Fields of Grace.

So, this is me. I am a senior at Southwest Baptist University majoring in Children's Ministry, I am the president of an organization for ministry students who have a desire to disciple others and watch them grow, I work with a children's ministry in a town that is way under the poverty line where drugs are prominent and the kids want to be loved. I'm a typical middle child (although I'm mostly over it) with two sisters on either side of me and I come from a family that means more to me than almost anything else in my life. I have the best friends anyone could ask for...and I know lots of people say that, but in my case it's true. Even greater than all of these things, I am loved by the Creator of the universe. I am the child of a King. I have been washed by His precious blood so that I may forever be with Him. This is what has impacted my life more than anything.

I didn't know what to name my blog. I wasn't totally sure what I wanted my blog to be about. It was my friend Sean, one of my best friends, who came up with the title "Dancing with Grace." I said that I wanted this to be a blog about what Christ is teaching me, about the things that I go through that impact me as I am learning what it means to begin life after I graduate college in less than seven months. I also want this to be about loving others, showing God's love and grace through my actions. This was Sean's description of "Dancing with Grace":

"The whole double meaning of trying to get through the transition gracefully and trying to comprehend God's grace as well as show that grace to others...Sometimes life entails learning the steps and just doing it...In partnering, you have to follow. So, if you are dancing with grace, you are following God's lead."

Boom. I was sold. All of that is what I want my blog to be about. Learning, growing, dancing. All with and through Christ.

I decided that I am going to try and make every title of my blog posts be a song title. Tonight, it is Fields of Grace by Big Daddy Weave. My favorite lines from this song... 

♫There's a place that I lose myself within

There's a place where I find myself again

Dancin' with my Father God in fields of grace

There's a place where religion finally dies

There's a place that I lose my selfish pride

Dancin' with my Father God in fields of grace♫

I love this vision of dancing with my Father. I want nothing more than for Him to lead me. Learning His dance. I hope that you will learn His dance as well, because let me tell you, there is no better dance than when you get to dance with the Father.