encouragement. (:

there's something powerful about the body of Christ joining together and encouraging and challenging each other. there's something powerful about expressing what God is doing in your life to other believers and seeing God use that to speak into their lives. there's something powerful about seeing lives transformed. about watching people change. about seeing people take hold of something they're passionate about and run with it. there's something powerful about dreams being chased and God being glorified.

this is what i was reminded of this afternoon. i got my nails done and went to coffee with a sweet friend and got to hear a bit about what God is doing in her life, as well as what God has laid on her heart and her dreams and desires. God is good. it's so encouraging to hear what God is doing in other people and to get to share what he is doing in my life. i believe lives are being transformed. and i can't wait to be a part of it. i can't wait to see how he draws me in to that and allows me to be a part of that.

i want to be a life changer. so much. i just need God to show me how to be. i need to make time to be. i need to pour into people as much as i hope to be poured into. i need to be sure i take time to speak and listen. probably listen more and speak less? i seem to be good at speaking. God's teaching me to listen and to find peace, and i think that's a lesson i have to learn before i can be effective as a life changer.

now don't get me wrong here...i don't want to be a life changer. but i would be honored if God used me and worked through me to transform lives. i want to be the person he desires me to be and calls me to be. i just need to keep seeking him to figure out what he has in store for me and what that plan looks like.

so perhaps this is a bit rambl-y? i'm sorry. i've been having trouble lately with putting my thoughts together into cohesive terms. so bear with me until i figure out how to speak clearly again. school is stealing my clarity. oh look...another rabbit trail. let me just stop before i continue. {does that even make sense?! i doubt it.} i'm in a weird mood. anyways. hahaha