Here We Go!

Have you ever done something that scares you? In the muster up all your courage, hold your breath, close your eyes and jump kind of way? That's me. Right now. This idea of a blog has been rolling around in my head for weeks now. It began when one of my sweet friends told me I should write a book about my past. We decided the title could be something along the lines of Don't Do This: A Guide to Exactly What NOT to Do. A book. Ha! That's off the charts for my fear register. So, the compromise was a blog. Here we go!

After our discussion I began reading blogs belonging to incredibly talented writers and favorite authors of mine. Their words paint vibrant pictures in my head and take me on beautiful journeys that land me right at the end of a paragraph. 

Just two days ago, as I snuggled with my baby girl, I daydreamed about the lovely parts of my life and how I might be able to piece together some dreamy vocabulary for my first entry. And then, as pictures of sunny fields full of wildflowers blew through my mind, the baby threw up. 

She threw up. All over me. 

It was almost an audible voice from God, that spit up. I could just about hear Him say, "If we're going to do this, you're going to do this My way." And that is exactly what I plan on doing. As much as I would selfishly love to write about a picture perfect life and family, I'm not going to. I can't. My life is not perfect. And even the most beautiful parts of it are covered in spit up. 

If anything, my life is a perfect mess. But how much fun would it be to read about someone else's down-in-the-valley, yucky mess and then, "the end. well. see ya later." So as I begin the process of complete authenticity, you'll always get to hear the end:

Jesus.

Grace.

Unworthy sinner.

Unbelievable Savior.

I hope that you'll join me here at Sipsey Valley in finding grace and hearing from God in the middle of life's everyday messes. It's not always pretty, but it's steeped in His grace.