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• To rediscover my boldness and fearlessness. I was made to be a warrior. I will not let myself be trapped in a circus, performing acts that are just as meaningless to me they are to God, but I WILL be a warrior.

• To run into the lion's den...instead of away from it. Because the God who rescued David from the paw of the bear and the claws of the lion and the taunts of the Philistines is my God too. And warriors don't shrink away from adventure, they run in the direction of it, they LIVE and train for such moments!

• To stop being afraid of being honest before God with my thoughts. It's not like He doesn't know them. And He's not going to cross-examine me and make me feel stupid for being stupid or for thinking thoughts that are unworthy of Him. But He will give me the mind of Christ and reframe my perspective so that I can begin to see and think His thoughts.

• To not be afraid of letting others see my beauty. To not be afraid of THINKING that it is possible for me to have any beauty at all.

• To not be afraid of unleashing myself. Sigh I am already 23 years old. I am tired of doing nothing. I am tired of living as if I have nothing else inside of me when my heart is really the home of the unstoppable force that has authority over every living thing on this earth!

• To stop worrying so much about having the right words. To say or to write and especially, to pray. If I yield my tongue to God, He will put words in my mouth and make me say things that are true and that have the power to bind up the brokenhearted and tear down every work of the enemy. And that is more important than being right.

• To see myself and others as loved, restored, redeemed. To see as God sees: channeling the future into the present, to graft into reality the truths of who we are and who God is transforming us to be.

• To have generosity of vision and grace towards everyone. Because judging others does no one any good, but when I have the courage to call out the best in others, it helps them BECOME the best they can be.

• To always remember why I am doing the things that I am doing. To remember that EVERYTHING should lead to the worship of God, and everything I do must resound for eternity.

• To be a little less loopy and a lot more dignified hahahaha.

• To stop letting my fear of failure cause me to keep running away from doing the things I know God has called me to do.

• To yearn and desire for God's glory and the unity of His bride above all else.

• To write more and reflect more.

• To not be afraid of taking risks. Of just doing things. And jumping into God's river of grace. Water is good. I like water. I was MADE for water! And I can swim! So there is nothing to be afraid of. And there is nothing quite like the sensation of having waves of righteousness and peace and glory washing over me.

• To take God's Word as it is and make it my own. To listen to it attentively and let it sink into my spirit. To declare it over my life, my circumstances, my family, my loved ones, my country, this world.

• To set my eyes on the realities of heaven, the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen...not the fickle things of this earth that can be shaken and destroyed in a matter of seconds.