Me? A Blogger?

I find myself so drawn to this concept called blogging, although I make no time for it in my life. I told Cory in Poland that he could hold me accountable about blogging because I feel like it is important. Not so much because I have anything profound or wonderful to share, but because it is good for me! So here I sit two months later finally writing. I recently watched Finding Nemo with my sweet Evan and got so much revelation out of it. (I know you moms out there understand the world of insight you get from cartoons!) We were never meant to be ruled by fear, and sometimes it takes a journey where you are repeatedly forced out of your comfort zone to release the real you that has been hiding in captivity! Take Marlon (Nemo's dad), for instance; he was a fearful, over-protective, nervous fish at the beginning of the movie. After his only son gets captured by divers, he goes on an epic journey to find him at all costs! His adventures land him in some very scary places, but he conquers them with courage. After finding his son and returning home, Marlon is completely different. He is full of joy, completely at peace and able to be in relationship with others. Even though tragedy had struck in his life and he experienced great loss that forced him to that fearful life, that was not who Marlon really was! When the movie ended and I was thinking about this idea, the Lord so gently came upon me and said, "That is what I did in you in Poland.". I was moved as I began to see myself as a closed and cautious person after a year of heartache and loss. But the Lord took me on a journey across he ocean and pulled courage and confidence out of me. He healed my heart and awakened my true identity! I came back different. Changed. And I like it. May you too experience this freedom! May you be so taken in to the fullness of God that your fears are stripped away and your true identity is released!