The Uncaged Journey

A Post About Me Being Me  And What it's Like to Become an Author I haven't written in this blog in almost a year. Why? Because I've been working my lil' tooshie off to become a published author. (or not so lil' tooshie anymore—due to countless hours of sitting and writing. sigh.) When I set out to become an author, people came out of the woodwork to tell me how hard it is. I ignored them. (They were right, but I still ignored them.) My first published work will be a devotional that I co-authored with Brian Simmons (author/translator of The Passion Translation Bible). I had no intention of writing a devotional. It was one of those God things—it literally fell in my lap. What was it like? It was a dream come true! It was also incredibly hard and beautifully satisfying.  I literally spent the entire summer locked away alone, pouring my heart into the book. If you want to get a glimpse of what's been tucked away inside of me, buy the book! But don'...

"To worship You I live, to worship you, I live, I live to worship you." As we sang the words to this song at church, it felt like nothing else mattered in life other than being able to worship God. What a profound blessing it is to be worshipers of God! We are a people whose lives are founded upon a lifestyle of loving God and living in such a way that we exhibit His love to the world around us. There are varying seasons of our life, some flourishing with Kingdom fruit and others spent in the stillness of His presence. But in truth, every season will bare fruit when we are worshipers of God. Regardless of whether we are in a season of stillness or business, it is to be embraced with an attitude and lifestyle of worship.  The lifestyle of an abandoned worshiper is manifested in fearless love. (1 John 4:18) We aren't afraid to be vessels of His love towards others. We aren't afraid when things don't work out the way we hoped, because as worshipers we res...