April Blog Month– A Summary

I BLOGGED FOUR TIMES IN A MONTH!  WHOOOOAAA!  To start, let me congratulate myself on my first month of consecutive blogging!  This was such a big step toward the World Race.  I actually did it and that blows my mind.

When I heard about April Blog Month, I was mentally looking for ways to avoid it.  I love writing; that wasn’t the problem (much as my main mental excuse was to not do it because I didn’t have time).  The problem, in reality, was that I didn’t believe I was ready to move into the next season and blogging about it would make it all the more real.  I’ve spent two school years–a total of 18 life-changing, perspective-shifting months–living and working at the Los Angeles Dream Center, and moving on is a scary thing.  I have just over thirty days until the end of a program that turned my life upside down in all the best ways.  (To my DCLS friends, I am not about to get into all the feels when it comes to grad just yet because we STILL HAVE this last month.  Make it count.  Finish strong.  To myself, stop crying.)

ANYWAYS!!!  Here I am, sitting in a Starbucks Reserve on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, and the next season is coming whether I like it or not.  Trust me, I LOVE it; but, moving on sucks.  I’m absolutely ready.  God has made it clear that the time has come.  Completing this blog month was a mile marker on the journey that takes me away from this foundational place in my walk with Him and into the calling I know I have on my life.  I am BEYOND excited. 

Was writing this difficult?  Yes.  Worth it, but difficult.  It was a learning curve for me in that I am not used to sharing my thoughts in written form anywhere other than my journal.  It showed me, however, that I have the time if I put my mind to it, and it gave me the chance to write out what I’ve been less open to share in a public way.  I’ve felt very liberated by how easily the words have come to mind.  Lindsay (our squad leader) provided a list of topics and I don’t think I would’ve known what to write about if she hadn’t sent us the list!  Getting started is the issue, but, once I know my topic, it became much easier to wrap my head around my own thoughts.

I can’t promise that I’ll continue to write weekly in the time leading up to the Race, but I’d certainly like to try, especially with my first financial goal coming up just after I get home.  The habit of writing my thoughts is just so beneficial that I wouldn’t even mind my own rambling.  If writing this gives me clarity as I move through this season and into the next, then I’m all for it.  If writing this inspires someone else to write, I want to do my best to continue the habit.  I honestly don’t have much to say today other than that.  I’ve had one of the most victorious, joy-inspired months of my life.  I can go forward from season to season with a spirit at peace and a mind at rest.  That’s what I’ve gotten out of DCLS.  That’s what I’ve gotten out of blogging this month.  My God is good.  He has brought me to this point and I’m anxious to see what He will do with what He has instilled in me.  It’s gotta be good because how can the Creator of the universe, who called everything He created “good”, create anything less than or beneath His standards of quality?