Live Boldly!

This week was a time to make things happen. Taking good ideas, even small dreams, and making them happen. Seeing things that I wanted to see changes in, and if I was frustrated, why not do something about it? There were a few things that had just been thoughts, it wouldn't have been hard to create them into something bigger than that. I definitely hadn't taken the quote "be the change you wish to see" into mind.  But this week, I went a little crazy. Some of it was relatively easy, some time-consuming, and I have no idea what God is going to do with some of it, but I'm EXCITED! I want to live boldly. To make things happen, to every week go 'crazy'! It brought me so much joy to see plans formulate. To hopefully let God use me, because I was willing. To just be enraptured(this is one of my new favorite words) by His love, to shine for Him. To do so, I had to not worry about what others might think. It was good. I hope I didn't go too far in any way, but everything really came from the best intentions. It was funny to see people surprised by my actions and plans, and not in a bad way. Just surprised that this quiet, easy-going chica, that usually waits for others make things happen, and then join in- was breaking out of the mold. To live the way that I had a small desire for, just didn't know how to exhibit. Still don't really know. I'm not different, I haven't had a personality change, but I'm thinking more about letting myself have a voice. Being founded in who I am in Him, and taking great pleasure in it. AND LET OTHERS KNOW! Know that whatever you do, that you are always a winner, a victor in Him. If things go splendid, you win, if things go terribly, you still win. Take some chances, live gloriously, live boldly, and see just what God might do with it. Chances are, He's just as excited about it. Because He delights in YOU. "Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart." If you delight yourself in Him, He will joyously give you what He himself is delighted in.

 So, tonight after writing this, I just happened to read "Daring to Dream" over here. It's a pretty good post. It has some fairly similar thoughts to mine.