The beginning of this blog!

I thought it be appropriate to tell the story of how this blog began.
It literally hit me like a bag of sand while I was sitting on my parents driveway about three weeks ago. Literally hit me. God kept saying write a book write a book write a book.

Hold on, Let me start over. A Really long while ago my friend Amy (hope you don't mind I used your name) gave me a book called "In a Pit with a Lion on A Snowy DAy," by MArk Batterson. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK. It has changed how I live my life. It has changed How I view my life. Even Non Christians that read this book, love it. This book is about overcoming your personal fears, taking risks, and living your life according to how God plans for you to live it. I am currently living my life by taking risks, I am putting my life in Gods hands, and I want to seize every single God opportunity that comes my way. Well, while Im reading this book, I am constantly reminded of how God has used my life, and the situations in my life. Since I became a Christian, I have always loved the stories God put into my life. I even loved the stories of how God used other peoples lives. Honestly, sometimes I got jealous of their God stories cause some of them were better than mine, hahahaha. So I reaolly have been searching for God's plan for my life. One day I'm reading this book, and it was at the Chapter where he talks about how God uses one person's pain for another person's gain. Now I full force belive this to be 100% true. I am an absolute believer that everyone in this world serves a Godly purpose, it's all about if you choose to follow it. While I'm reading the part of his story, and how he got saved, I realized I love love love love these types of stories. They get me excited. The type of excited like you wanna hop around excited. I realized I look at soooo many people, my friends and my family's and my co-workers, and because I am an over-analyzer I try to piece together why things happen, both good and bad, to certain people. Than I find that thread and "BOOM," theres a God story.
Ok so, while I'm reading this chapter, a little idea pops in my head. Write a book. It keeps coming to me, write a book. The more I read the more I hear write a book. I still remember, sitting in front of my parents camper. And Im being told to write a book. But of Course, I don't just listen to God. I like to take care of things myself. I need to be 100% sure that this is from God, the idea of writing a book of these silly little stories in my life is absolutely ludicrous. After all, I've never been through anything that serious that needs to be told (this si my thought process) So basically I'm telling God that He is crazy! I'M TELLING GOD HE IS CRAZY!!! I go to church the next day, and I'm talking to my friend Amy. I'm telling Amy how I feel like I need to write a book about little stories, blah blah blah. Her exact words and I quote " So do it, you may have gone through something that could help someone."
Cool, I am now 50% sure that I need to do this. A few days later, I am telling my firends, Sasha and Allison, how I need to write a book. They both tell me to do it. Thanks God, Im 95% sure I need to do this. I'm debating now though. Do I wanna write a book, or start a blog. Because in the midst of this debate with myself, I think of blogging. To be honest, I know nothing about blogging. This is new to me, my first time actually. I post a status update on Facebook, should I blog or write a book. Sasha, oh what a blessing she has been to my life, says, Do both. Now I go to my friend Wendy's house. I'm telling her the story of God's idea, and she urges me to do it. She says Do IT! So I'm doing it. Remember, God has to smack me in the face sometimes. And I am soooo glad I have done this. I am a planner by nature. I need to plan out every little thing that I am going to do, I plan my shopping list, my days, my weeks, my months, my life, I plan my situations, and my circumstances. God is breaking me down slowly. He has plans for me. My plans may be similar to His plans, but they WILL NOT WORK unless they come from Him. He humbles me. He humbles me everyday. This blog is a God Plan. It came from God, It is devised by Him. He puts these ideas in my head. I pray that it touches you!!