Here We Go...

I'm Allie. 

I'm from Dallas, TX and attend Furman University in Greenville, SC.

Obviously, I'm starting a blog. 

Typically, blogs are about whoever's writing it, right? 

Right. 

As they should be.

It'd be weird if they weren't. 

But-- what if I told you I want something different out of this blog?

What if I told you this is more than my online journal? More than a tool to update you on my latest fashion find, Starbucks date, or pin on Pinterest?

Don't get me wrong- those are all wonderful things! 

Honestly, I just don't believe I'm interesting enough to write about. 

Really. 

Do you really want to hear about how my friend and I literally (figuratively) died today attempting to do p90x yoga?

Do you want me to attach an Instagrammed photo of us crying our way through the grueling two minutes of holding warrior one? 

I didn't think so. 

Which brings me to my thesis: 

This blog isn't about me. 

Wait... What?

Isn't that the point?

No- that isn't the point. 

Not of this blog, or of anything else for that matter. 

Because it's not.

About me, that is. 

Of course, I'll be writing it. So you'll inevitably get my views and perceptions, my life, and my interests. But I want to point to Someone whose opinons are way more worth your time than mine are. 

I simply want to explore the idea that one can, in fact, "deny himself, take up his cross, and follow" Christ by living every day life (Matthew 16:24).

In my opinion, you don't have to drop out of school, quit your job, and move to Africa in order to fully sell yourself out to Jesus.

The fact of the matter is, everything points back to its Creator. God created all things, so we have the ability to glorify Him through the entirety of His creation. But this requires making specific choices- big and small- to make sure that we are using what He's given us for His glory and not our own. 

I am not great at denying myself and taking up my cross daily, as you will see. But Jesus' grace is allowing me to try, and I want to share this journey with you. It's not that I believe my life or what I'm doing here is unique, and I praise the Lord for that. There are thousands of other "typical" Christian college girls who are trying to do the same thing I am- live for Jesus and love others through Him. 

Some of my posts may seem trivial to you, because I do, in fact, plan on chronicling Starbucks adventures and the incredible items found in Anthropologie's sale section. I may even Instagram some pics of my friends and I attempting p90x or whatever workout we found on Pinterest that day. If you're lucky. 

But my main goal is to point you toward the only One who's really worth talking about- the Mighty Warrior and Loving Savior, Jesus Christ. 

Please, let me know your opinions- I desperately want to hear them. Thanks for taking the time to read this. More posts to come!

"Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love." Ephesians 4:15-16