Invest

Invested.  Invested? What does that word even mean? Lying in bed tonight, that is the question I have been pondering.   Dictionary.com defines investing as to put to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns as interest, income, or appreciation in value, or to accumulate something.   But what about investing in a relationship, what does that look like? 

I think that this can mean different things to different people at different points in their life.  To me, being invested in someone means that you really care about them and when you interact with that friend, you are intentional.  I think that this word intentional is very important in order to invest in a person.  When developing a friendship it is so easy and routine to just “go through the motions”, and not even think about it.  As technology is developing, (facebook, texting, ect) it is increasingly more difficult to actually pursue a friendship or relationship with someone.  I believe that having these luxuries has made some friendships less valuable.  Think about it… the reason that something is special or is worth value is because it is rare, hard to find, and is treasured.  Being Facebook friends with someone or texting now-a-days makes creating superficial relationships so easy.   What relationships in your life do you treasure?

How do you break this norm?  Do you believe in the saying, “absence makes the heart grow fonder”?  This is a tough question.  In some cases, yes.  Being away from loved ones or close friends does make you miss them and think about them more, and you may even call and talk to them more.  However, phone conversations can only go so far in any kind of a relationship.  In order for friendships to have the ability and capacity to grow and blossom, you need to intentionally pursue the person and spend quality time with them.  Only then, do I believe you can know the real them.  It’s like some people say, “Out of sight, out of mind.” 

I am not really sure where I am going with these thoughts tonight.  It was just bothering me and I had to get it off my chest.  Let me know what you think. I’d love to hear it. 

What to expect?

Alright, so this is my very first blog.  First of all, I want to thank you for visiting my site and I hope that what I have to say is useful and helpful in some way to you.  To be completely honest, I'm not exactly sure what you should expect from this blog.  So that is a very good question. I hope that if you are friends and family that are away from me and don't get to see me very often that I can give you updates on my life and what I am currently doing.  I want to talk about my passion and what I love, and I hope that because of that you become passionate about thing as well.  If you are a fan of pageants, I would love to give you any updates that I have about any pageants that I am preparing for so that you can get excited for me and cheer me on every step of the way.  I want this to be a place where you can come and read encouraging words that will pick you up if you are having a bad day.  I want to be able to talk about my walk with the Lord and how that is going, whether I'm struggling or on fire for Christ, and I want you to be able to learn some things that will be beneficial to you.  I also hope that you can relate to some of my stories

I will try to update this as often as I can or as often as I have something important to say.  If you want to know anything in particular or if there is anything that you think that I should write about just let me know.

Thanks for reading. :)