First Blog Post!

My fellow adventurers,

I think it is about time that I post my first blog considering I set up this brand new blog yesterday, on New Year's Day!  I spent the day with my mother and grandmother, and we each began new journeys in blogland.  My grandmother started a new blog to highlight the journey she is on with Shingles and God's ever-present grace, and my mother decided to rennovate her blog that she started years ago.

What will this blog be about, you may ask?  Let me give you a little bit of background about myself, and it will help explain my idea.

I often look for satisfaction in my relationships with people rather than in God.  I am a social butterfly that spreads her wings a little too much sometimes, earning friends who aren't always godly influences. 

Same with men.  I get attached and emotionally involved quickly, which just leads to heartache.  I am 22 so I am entering the prime marriage stage.  I, of course, am on the look out for Mr. Right.  However, we've all heard older married couples say that "As soon as I stopped looking for my spouse, he/she came into my life!" 

From that, as well as a conversation with my dad, this blog was born. 

My dad-the rock in my life-once told me that life should be a ladder...a journey.  If my focus is living a godly life for Christ, I will be climbing a ladder to Him and my husband will be climbing a ladder to God as well.  Somewhere along the way our ladders will meet at a crossing. 

A crossing of two ladders.  Two paths.  Two lives.

I stumble a lot when I walk an easy path.  Climbing a ladder will surely bring more battles.  In fact, if I am totally honest with myself, I would have to say that I am currently faltering right now in my walk with Christ.  I am at a crossroads now...follow Christ or follow the world.

This blog is meant to capture my journey to the crossing.  As I embark on my climb up the ladder I want to remember the struggles and successes, the failures and victories.  When I reach that point in the climb where I meet Mr. Right, I want to be where God desires me to be...close by His side, despite my stumbles on the way to the crossing.