I started this blog, because for so long I wanted somewhere I could go to that someone would share a word of encouragement with me. Someone that was similar to me. Someone who understood life the same way I did. I just wanted reassurance that I wasn't the only one struggling through this "walk of faith". I wanted someone that wasn't a pastor, someone who wasn't preaching at me because whilst I love how solidified pastors are in their journeys their spiritual maturity didn't seem attainable to me at all. I just felt like I was too far off, I wasn't disciplined enough - to put it simply in comparison I felt inadequate.

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In the midst of all these feelings, I felt God say very boldly "be the change you want to see", but for a very long time (upon reflection far too long) I silenced this voice and carried on pretending like I hadn't heard anything but at this point, the cycle of self-doubt had already begun. "Grace who do you think you are"  "RESTTT, you're actually doing far too much" "Won't my friends think that I'm doing too much" "I don't want to feel like I'm preaching to people"  "Let me completely pattern first then I'll be in a place to share my journey".

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I convinced myself that I needed to be perfect, then after I reached this perfection I could listen to God's voice & I'll actually have something worthy of sharing! But the truth is I never will be in this "perfect position" that I conceived in my head. I think that's the point, there's this verse that says "your strengths work best in my weaknesses" yep I came to the realisation that this exactly was the answer to my self-doubt. I don't know what I'm doing, I'm not even qualified to do this but God qualifies the unqualified all I have to do is surrender and say do you know what "I can't do this on my own". 

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Long story short, that's why I started this. That's my story. Essentially, I just want this to be a safe place for us to all grow from each other, learn from each other, correct each other etc because the journey of life is one of the most beautiful things ever despite what your belief system is. I just want to be able to document the entirety of the journey, not just the parts I deem to be good but all of it because whilst everything is prone to change I know that I have one constant in my life and that's Jesus Christ. So Todays Word of Encouragement is, what ever your constant is stay strong to it! I know everyone reading this won't be christian but I designed my blog, so it has a bit of everything for everyone because to "live life gracefully" isn't exclusively about God its just about living a life where love is at the centre. We're all in this together! I'm so excited to embark on this journey together (once again) so welcome to "Living Life Gracefully" !

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