And here we are again...

Start. Inauguration. Kickoff. Commencement. Whatever you want to call it, I'm embarking on a new blogging adventure. I've made several blogging attempts (and failures) in the past, but one I kept for awhile was all about my time in Chile. However, that time has come to an end, and while I sit here wistfully recalling my life in Chile, I nevertheless find myself excited at the thought of re-opening what has become an incredible outlet for me. Albeit with a new subject, title, and haphazardly created template. When I think about the inception of this new blog, I find myself wondering what took me so long. What, indeed, took me so long to begin writing about the one thing I really SHOULD be writing about? And that is this crazy, beautiful, life-long pursuit of the Creator of the universe. A pursuit that so many of us set out on, with the best of intentions... and then, inevitably, we fall down. I've fallen many more times than I'd like to recall, but I'm so grateful that God is persistent, and he has oftentimes chased after me, in the most unlikely of ways. I worship an amazing, creative God, and hope that this blog will be an outlet for that, and for processing what he's constantly teaching me.

I'm not even sure where to start with this, so I guess I'll start with where I am, right now, at 12:54 a.m. Today was one of those days that makes you thankful to God for creating people, who then in turn created central heating. It was that type of cold that sinks down deep in your bones, almost taunting you. Seriously, I envision Ralph from The Simpsons pointing and laughing at me, with that characteristic, "Ha ha!"... oh bitter cold and rain, you won't get the best of me. And it didn't. I enjoyed a delicious day inside of reading, reading, more reading, making smores over my stove, listening to the pitter-patter of the rain outside, cozying up with my puppy, taking a nice, long, extra hot bubble bath while doing more reading, talking to the absolute love of my life... it's basically my way of spitting in the face of such nasty weather. And it was wonderful. And then, just as I was about to enact that little thing that I seem to be in such short supply of, self-discipline, and tear myself away from the computer... I came across two blogs that I absolutely fell in love with. One was a blog I'd never known existed, and one was by a fellow gringa I knew in Chile... that one, I'd fallen in love with before, but tonight I experienced that wonderful feeling of rediscovery as I stumbled across it again, after not having read it in months. Both of these bloggers are amazing writers, and if there is one word I could use to describe them, it would be: inspirational. You see, I happen to love writing too, but I haven't done much of it lately. But just as walking into an art gallery and seeing beautiful, breathtaking paintings is inspirational to an artist, reading beautifully written pieces is inspirational to a writer. And so I felt that I could no longer hide my head in the sand, and let busyness take over me... I had to write. So that's what I'm doing. And I haven't even completely decided yet if I'm going to make this blog available for anyone to read, but I've been thinking of at least allowing my boyfriend access to it. Because the truth is, we're on this spiritual journey together, and I think it would be beneficial for him to know where I am on it by reading my thoughts on said journey. All that said, this is more of an introductory post than anything, so I think I'll end this before I ramble on too much more. Oh yes, and the title of the blog comes from one of my favorite songs, sung by Alison Krauss. It's absolutely beautiful, and one day I'll post the lyrics. For now, Google is your friend.