The Start of Something New

Welcome to the start of something new and beautiful my dear friends! Thanks for all the love and support!

FINALLY! I’ve started a blog. It’s been a LONG time coming.

First, I’d like to share a verse I live by.

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28

But we must remember that although it WILL work out for good because this IS a promise — storms will come. When we accept Christ into our hearts this doesn’t mean we are exempt from pain. It’s quite the opposite actually. There will be no’s, heartache, grief, suffering, and so on, but EVEN IF the answer is no, even if there is no healing, even if the pain is unbearable —

God. You. Are. Still. Good.

ALL things REALLY do work out for the good for those who love God. You want to know how I know that? You want to know WHY I’m so certain? Because He promises that. He uses everything.

His love for us is unending and relentless. He loves us dearly, and I want you to know that, and if you know that already, I want to remind you.

You are loved. You are beloved. You are cherished. You are worthy.

I’m excited to share my heart with you all. I’m excited to finally step fully into a gift that I’ve known my whole life would bring glory to my Creator. I hope my love for writing and my future posts find you where you are. I hope I can bring you encouragement, and most importantly I hope Jesus’ light shines brightest through the words that find their way on the screen.

Love you friends,

-H

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” -William Wordsworth

Everyone who knows me knows a few things to be true–I’m a Jesus lover, a crazy cat lady, and a Dr. Pepper fanatic, but I think (or at least I HOPE) that all those who know me know the deep love I have for expressing myself through written word (or in this case –typed word) I LOVE to write. I mean, it’s probably pretty obvious with the Facebook novels I tend to write. ( Sorry, not sorry). There is just something SO powerful in the words that we speak and even in the words that we write. I wish more people had a grasp on this very real truth. Words can bring life or death. It’s your choice. It’s a moment by moment choice. Like the quote above, words are the very breathings of our heart. “From the mouth the heart speaks.” Words allow us to see beauty in the darkest of places, but they can also make that dark place feel like the most excruciating place. Encouragement can be found when all feels lost, but they can also make one feel even more isolated, lost, and alone. Light can shine in the cracks that are just a result of the broken world that we live in, and I don’t know about you, but I want to share the light. I want to be so engrossed in the light and love of Jesus that His love is the only thing shining through me. I want to bring life with the words that I speak, that I write, that I type. I want people to be encouraged and inspired. I want to remind others they’re not alone, but most importantly I want to share my heart for Jesus, my heart for the world, for the lost.

I’m learning that even amidst the craziest of life’s storms –there’s a Savior who stands with me through it all. EVEN IF the storm continues, EVEN IF the ship wrecks, EVEN IF the answer is “No, Hannah not right now.”

EVEN IF …

YOU. ARE. STILL. GOOD.

And maybe today, you’re needing that reminder. Well, here it is friend. EVEN IF it’s a big fat NO – God is STILL good.

I’ve learned what it means to be beautifully wrecked, and I’m learning what it means to be gracefully broken. Wrecked and broken in the best of ways, and I want to share that with you all. I believe so much in transparency, and I’m learning in that transparency and realness hope can be found.

And hope is what our world needs more of. Hope gives us something to hold on to in the very storms that make us question every single thing in our lives.

So, my dear friends, I say ALL of that to say I’ve FINALLY decided to start a blog. I’m just getting started, and I have absolutely NO idea what I’m doing at the moment, but stay tuned for more.

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Xo

-H