As I always say...carpe now!
My hesitancy in blogging (or writing in general, for that matter) is that I'm never sure what to say. Which is ironic, considering how much I talk. But its not like I have any particular field of expertise or any great knowledge or wisdom to share with the world.
But at the same time, maybe I do have something to share. Not wisdom, per se. But I think there is something to be said for the sharing of the ordinary and the mundane...because in it we find the incredible and the beautiful.
Not that my life is exactly mundane at the moment. Actually, a lot is going on in my life right now. I just got engaged (*insert girly screams of excitement*). And...yep. Well, I got engaged. BUT that pretty much means that life as I have known it is forever radically changed. As my wise mother pointed out to me "You have spent your entire life not being married, and it's going to be a long time before you've been married longer than you were not married". TRUTH. So this is going to be a pretty significant switch. A lot of change, a lot of new, a lot of hard, and a lot of absolutely amazing.
So that could be interesting and exciting. I know for a fact that this whole "being-engaged-to-a-guy-who-wants-to-spend-the-rest-of-his-life-with-me" business has been calling me on to more self-examination and prayer. Because marriage is the vocation that I am going to be sanctified by. This is how I'm going to become holy. And I want to
Because this holiness stuff is tricky business. It's what we were made for, and yet it seems that everything makes that goal difficult. Matthew 5:48 (one of my favorite Scripture verses) tells us to "Be perfect just as your heavenly Father is perfect." But Romans 3:23 reminds us that, "...all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Both of these are true, and this is the paradox that I have been reflecting on today. I can't use my sinfulness as an excuse for complacency. I want to set the bar high for myself and strive for a "still more excellent way" (1 Cor. 12:31). For me, writing is a way to reflect and examine and externally-process all this holiness/life stuff. Which is important, because I definitely don't have it figured out yet. But maybe this blog can be a part of that.
So maybe no one will read this blog (except for me when I attempt to proof-read it). Or maybe five people will. But quite possibly there will be a time in the future when I can look back on what I've written and gain something from the time capsule of thoughts and ponderings and ideas and dreams that could gather here. And maybe someone else can glean something from my ramblings.
Be forewarned: there are bound to be things that I'm going to talk about a lot. They are as follows...
- Jesus: I should hope, because He should be first and foremost.
- My fiancรจ: because I kind of like him ;)
- Food: because I just really really like food. A lot.
This is a bit long. Maybe I had more to write about than I thought I did.
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam,
Catherine
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