New Chapter

  There is something about a blank page that is like catnip for a writer. Or maybe, like chocolate for a woman. It's irresistible. A blank page for a writer is a world of possibilities! Characters, story lines, emotion, descriptive scenery! Anything can happen on a blank page. For those of us who are all too familiar with writer's block, also nothing can happen on a blank page... which is so frustrating it can make you go crazy. Anyway, I digress...
  I feel like I'm at a point in my life where I'm starting a new chapter. God has turned the page in the book of Kayla, and it's blank. There was a point in my life that this would have terrified me. This blank page means new, change... and ultimately a new chapter means opening up. Opening up myself, my story, my book, my heart and mind to this new world of possibilities. No more walls, no more shield, no more self preservation, no more being closed.
  Ah! It feels so freeing! I don't know if you know this feeling, but I hope and I pray that if you don't that you will someday soon. After years of being a cowering Much Afraid, the idea of change now brings with it excitement, creativity, HOPE! I've wasted a lot of years protecting myself from any chance of getting hurt. These past years I finally opened up to people in my life... and I got hurt. But the amazing part about that was that God showed me, reminded me that it didn't kill me like I thought it would. Instead, He is using those experiences to bolster my courage in Him, and take more steps forward.
  I can almost see Him smoothing down that fresh crisp page in my book. Pulling out that giant Writer's quill... (don't you feel like God would write with a giant feather? I don't know why, but I do.) And after dipping it in the ink, He starts His smooth cursive writing. The first words of this new chapter...

And she moved on...

  Beautiful words aren't they?! They certainly are to me. And I can't wait to see them come true in new and amazing ways. I have only a hint of what may be coming for me in the coming weeks and months. But I have full assurance that God will work things out for His glory and my good. My heart is filling to the brim as I consider what all this might mean for me. And while I would normally want to be able to skip ahead and see what happens, like I do with most books, this is one time I'm looking forward to being surprised to how a story turns out. Stay tuned my friends. I have the sneaking suspicion God is working on a page turner in my life! <3