SIMPLY, LINES OF FAITH

I have to say, it feels really good to take a few minutes to sit down at my computer and just write.

I felt like today was the day to write a little bit about what has been on my heart about Lines of Faith.

As many of you know, there has been many changes made over the last several months.

For so long, I have been trying to bring this vision to life, but it just wasn’t quite there.

I knew it still needed something, but what?

I began to get into this mindset of perfection.

I wanted all that Lines of Faith was to be perfect.

But, I learned through a lot of trial and error, that sometimes perfection isn’t the way to go.

So as I tried to achieve this idea of perfection, I actually achieved so much more.

I found it.

I found what I was looking for.

Not perfection, though.

I found simplicity and beauty.

And, I found it through being me.

For so long I was reaching and forcing Lines of Faith to be so much of what it is not.

And I see now, that you cannot force something like that.

You cannot force perfection.

But, you can force being simply YOU and being you is perfect enough.

We live in a world that almost requires us to be perfect.

And we get so wrapped up in becoming perfect, that we become something we are not.

We forget who we really are buried underneath all of what the world has told us to be.

We lose ourselves.

We lose what made us so already perfect.

And I lost sight of what Lines of Faith was really meant to be.

But, I did learn.

And, we all do.

I would change the web layout and color scheme because I felt like others wouldn’t like it if I kept it a certain way.

I changed the type of content on my site because I felt like maybe more people would be drawn to that over hearing about my faith.

I put myself on a strict posting schedule because I was afraid people wouldn’t understand a slow day.

I changed so much about what Lines of Faith was, that I forgot what my soul purpose for Lines of Faith was meant to be.

It became about pleasing people over impacting people.

It became about what looked the best over what spoke the most volume.

It became about how many people were following over how can I pray for my following?

It became an obligation over a passion.

It wasn’t Lines of Faith anymore.

It was simply a website.

A website that lost the simplicity of being itself.

And what I didn’t realize was that it was that simplicity that made it already good and perfect enough.

We are already perfect.

We were fearfully and wonderfully made by God to do WONDERFUL things.

We cannot accomplish the wonderful if we are so caught up in being filled with the world.

Lines of Faith is about filling up, faithfully!

Filling up with the things that are not of this world, but the things that are of God.

I was contradicting my own phrase by letting Lines of Faith fill with worldly things and ideas.

And I soon saw that those worldly things were only temporary, and their effects surely faded.

But, filling up with pure, genuine self and faith is eternal.

Our faith is will last us.

Being ourselves is what will last us.

Yes, we are all flawed.

We have all made mistakes.

I made mistakes with Line of Faith- trying to make it be something it definitely isn’t.

But we learn.

God uses mistakes and lessons to shape and mold us.

And, while I was home just last week, I was reminded of exactly what molded me.

As I drove down old roads that I hadn’t been on in a while, I drove past jobs that called me out of my comfort zone, and places that hold a different piece of me.

I ran into people that changed me for the good and also the worst.

Songs would play on the radio and I would immediately think about a time about myself singing this same song, but singing it as a completely different person.

The lyrics reminded me of some memories of who I once was.

I was once very lost.

I was once a girl living in a few mistakes.

I was once someone who became someone I really wasn’t, all for the purpose of pleasing this world.

But, I learned and I became who I am today because of those simple memories.

Though, I am not proud of some of what was a part of my past, I do know that it all happened for a specific reason.

What happened years ago, has made me stronger and made me exactly who I am today.

And because of the memories, the hurt, the suffering, the joy, the confusion, the sacrifices, the lessons learned, and path I once walked, I am now exactly who God wanted me to be.

And I am confident in that.

I realized it was time to reflect that confidence through Lines of Faith.

I am not your average girl.

I don’t always have myself put together- especially not my hair.

I love messy buns and sweat pants.

I love color, polka dots, and quotes.

I laugh obnoxiously at the most inappropriate times- I can’t really help that.

You’ll find me dancing down the aisles of a grocery store or sitting at my desk writing something on my computer.

I am OCD about how I take notes in or out of my Bible.

I am very hard on myself.

I stress out a lot and find myself buried in anxiety and worry.

But, though I may be all of these things, I am confident in my faith and my relationship with the Lord.

THAT is what has gotten me through the crazy and the stress that life has brought to me.

Lines of Faith is a product of my crazy life.

It is meant to reflect WHO I am and HOW God is speaking to me.

I’m far from perfect, I’m simply me, and Lines of Faith is simply that.

It’s a place to be me and it’s a place for you to be you.

A place for us all to find confidence in who we are, who God is in our lives, and what we should be filling up with.

It’s flawed.

There will be days where I struggle to get a post out, just as there will be days where you struggle with something.

But, I want Lines of Faith to be that reminder to us all to KEEP GOING!

Keep the faith!

Keep filling up, faithfully!

Even if you have a bad day, get up the next day.

Lines of Faith is a ministry that doesn’t preach perfection but preaches how beautiful and perfect life will feel when we fill up with our perfect Savoir.

Lines of Faith shares stories of imperfections of my own that have shaped me and my faith.

Just like the roads from home have shaped me, the life I live now will continue to shape Lines of Faith.

Let Lines of Faith be your inspiration!

Let Lines of Faith encourage you, study with you, pray for you, connect with you, fill up with you!

The Lines of Faith journey isn’t completed, it has only just begun, just like our journeys with our faith have only just begun.

God is not finished with you and I, yet.

He has plans that we can only fulfill when we will up with our faith.

So, let’s continue to fill up, faithfully.

Despite the flaws, the imperfect days, the stressful situations, let’s KEEP going!

Let’s continue to be simply who we are, not who we become with the world.

Let’s share our story.

Let’s connect through faith.

Let’s encourage and love one another.

Let’s continue to fill up with so much faith, that we have no other option but to overflow onto and into the lives of others.

Lines of Faith is exactly what it needs to be for the Lord.

It never needed to change.

It never needed to accommodate.

It just simply needed time to figure out who & what is was meant to be.

It needed to learn and be shaped by experiences and losses.

& Now that Lines of Faith has found itself, its true calling and true purpose, it can continue to grow and work solely for the Lord.

I do not know where God is going to take the next year, but I do know that He is good and He is forever faithful.

If I keep my trust in Him, I know He will take Lines of Faith in the direction He chooses.

I know that it will prosper for the Kingdom of God in whatever way that might be.

I also know that God has placed some exciting things in my heart recently, and I cannot wait to share it all with you over the next month.

Thank you all for being patient with me and with Lines of Faith.

Thank you for the endless support and interaction.

Thank you for your kind words and overwhelming about of love.

This has all been possible because of you!

I hope you all enjoy the NEW & SIMPLE Lines of Faith!

Make sure to explore the new study binder printables & the devotional jar cards!

MKG

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