Happy Thursday!

So… it’s been an intense couple of days. I’m eternally grateful that I can just write and let it all fall away for a while. I wanted to chat today about purpose: or what my life is for. (wow, pulling out the big questions, right?)

As a blogger and a Christian teen, I’m often faced with the question, “what makes you think you have anything valuable to say?” I often question myself, my potential, and my ability to make a difference. It’s really easy to doubt my effectiveness in the Kingdom. Is what I’ve been doing really God’s purpose for me? The fact is, God has the blueprints for my life, and because He knows that I can’t handle it all at once, He’ll give it to me piece by piece. This allows me to grow and change at a pace that isn’t too fast or overwhelming for my humanity.

As Christians, our purpose is literally to honour God, walk with Him and to “show and tell” people about Him. It’s really pretty simple. But, we often ask, what does that mean for me practically? We often find ourselves searching for a concrete calling: a practical application of our “umbrella purpose” in Christ. Maybe our focus on our careers as our calling is the greatest mistake here. I think I’ve come to a reasonable conclusion; my purpose is to share my story. My mistakes, the little things I’ve learned from those mistakes, the pain I’ve felt, the joy I’ve shared, everything that makes up a person’s life. Not only that, but my purpose is to make my life a story worth sharing, a testament to our Lord. I will only have something valuable to share if I make something valuable out of the life I’ve been given. So don’t focus too much on what you should do as a career, God will lead you to the right one. You might have one career in your life or 12, but at the end of the road, if you’ve stayed close to God and listened to His voice, you will have fulfilled your purpose in Him.

Oh, and Happy New Year! #prayingfor2017

Sofia ❤

Back to the Future

As hard as I try to live in the moment and appreciate each day for what it is, I find it incredibly tempting to dream about the future. Up until now, my planning and dreaming has been centered around what I want to do/be. Career-oriented dreams. Recently I came to the realization that there really needs to be more to life!

I’m one of those girls who doesn’t immediately think “husband” and “kids” when she thinks about the future. I often think something’s wrong with me because of that, but that’s another story for another time. My goals for my life are generally centered around doing the things that I love. I realized that none of that means anything unless I’m doing the things that I love, with or for the people I love.

I recently did one of those quizzes on Facebook that determines what your fatal flaw is. The result told me that I am a workaholic, that I put my social life on the back burner in favor of professional success. That is not the life I want! I mean, I really want to finally get to a place where I’m working at a job that I really really love, rather than a meaningless drudgery at a job that merely pays the bills. However, my work cannot and should not be my whole life. Therefore, I cannot be centering my brainstorming about the future on my career. Instead of dreaming about what I want to do, I am resolving to set goals about who I want to be.

What kind of person do I want to be in 20 years? How will I have grown? And what can I do now to make that possible in the future?