Let's give blogging a try!

Hey guys! So, lately I've noticed that a lot of my friends have started writing blogs or they've had blogs, and I would think to myself, "hey! that looks like fun! maybe I should try it!" or "I really like reading their blogs, I wish I could do that." but I always thought that I never would have anything good to say or that no one would care about what I had to say. Well, I've decided that maybe I should give this whole blogging thing a try! 

How did this idea strike my interest? Well I'll explain. (:

For the past week or so, I've felt a huge tug on my heart (one of those tugs that you know is God telling you to do something, but you aren't sure it's really Him). I feel like God is telling me that I need to get out of my comfort zone and do something for Him. Yes, I've been out of my comfort zone going on a missions trip, but the type of comfort zone I'm talking about is a little different. The comfort zone I'm talking about is expressing my feelings and giving my own personal insight or advice to people. You may read this and think "WHAT is this girl talking about? How is that getting out of your comfort zone?" Well you see, I have a hard time expressing my feelings and talking to people. For those of you who know me, you would disagree because I don't act that way at all. I'm a very friendly, loud, and sometimes obnoxious person and I say what I think all the time, but when it comes to expressing my true feelings deep inside of me, I'm a completely different person. A lot of people don't know this about me, but I have a very difficult time expressing my true feelings and talking about my struggles, problems, etc. with other people. I always hide away my feelings and push them aside because I don't want to talk about them because either I feel like they're stupid and unimportant, or I feel like no one is really willing to listen or care. I've really been feeling God tell me that I need to get out of this box that I've kept myself in, and that I need to listen to Him. Instead of always holding in my emotions and feelings and thoughts, He wants me to share them with others. Even though I am terrified of this idea, I want to follow God with all my heart, which means listening to what He's calling me to do, no matter how difficult or scary it might be.

God has also been giving me this passion  to reach out to other people who are hurting. I want to be a light to those people and show them the love of God and how there is hope in Him. And I also know for my sake, that I need to let out my feelings so I don't explode, so why not do this through a blog for others to read! Maybe there are other people out there who feel the same way as I do and maybe I could somehow help them. :)

Basically to sum this all up, I want to be a light for God, and I feel like He is calling me to do so through this blog. I don't exactly know what I'm going to write about for each post, I'm just going to write whatever God places on my heart and what I feel He wants me to write.

I hope you guys enjoyed my first post and I didn't waste your time! Be on the lookout for more. :)