my becoming season.

there is a season for wildness, 

and a season for settledness. 

this is neither. 

this is a season about becoming.

(Savannah, GA)

“Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.” Psalm 37:3

Faithfulness to God and to others is tough. It's so much easier to be faithful to myself. To do whatever I want. I have an extreme desire for independence. However, sometimes I think I distance myself from people and the Lord because faithfulness requires sacrifice. It requires giving up my own wants. It may even require giving up many of my personal and selfish desires. I want to learn to willingly sacrifice myself for the Lord and for the people He places in my life. Being faithful to others is completely dependent on the faith I place in Him.

(On the road to who knows where)

When you are running toward Christ, you are freed up to serve, love, and give thanks without guilt, worry, or fear. As long as you are running, you are safe. It's when we stop running that we find ourselves restless and gravitating toward other means of fulfillment. - Francis Chan (Crazy Love)

I want to become a long distance runner for Christ. I want to be running to him more than any other thing. Because let's be honest... it is the most freeing race to run and there is no better finish line to cross than the one into His arms.

(Charleston, SC)

“You have to stop going, doing and chasing and start spending more time being with yourself.” Dr. Robert Holden

This guy has it right. I want to become someone who knows exactly who I am. I want to know why I react to things the way I do. Why I think about things the way I do. Have you ever stopped to think about all the millions of things in your life that have shaped your unique perspective? It's pretty amazing that God gave you this extremely personalized viewpoint. He can answer all my questions... Why I thought this? Why I said that? Why I treated someone that way? While He gave us all varying perspectives, His heart is for all of our perspectives to stem from His ultimate and 100% perfect perspective. This Godly perspective can be found in the Bible and can probably be summed up in one word - LOVE. So while I want to spend more time being still it will be time spent asking the Lord how to position myself at the point where my perspective and His heart intersect. That intersection is where God stands rejoicing.

(Rainbow Row in Charleston)

‎"Prayer doesn't necessarily change things for you, But it changes you for things."

My grandmother Rachelle is a prayer warrior. She is in constant communion with the Lord, praying to Him as often as she possibly can. When she says that she is praying for me, there is no doubt in my mind that she is lifting me up to the Lord with every ounce of her being. She does this daily. I want to desire that intimate communion with God. I hope to become a prayer warrior one day. So blessed to have such an amazing role model.

(Shem Creek Marina in Charleston)

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of its trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse for impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible. - Thomas Kempis

What if we loved God like this? What if we loved every single person we came into contact with like this? What if...