Echos of a creative Creator

I have decided that the things you love to do and the best things to do are the hardest things to do. Everything that I am passionate about I procrastinate the most with. Everything that I get the most joy from I avoid doing. If I begin something it somehow becomes the hardest thing in the world to finish. Why is this?

I shall propose my theory...

The things that make us happy, things that fill our hearts with joy till they are ready to burst, are the things that we were made for. We were each uniquely created with different talents and personalities to display those talents and each of those unique things are a reflection of the unique and magnificent God who created us. I am in Christ, but I still war against the flesh. My identity has changed and my heart made new, but sin still clings to this frail humanity of mine.

Working, and fighting, and struggling against the flesh is not a natural habit for me. I must learn to do battle against taking the easy road through life. My flesh wars against these things that I long to do, because these are the things that bring the most glory to God and give me the most joy in Him.

So, here's to throwing off encumbrances, running the race, and fighting the good fight; for the glory of he who created me and in whom my heart exalts.

And for me doing this means...

being a better student, in school and of the Word
singing
writing
drawing
seriously learning to play the guitar
turning my writings into songs I can play on my guitar
ministering to people I am around
being a part of the Church, locally and globally
being around children
learning to be a better cook
eating well
disciplining my body to LOVE exercise : /

This means not spending hours lost in random social media and unedifying television. Not that there isn't any value in these things, or that they can't be used well, I just have had more than my share of them in the past years and want to choose to do the BEST things and more valuable things. I want to learn to use various forms of media, but not be dependent on them.

I hope to become less "connected" and more developed in the coming years.

off to cultivate a lifetime of pursuits,

Katina ;)

Turning over a new leaf

Ah, the blank page. A blank page is worse or just as bad as a blank canvas. There are so many ideas swirling around, so many thoughts, jumping from one idea to the next, procrastination by indecision.

A blog is a funny thing. One places bits of the innermost thoughts of the mind and heart out into the void not knowing what will happen with the words that have flowed in the caverns of the spirit, to fingertips on keys, to a journal online.

This strange experiment I am endeavoring to begin again, hopefully with more maturity than in many years past when sometimes careless and vain words made their way onto these "pages". I am starting afresh. Why you ask? Well, I have recently been inspired by several friends who have done the same. Plus, I wish to improve my writing and this form will give me more accountability. Lastly, it has been something that has been pressing on my mind for quite awhile now and so much so that I would feel disobedient if I stalled any longer in writing it. I actually have a longer list of reasons why to not write a blog, but I shall save it for later and make this first post a short one so I don't start criticizing all that I have written so far and delete everything. Sigh.

Oh dear, so now I have really begun. I suppose I shall have to commit to it.