Hello again.  I am so honored that many of you want to follow along on this new blog journey with me.  Like I said in my first post, it will be a slow,  baby steps process.  My site might not look pretty and professional for a while, but that’s ok.  It’s enough for right now.

Speaking about enough, that’s a powerful word.  A word that many of us do not often feel that we can embody.  Social media, employers, the bathroom mirror, our paycheck, and our past mistakes tell us that we’re not enough,  But, you know what, nobody is perfect and nobody will ever reach that state of perfection.  This is the beauty of Jesus and the fact that He died for our sins, so that we could be more than enough right now.  Right where we are.  No strings attached.  What a wonderful, could never compare to anything else, gift.   Oh my goodness, my prayer for all of us is to live in the beauty and greatness of this gift.

Know in your heart that you are enough today.    You can begin again wherever you are at with this knowledge.  Enough even though we didn’t make the cut at the audition.  Enough even though we didn’t get the job or lost the job.  Enough even though we binge watch shows on Netflix instead of doing productive stuff.  Enough even though we feel outcasted, lonely, or misunderstood.  Enough when we feel depressed or discontent.  Enough when we feel exhausted or expectant.  Enough even though we feel afraid or insecure.  Enough when our parenting days feel long and our patience tank is depleted.  Enough when we feel small and insignificant.

I wrote this poem about 5 years ago and I want to share it with you today.  May it inspire and challenge you to live out of your passion and calling today because my friends, we are enough.

Broken and ugly,

Fragile and slow,

These words permeate my being and sometimes are all that I know,

How to describe this person that God has created,

 My life often feels like a series of events ill-fated.

For my mind struggles with believing what is true,

That the condition of my life is a creation made new.

But again, my mind takes me away from beauty and heavenly skies,

And leads me down a depressing road filled with dark and gloomy lies.

Somehow in the midst of self loathing and insecurity,

God wakes me up to remind me of His divine reality–

I don’t need to be perfect in any way

Because He is enough for my each and every day.

He heals broken things and thinks I am a beautiful piece of art,

He loves my sensitive soul and gracefully designed my heart.

He is my provision no matter how much money we have to get by,

He is my comforter when I make comparisons that cause me to break down and cry.

He is my strength when I feel too weak for the journey in front of me,

He is my hope when I feel uninspired and unmotivated–He is my crucial key.

He reminds me I am uniquely crafted– clothed in righteousness and love, I am a child of God –a daughter dressed in royalty by my Father above.