprise would be pushed away by purpose and I would begin to grasp what was true all along: He called me worthy.
4 comments:
My life was a total surprise to my parents, but I was completely and divinely purposed by God. Thank you so much for those words. I was also a total suprise...even more so than you. My sister just older than me is 13 years older and the oldest sibling was 24 years older. I have recently started to also see myself in this same light and I thank you for sharing these words. They will mean the world to a lot of people. God Bless.
Ahhhh, Amber...it fills me with joy to know the words touched you. You are divinely purposed!!! You are!
There is so much truth in this blog post Bekah. Thank you for sharing it.
Such truth for sure. Loved this. You after the race is so cute and to think your running partner is now your running through life partner! What a running buddy!!! :) God is so good. xoxo
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