tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91463316849779839862024-02-19T00:11:51.156-08:00Beauty from Ashes."To bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes."Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083821863826846467noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146331684977983986.post-51625817175523401152014-04-07T09:06:00.001-07:002014-04-07T10:28:08.281-07:00Simple and Intentional<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>"It is for freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery." Galatians 5:1</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Walking through downtown Charleston with Lynda while we dreamed about one day doing ministry together, even though I'm buying plane tickets to Colorado and she is fundraising to be the hands and feet of Jesus in <a href="http://lyndawatson.theworldrace.org/" target="_blank">11 countries for 11 months.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Gardening with <a href="http://lilleyofthefield.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kim</a> as she unknowingly helped me identify lies I was believing while we pulled weeds in her front yard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Sure, I'll probably remember hard things too like crying on the phone to my mom and telling the Mrs. Angie, the lady that cuts my hair, that I was just going to drop out of school and become a nomad. I'll remember the big moments too like my first marathon and spending spring break in the woods and teaching my first large group lesson.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>But what stands out the most are the simple, intentional moments.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I have found myself echoing the words of <a href="http://www.aholyexperience.com/" target="_blank">Ann Voskamp</a> when she said, <b>"I want to see beauty. In the ugly, in the sink, in the suffering, in the daily, in all the days before I die, in the moments before I sleep."</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Likewise, I think relationship with Jesus is not based solely on big, momentous occasions, but on small, every day moments that make up a beautiful life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Of course, the night I accepted Christ will probably always be vivid in my mind and I can no longer think about New Year's without remembering celebrating it in Nicaragua. But even more than the mountaintop feeling that Jesus has let me experience time and time again, <b>I remember the sweetness that comes from the intentional nature of Christ.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The first time I read Isaiah 61 out loud.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Each time He reminds me that I am and always will be good enough for him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I'm writing this because I don't think I'm the only one who has found themselves craving a life full of small joys. I don't think I'm the only one that is tired of living event by event and instead wants to see Jesus in the every day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>The good news is that when we pray for nuggets, when we look for Christ, he delights in overflowing our lives with the true joy that can only come from him.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Today, I am praying that God would never cease in giving us the chance to live simply and intentionally. I pray that day by glorious day each one of us would be blessed by small, simple moments with Christ.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">PS. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Packing-Light-Thoughts-Living-Baggage/dp/0802407293" target="_blank">Allison Vesterfelt</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Notes-Blue-Bike-Intentionally-Chaotic-ebook/dp/B00GUTB784" target="_blank">Tsh Oxenreider</a> have both written beautiful books that speak on the idea of living intentionally despite chaos.</span><br />
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Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083821863826846467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146331684977983986.post-84758108862308878282014-02-17T17:42:00.001-08:002014-02-25T11:25:50.842-08:00Thoughts on Babies and Dreams<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My arms are sore from holding babies yesterday. Its not like I needed another reason or anything, but having a two-hour glimpse at the life of a baby mama definitely solidified my belief that moms are super heroes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I walked around today thinking about the little lives I held in my hands yesterday and the little dreams that sit in my heart everyday and wondered if God was trying to teach me something about the two.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I thought about how babies and dreams both grow slowly and then all at once. I thought about how sometimes they overwhelm you and scare you but how fears are overshadowed by love. I also thought about when your dreams seem to poop on you and how babies do that too and you have to clean up the mess but you still find them beautiful and at the end of the day you still want to hold them tight and never let go… sorry I talked about poop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Anyways, I thought about the babies that go straight into Jesus' arms and the dreams that go unfulfilled. I don't know what to say about loss but all I know is that it stings. Broken dreams and broken hearts cut to the bone and leave lifelong scars. Losses shape lives just much as gains do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Coincidentally, I read a blog post by one of my favorite authors, <a href="http://storylineblog.com/2014/02/11/unfulfilled-dreams/" target="_blank">Donald Miller</a>, about dreams that don't work out and the impact they have on others. You guys should all read it because he is way more eloquent than me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Yesterday when I gazed at these sweet babies, I felt hope. It was the same kind of hope I feel when I think about grad school and future adventures and a life full of possibilities rooted in Christ. It's a nervous kind of hope, but the kind that pushes you forward and not back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Later I'll be thankful for what Jesus showed me through all of these jumbled thoughts but </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">for today,</span><br />
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Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083821863826846467noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146331684977983986.post-54570997513404286282014-01-21T17:07:00.002-08:002014-01-22T15:43:13.639-08:00Racing with Joy<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Ya'll I ran a marathon this past weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I've been so thankful for the way Jesus has blessed the past four months of training. I'm just gonna make a list of it all.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">He's shown me that he LOVES seeing me happy and contrary to popular belief, wants me to do the things I love.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">He's shown me that my physical imperfections don't define my beauty, or my worth, or even my ability to accomplish big dreams.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I've grown to love myself more. I know that's cheesy but try looking at yourself and who you are a little less critically… it'll do wonders for your heart.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I learned the importance of mental strength in fighting lies. If I had a quarter for every time Satan told me I would never cross the finish line, I'd be rich. Luckily Jesus was whispering the whole time that he believed in me.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And most of all, Jesus taught me to be okay with having dreams and chasing them! God made us with hearts full of dreams. Run after them! Do it wisely, but do it.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I don't think that Jesus gives two hoots about what time I finished in. And I really don't think he's too worried about whether I run another step in my life. But what I do know is that he wants me to live this life to the full and let it be full of joy. Who am I to say no to a little adventure?</span></div>
Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083821863826846467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146331684977983986.post-34167732260570967652013-12-12T09:05:00.002-08:002014-01-21T17:11:30.781-08:00TWENTY-FUN.<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This past Sunday I turned 21. I promise this post is not what I think about drinking because 1. No one cares about my opinion and 2. There are many other things that are way more fun to write about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Like the top 2 reasons why I looove celebrating my day of birth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">There are some things I don't really like about birthdays. I don't like surprises and get so awkward when people tell me or sing happy birthday to me because I don't know what to say back… This year my most common answer was, "Thanks, my mom did a great job!"</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Reason #1 why your day of birth is super fun: Celebrating all that happened in the past year.</span></b><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Being one step closer to getting to have my own classroom! Okay this is actually terrifying and invigorating at the same time…</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Spending the summer working with Children's Hope Chest in Colorado Springs and Swaziland… seriously the Lord is too good to me!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Living in a lake house with 7 other beauties next year.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Making more and more memories with the best friends a girl could ask for.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">New Lessons: in my walk with Jesus, in learning to be a teacher, in how to live life with people well.</span></li>
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Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083821863826846467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146331684977983986.post-50324845146843391522013-12-06T07:44:00.001-08:002014-01-21T17:16:49.949-08:00<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Sometimes I laugh so hard at myself when I think about how the things that I have wanted in life have drastically changed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I used to ask for a pet monkey every year for Christmas until I was like 10 and found out Santa wasn't real. It was the first thing on my list every.single.year. I had this elaborate plan to make chimpanzees into seeing-eye-monkies to help blind people. I mean they could have made their owners breakfast and everything! It would have been great.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I think it came from watching the old school Little Rascals episode where Spanky tries to turn <a href="http://vimeo.com/47630104" target="_blank">Cotton into a monkey.</a> I'm still a little bitter that there was never a chimpanzee sitting under my Christmas tree but I guess my parents had their reasons…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">One time get a dog named Bella though. She used to jump up from behind me and pull my pants down. She was the worst.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Then I was in middle school and I asked for a drum set. My parents said heck no to that one and I'm sure my siblings were praising the Great Lion of Judah because I would have been so annoying. In high school, I wanted things for the guitar that I can only play Silent Night and Hold Your Hand on. I'm not exactly sure why I was convinced I needed to be a musician of some sort but I think it had to do with my love for Taylor Swift and a boy telling me that girls who played guitar were soooooo cool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Lately I seem to only want plane tickets, mostly ones that say that my final destination is Colorado. I'm in love with that place and those people. Maybe this is a phase, I don't know. Or maybe Jesus is growing and changing this southern girl's heart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> It's too soon to tell if the big CO is just a place I'll visit and always love or if it's where I'm headed after graduation. Until then I'll be praying that I'll live the life that Jesus dreamed up for me whatever it looks like and wherever it is.</span>Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083821863826846467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146331684977983986.post-52616190256588012552013-11-18T15:20:00.000-08:002013-11-18T15:20:14.848-08:00New Eyes<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I remember being in the second grade, sitting in the backseat of Mama Bear's car saying, "Mom you have got to go talk to my teacher because her handwriting is sooooooo scratchy." And then getting fitted for glasses the next week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I remember sprinting around the doctor's office to look out of windows because I'd never clearly seen leaves on a tree or individual blades of grass or even the freckles on my very own face. I remember how good it felt to finally see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I remember being in the fourth grade and my eye doctor telling me he thought I was responsible enough to wear contacts. I remember the first couple of weeks walking around with these little guys in my eyes being terrified that one would unexpectedly pop out and I would be helpless, without sight. As the years went on though, I stopped worrying. They became so familiar to me that I stopped remembering I was even wearing them. They became my invisible lifeline to the world of sight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I remember all of these things because last week I lost my contacts for three days and it was the worst. Having peripheral vision even with glasses? Not a chance. Wanna go on a run? Forget about it. It was awful and I actually cried about it at one point. But j</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">ust as I was sitting in the middle of my floor so mad at myself, I remembered the joy I had the very first time I put on a pair of glasses.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Our desperate need for Christ is not circumstantial and does not lessen with time just like I will always need help seeing every single day. King David rights a psalm where he says, "Restore in me the joy of Your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me (Psalm 50:12)." I want the joy I had in the beginning of my walk with Jesus. I want to run around with a new eyes seeing the world that He created. I want to savor the joy of life with Jesus forever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">For me, following Christ is sometimes a hard balance between being comfortable to sit in his love and constantly being blown away by that same love. My feelings ebb and flow and I let my joy follow their current. Maybe I'll never truly figure out the balance, but I know that Jesus is just as sweet today as he was the summer day that I gave my life to him eight years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So here's to old joy becoming new. Here's to beauty made from ashes.</span></div>
Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083821863826846467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146331684977983986.post-22931484090328995502013-10-23T19:10:00.002-07:002013-10-23T19:10:53.869-07:00You Are Welcome Here.<div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I think about how blessed I am way too little and how weak I am way too much. I see the mistakes that I make and worry that they'll hinder Christ's work in me. I forget that Jesus is kind. But tonight, like so many other Wednesday nights, I was reminded that He is the kindest man I'll ever know and loves to give his children good gifts. Apart from Jesus what's the best gift he's ever given me? Community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">If you've listened to me talk for any stretch of time over the past two years, you have probably heard me ramble about the church called DCF or my house church, (kinda like a community group) the Lilley Pad. I am in love with the community there and in all honesty, I dread the day I am called away from this place of peace and joy and laughter and beauty. I love this community for many many reasons, but lately I've been blown away at the way the church body loves on and cares for each other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">DCF dwells on the good in each person. When they look at me they do not see my flaws but my Father. Their eyes do not land on my sin and mistakes but settle on the Cross of Christ and the role it is playing in my life. So often I walk in with a heavy heart and leave overwhelmed with the Lord's joy. I wish I could adequately describe this place and these people and the way that Jesus moves in each conversation, hug, and cup of coffee but I can't.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Tonight as we ate dinner, worshipped, and prayed I just kept thinking, this is what love looks like. It's not always a can't eat, can't sleep, reach for the stars, over the fence, World Series kind of love but slow, intentional, laughter and joy filled moments with people that care, really care about your heart and life. It's a group of people pausing to sing, </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">"Holy Spirit you are welcome here. Come flood this place and fill the atmosphere. Your glory, God, is what our hearts long for. To be overcome by your presence, Lord."</span></b></div>
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Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083821863826846467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146331684977983986.post-32808607135798960222013-09-13T15:21:00.001-07:002013-09-13T15:21:46.484-07:00Delighting in the Journey<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I like to think of myself as having an easygoing, type-A personality. I'm a list maker who can count on one hand the times I've crossed everything off of it. I fight the daily battle of deciding whether to organize and clean or play outside. I'm a seat-belt wearing, instruction reading, rule follower with a head full of dreams and plans of future adventures. At least that's what I'd like to believe about myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">But sometimes I get so task-oriented, so list-focused, that I forget to take joy in each moment. My sweet friend, neighbor, and <a href="http://clemsonfca.org/#/campus-missions" target="_blank">CM teammate</a>, Anna Marie reminded me so kindly of my tendency this past week. She said so simply, "It's a journey not a job. Take delight in the process."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">These six words settled my soul and halted my anxious thoughts. I don't have to be perfect. There's no finish line I have to cross. I'm not waiting around to reach my final destination but walking down path that the God of the universe has mapped out for me and I will walk down it with a heart of thankfulness. Will there be struggles? Certainly. Will there be times when I'll have to lower my head and drive on? 100% yes. But Jesus tells me to make my home at his feet and take my joy from simply resting in the truth that he has set me free so that is what I'll do.</span><br />
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<br />Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083821863826846467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146331684977983986.post-12028374299089725922013-08-16T21:07:00.000-07:002013-10-25T07:24:14.059-07:00Fitting the Ocean into a Cup<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">After a summer of adventure, the Blue Ridge Mountains have finally called me home from Colorado and all its beauty. I miss everything about Eagle Lake but I am so incredibly thankful to have time to rest and re-adjust before starting my junior year. Trying to describe all I learned this summer feels like trying fit the ocean into a cup but I think I can sum it up like this: God is faithful and God is never slow to fulfill His promises. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This summer I learned what it meant to let Jesus fill the gaps and holes that no person or words could. I cried tears of joy while watching sweet 8 year olds accept Christ for the first time and had all of my weaknesses on display as I attempted to love beyond my own capabilities. I got weird with 50 counselors and laughed until my cheeks hurt at least once a day. It was beautiful and wonderful and more than I could have dreamed of.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">"Allison, I'm sorry to wake you up but my feet are hot and I don't know what to do."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Ok.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Let’s rewind to last Saturday. I had a couple of papers to
write so I went to do some work at All In, the best coffee shop in all the
land. It just so happened to be one of the most beautiful days that Clemson,
South Carolina has experienced in quite some time so I decided to do my work
outside…. 4 hours later I left with half of a paper written and a farmer’s tan
that would put all of the agriculture majors here to shame. It was bad. I’m
kicking myself for not taking a picture of it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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on my fitness. I’m self-conscious about everyone seeing my tan line so decide
to run on the elliptical in the corner where no one can see me. There I am in
my own little world and what happens? The light that is beside me literally
bursts into flames. Yes, literally. I almost had a heart attack AND everyone was looking at me because, well a light just caught on fire and things like that tend to attract
attention. Not to mention burnt wires smell like poo so there's that. Although the fire only lasted for
about 3 seconds, it was enough to make quite a scene.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I immediately thought, “Am I Moses and this is my burning
bush? Should I pack my bags and head to Egypt? What are you saying to me God?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> I started thinking
that the Lord was telling me to stop being so worried about what people see and
what they think. I started beating myself up about all of the ways that I
focused on what the world thought. In my mind it made perfect sense for the
Father to call me out on my sin and self-centeredness and to make me feel like
poop…but I was quickly reminded that Jesus’ words are never unkind and never
accusing. Instead, here’s what He did: He showed me Song of Solomon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Okay before you freak out and tell me not to read that book of the Bible before I'm married, let me explain. In the beginning
of the book the bride says in verse six, <b>“
do not stare at me because I am dark, because I am darkened by the sun.”</b>
You see, the bride in Song of Solomon is nothing special in the world’s eyes.
In fact, she’s actually looked down upon because she works in her family’s
vineyard, something that high-class women did not do. But you would never know
any of that if you only read what the groom says about her! Man is he smitten.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">After he goes on and on about her hair and teeth being like flocks of
goats and sheep and other analogies that make me giggle, he continues to profess his love
for her when he says things like, <b>“You
are altogether beautiful my darling, there is no flaw in you,”</b> and <b>“You have stolen my hear, my sister, my
bride; you have stolen my heart.”</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The Father doesn’t see the flaws that the world sees. He
doesn’t see my farmers tan and he doesn’t even see my sin. Instead He looks at
me and at you and He sees his son in us and He is in love with us. And
furthermore we are never shamed into repentance but instead, just like it says in Romans,
it is His kindness that leads to repentance! When our hearts are captivated by
the way the Father loves us, we are unable to continue walking in lies and
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My name is Allison and I’m awkward. It’s who I am and
what I do. I’m actually thinking about changing my name on Facebook to ‘Allison
Always Awkward Bell’ because it is so much a part of who I am that it might as
well be my middle name. I think creating awkward situations may be my spiritual
gift if we’re being honest…Okay I’m being dramatic, but you get the point.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Let me explain what it means to be awkward. It means that
it’s not a normal day if I haven’t accidently hugged someone thinking they were
a friend of mine or spilled my water all down my shirt right before class like
I did today. It means that I am a little bit clumsy and not super great at
social situations but hey, I manage! My oh so evident awkwardness is actually
one of my favorite things about myself. Why? Because Jesus uses all of my
uncomfortableness to speak boundless amounts of truth to my heart. When I embrace awkward I become who the Lord
has called me to be and live the full life that He has intended for me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Which brings me to the point of this blog!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Reason 1: Awkward
is funny. So see this little guy as a vessel for laughter. I am giving you full
permission to laugh at me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Reason 2: There are lessons that Jesus has taught me
through these moments that have broken so many chains and brought me into abundant life with Christ that I cannot keep that type of freedom to myself. I'm
praying with great expectation that my stories will be used for God’s kingdom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Reason 3: I am about to start working at a summer camp for
7-14 year olds who are in their prime awkward stages and someone needs to
document the funny things that happen. I volunteer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Anyways, while I can’t promise that I’ll blog super often, I
hope that through this little guy you’re encouraged to embrace you inner middle
part, brace-faced, preteen socially awkward self and step confidently into who
Christ has called you to be.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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