The Post that Got Away From Me... Also, Hello!
I feel like I should start this blog off by introducing myself since that is what one does when they first start talking, so... Hello.
My name is Kristin, and I am a sophomore in college, a follower of Jesus, a Younglife leader, a netflix junkie, a wannabe half-marathon runner, an outdoor enthusiast, a writer, a klutz and someone who had no clue what is going on with her life. Not in the sense that I don't know what I want to do with my life, I've pretty much always wanted to be a teacher and I've always loved history so why not be a history teacher, 'ya know? I mean I don't know what the heck is happening with the present, the right now, the right this moment. I mean, I have a huge paper due in two days and instead or working on it, I'm starting a blog and listening to Passion Pit thinking about Thanksgiving chocolate pie.
Who does that?
Well, okay, maybe I'm not the only person who has ever started something because they didn't want to do something more important (and frankly, boring) but hey, no one said the world was perfect. In fact, I can (and will) give you multiple accounts demonstrating how this world that we live in is far from perfect.
Life is unpredictable and at points hard and annoying and dumb. Life is confusing and murky and sometimes you fall down and you just want to stay there forever, not moving so you don't have to feel the pain of falling over again. But then there are days, days when amazing things happen and you just can't help but see the Light in the darkness. There are moments in the midst of tragedy where you can look around and just know that you're going to be okay. There are times when even if you're broken and bruised, you know that staying down won't make you feel any better. So you get up, you dust yourself off, you look at those fresh wounds over the scars from the times you've fallen before and you smile. You smile because you know that you've been here before and you've gotten through it. You smile because when you looked up from the ground there were people there to help you up, to cheer for you, to support you. You smile because just by getting up you are that much closer to getting where you need to go.
This blog is about these moments for me. I fall down a lot, I fall short a lot, but my goodness do those stories make for good lessons. As much as I love staying in bed all day, refusing to move for anything other than food, I know that there are better things out there I can be doing.
I think this post got away from me a bit. I wasn't planning on getting deep in the introductory blog but don't worry, this blog is also about the ridiculous things that I do and even more ridiculous things that happen to me. Its about my journey of faith and about my journey as a leader and a college student and a person.
I know I'm being called to do something, I just can't seem to find my phone.
My name is Kristin, and I am a sophomore in college, a follower of Jesus, a Younglife leader, a netflix junkie, a wannabe half-marathon runner, an outdoor enthusiast, a writer, a klutz and someone who had no clue what is going on with her life. Not in the sense that I don't know what I want to do with my life, I've pretty much always wanted to be a teacher and I've always loved history so why not be a history teacher, 'ya know? I mean I don't know what the heck is happening with the present, the right now, the right this moment. I mean, I have a huge paper due in two days and instead or working on it, I'm starting a blog and listening to Passion Pit thinking about Thanksgiving chocolate pie.
Who does that?
Well, okay, maybe I'm not the only person who has ever started something because they didn't want to do something more important (and frankly, boring) but hey, no one said the world was perfect. In fact, I can (and will) give you multiple accounts demonstrating how this world that we live in is far from perfect.
Life is unpredictable and at points hard and annoying and dumb. Life is confusing and murky and sometimes you fall down and you just want to stay there forever, not moving so you don't have to feel the pain of falling over again. But then there are days, days when amazing things happen and you just can't help but see the Light in the darkness. There are moments in the midst of tragedy where you can look around and just know that you're going to be okay. There are times when even if you're broken and bruised, you know that staying down won't make you feel any better. So you get up, you dust yourself off, you look at those fresh wounds over the scars from the times you've fallen before and you smile. You smile because you know that you've been here before and you've gotten through it. You smile because when you looked up from the ground there were people there to help you up, to cheer for you, to support you. You smile because just by getting up you are that much closer to getting where you need to go.
This blog is about these moments for me. I fall down a lot, I fall short a lot, but my goodness do those stories make for good lessons. As much as I love staying in bed all day, refusing to move for anything other than food, I know that there are better things out there I can be doing.
I think this post got away from me a bit. I wasn't planning on getting deep in the introductory blog but don't worry, this blog is also about the ridiculous things that I do and even more ridiculous things that happen to me. Its about my journey of faith and about my journey as a leader and a college student and a person.
I know I'm being called to do something, I just can't seem to find my phone.
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