Out with the Old, In with the New.

There once was a day, a day that I promised to do something

so incredible, so time consuming, and yet so freeing..

 

I promised to blog often.
To keep the world wide web up to date on Austyn's every life event.

and then life took over, and we see where that went.

 

But 2015 holds new opportunity, and while I can't promise

which opportunities I will take advantage of, I can promise,

to simply try.

try to make time, try to make blogging a

priority, try to let this be a place full of thoughts, life events, pictures

and Jesus.

 

so with that being said, here's to 2015

{even if im 48 hours late..}

being a year of new beginnings

new blogging habits

and raising HIS name from every rooftop.

 

Life lately, has been so full of Him.

and oh friends, what a joy it is

to truly delight in Him.

 

Just say, "Yes!" and let Him

take you for the wildest ride of your life.

 

There is no greater joy in making a decision.

coming from yours truly, who doesn't make decisions.

{No, really. ask my friends}

 

Just letting go, and letting him take the reigns.

Y'all it is life changing.

 

2014 held a lot of memories, and learning experiences.

but using those speed bumps to hit the breaks and just roll

oh. my. lanta.

life changing.

 

I have always been one to think I had it together.

I plan my life like it's a job, my pristine planner is my BFF.

at least I put on a good show.

my check list is out 22 1/2 hours a day

and im constantly at it with my pen.

 

it's a great list, always compiling of millions of things.

but for a long time, the top thing was always Jesus.

As if we can just place him on a line and check Him off.

 

Oh mercy, do I wish I would've learned this lesson so much sooner.

 

The greatest thing I ever did, was take Jesus off my check list.

{some of you are getting in your cars coming at me with pitch forks}

 

but really, my Savior, is just that. My Savior.

He is not a check of the to-do list.

He is SO much more!

He is my friend, my Father, my faithful confident, my lover, my grace giver,

my forgiver, my Redeemer, my pardoner of sins, my shelter, my helping hand.

for goodness sake He is the KING of Kings. Lord of Lords.

 

friends, there is no one greater.

no one.

 

and after coming to this realization and turning my life in a 180 twist

and seeking to glorify Him with every breath I take.

or rather, actually park myself in the passenger seat

instead of just claiming to.

 

He has turned my life upside down. in the best of ways.

He has healed, drawn me so close to His heart, and allowed

me the best of freedom to just sit at His feet and

delight in His presence.

like I never have before.

 

For so long, I have been so complacent.

jumping on the roller coaster of Christianity.

one day im on a great high and a month later things get hard and

i'm hitting the breaks.

 

but as the bible says...

those that are lukewarm for God, he wants to spit out of his mouth.

he wants nothing to do with them.

 

and by gosh, I am not taking chances of being spit out of my creators mouth.

So 2014 was the time to change. to light a fire

and burn for Christ.

 

and as a result of such a change and months to prepare my heart and get right with

Him and seek Him fully. I have a passion to see a change of scenery around here too..

 

I so desire for this here ol blog to be a place of grace,

a place of passion, a place of love and one

where Jesus is proclaimed in every word, sentence, paragraph and post.

 

He is so worthy of so much more than this blog could ever give Him.

but this I pray, that when I do find time to post and publish

that it would always be pointed at Him.

making Him famous, and pouring the same love and grace

he gives me, to all of you.

 

I hope that my words will encourage you, help you and inspire you to live a life

of abandonment. to leave your burdens at the cross, to rest in His presence

and truly seek him with everything in you.

 

and I hope that in 2015 we will start to see the Kingdom of glory

more than we ever have before.

 

So friends, here's to a year of radical abandonment,

Kingdom seeking and making HIM famous!

 

He is going to rock our world! I just cannot wait to see what He has in store!

 

"Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,

nor entered into the heart of man

The things which God has prepared for

those who love Him."

1 Corinthians 2:9

 

With love,

Austyn