Third Time’s the Charm: The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me!

So if you’ve been friends with me for long, you’ll know that twice before I’ve attempted to start a blog, and both times I have failed. It has been nagging at me non-stop to pick it back up, but I have kept putting it off, because I am completely embarrassed that I keep starting and stopping. I feel a sense of judgement whenever I don’t finish what I started, and keep thinking you are all sitting and staring at your screen thinking, “Oh, man. Here she goes again. I wonder how long she’ll last this time.”

The thing is, I’ve always felt like God has gifted me with the ability to motivate, speak, and write. I know deep down that He’s leading me to do this. So here I am, finally picking this back up, and hopefully I’ll be successful this time.

To ensure that I’m more successful, I’ve thought long and hard about why I failed the last two times. I think it’s because I didn’t have the right mindset or purpose when writing my blogs previously. I would get upset about the idea that not many people were reading my blog, and obsess over what people thought about what I wrote. I wasn’t writing for myself, and I took the joy out of it.

This time, I’m writing for myself and to praise God. I’m also writing what I want to write and feel led to write this time. Previously, I honestly think I was more concerned with impressing people and writing what I thought people would like, and that just isn’t write. I’ve spent awhile praying and asking God what to write about it, and here it is:

I am writing about music. Music has always played a large role in my life. I’m a singer and a dancer, and can pretty much sing along to any song you throw at me. Recently, I’ve discovered that I am not thinking about the reason and message behind the Christian music that I listen to. I find that I, instead, pay more attention to how a song sounds, and the mood it puts me in. This isn’t wrong, at all, but I want to dig deeper into this music that’s been by my side for as long as I can remember. So I will be using this blog to uncover deeper meanings and messages to Christian music and how I’m applying these messages to my everyday life.

Call it lame. Call it cheesy. Call it clever. Call it whatever you like. I simply call it finding my way through life one song at a time.

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton