This is me

Well, at least it was like 16 years ago. I'd say I was pretty cute.

Here are some things I've discovered about myself 16 years later:
I would probably wear a dress like that today.
I would probably still make that awkward face if someone took a picture of me.
and I most definitely wouldn't be ok with red carpet in a house.

More importantly however, I love Jesus. Last year I got the phrase "Saved by Grace" tattooed on my back. Sometimes I forget just how real that is. I forget that not only has Jesus saved me from hell (which ok I get, sounds a little crazy) but He saved me from a life of crappy decision making. YES, I am always going to make mistakes and always do stupid things, but I've also started to make decisions more consciously, and put Him in every decision I make. It's so simple. But I have found that with Jesus I am more likely to make the best decision for me, because He knows what's best, and I only want what He wants. Putting Him in everything has shaped me into the person I am today. Weird.

Granted, the person God has made me to be can be a little weird at times, BUT I'd like to think that every day that goes on, He makes me more into the woman He wants me to be. But only because I offer myself over to Him, asking Him to take me and make me. It's hard to do that sometimes, though.

At the end of the day though,  He is still the potter, and I am still the clay.