About the Blogger
Hey guys, just thought I would tell a little about myself
Currently I am a Residence Hall Director at a college in Nebraska. I am fresh out of college...well not anymore. I am freshly back home after 3 years working at the college I graduated from and exploring the new and old of being back. And I STILL am not sure I will ever know "what I want to be when I grow up" as my Momma would have said. That's still okay with me. I know who holds my future and I want to trust God with every single bit of it.
My momma was a truth-teller. She could not pretend things were okay when they weren't or hold in any truth that she felt was needed to be heard. She was strong and fierce. She had a lot of life experience. She loved every person she met with reckless abandon and before they knew it, they had told her their entire story. She was a writer, an artist, a singer, an amazing pianist, a crazy busy and incredible mom. She did everything. Because she loved much, she was also hurt much. She put her heart on the line every single time and trusted God. I want to be that fierce with my love in my life. One day I will be completely restored and healed, but here and now it is worth it to follow Jesus and His crazy strong, relentless, unusual love. It's not easy and there will be bumps and bruises and cuts and deep wounds, but it's all worth it to me. To leave a legacy.
This blog is part of that passion to speak the truth God has laid on my heart. I told my mom when I was around 9 "I just want to break out." Throughout my life, I felt I have grown and "broke out" of my comfort zone and done things that were more bold and confident than I had before. This is another one of those times. Just a few weeks from the day my mom passed, I find it hard to let anything hinder me from this. Life is short. I want to speak truth and life to everyone and anyone and in every way possible. I don't want it all bottled up, worthless, useless. I do not want to limit it to only a select few.
So this is the beginning of something. I do not know what will come of it or everything I want to do in the future. BUT I know I want to have meaning and be meaningful, intentional. Maybe you do too.
My momma was a truth-teller. She could not pretend things were okay when they weren't or hold in any truth that she felt was needed to be heard. She was strong and fierce. She had a lot of life experience. She loved every person she met with reckless abandon and before they knew it, they had told her their entire story. She was a writer, an artist, a singer, an amazing pianist, a crazy busy and incredible mom. She did everything. Because she loved much, she was also hurt much. She put her heart on the line every single time and trusted God. I want to be that fierce with my love in my life. One day I will be completely restored and healed, but here and now it is worth it to follow Jesus and His crazy strong, relentless, unusual love. It's not easy and there will be bumps and bruises and cuts and deep wounds, but it's all worth it to me. To leave a legacy.
This blog is part of that passion to speak the truth God has laid on my heart. I told my mom when I was around 9 "I just want to break out." Throughout my life, I felt I have grown and "broke out" of my comfort zone and done things that were more bold and confident than I had before. This is another one of those times. Just a few weeks from the day my mom passed, I find it hard to let anything hinder me from this. Life is short. I want to speak truth and life to everyone and anyone and in every way possible. I don't want it all bottled up, worthless, useless. I do not want to limit it to only a select few.
So this is the beginning of something. I do not know what will come of it or everything I want to do in the future. BUT I know I want to have meaning and be meaningful, intentional. Maybe you do too.
Joellelise
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