This Is Me.

As most of you know, I recently began a new journey in life. This season will bring joy and fulfillment, but will also inevitably present a new set of challenges for me. I want the opportunity to share the many coming celebrations and pitfalls with all who wish to listen!

I understand that my blog's title may have stirred a few questions. What aspect of humanity is a tragedy, and what is being reborn? The idea of me (or anyone else) being tragically human reflects the fact that I am consistently seeking a level of perfection I'll never attain. I am limited by both physical and spiritual laws that determine the depth of my life experiences. Humanity is often a crippling condition that forms a separation between myself and the God I love. Life is a series of failures, many of which are our own doing. Choices I make deepen the chasm that has frequented the space existing between my heart and the Lord.

I know I sound awfully pessimistic and might be discouraging some of you from ever reading my ramblings again, but I can freely state these realities because I know there's grace and redemption to be found in Christ. The God I serve fills the cracks in my heart that can't hold love. He silences the voices that tell me I'm not good enough. He annihilates the regrets that propagate with failure. He's taken my old, damaged self and has given new life to that which once looked hopeless. The imperfect nature I share with all of you is daily renewed by grace, daily reborn. Beautifully reborn. We all make mistakes, but have access to hope, and only we can allow that rebirth to take place in our hearts.

But then again, maybe my blog title didn't stir up any questions at all, in which case I just wasted half an hour of my life. Okay I lied. It was an hour. Maybe even two (I had to revise, alright?!).

I hope that in the weeks and months to come you enjoy reading this blog as much as I'll enjoy pounding it out on my computer. I'll admit it's rather hard to publish thoughts like these because they're so near to my heart and represent who I pretty much am as a person. With that said, if the only people who ever read these entries are my mom and my dog, I just might be okay with that :)