We are so excited to introduce our newest contributor. The lovely Alaina Weaver will be sharing her love for life, her family, her strength, and her faith in Jesus Christ. She definitely Inspires!! We welcome her to the She Inspires family with open arms and lots of love.
Hello ladies!! This is Alaina here with my first post on She Inspires. Enjoy!
Hello ladies!! This is Alaina here with my first post on She Inspires. Enjoy!
If you had asked me years ago what my life would look life by the time I hit my mid 30’s, I certainly wouldn’t have told you that it would be here- blogging away. I, like so many young people, had a plan for my life that looked much different than how my life actually ended up happening. You know what I’m talking about, right? When your plan is far different than Gods plan.
What’s a bit terrifying about this is that God actually thinks I’m qualified for this life! Seriously God?!? I feel like I’m that crazy lady that you see on the street corner having full blown conversations with myself 99% of the time! I’ve had some pretty big obstacles in my life- none of which were planned (at least by me), but all have drastically changed the course of my life. So, in the midst of juggling a kid with an incurable brain disease, a teenager, a husband recovering from a broken back in a recent car accident, bills, a house, school, the remnants of PTSD, and all of the day to day last minute things that seem to pile up on only the plate of a mother, I’m sure you can image my shock when God smacked me in the face with yet another game changer of my life’s direction. (Seriously God?!?)
Looking back, God has been planting seeds for some time now. Putting people in my life strategically when and where I needed them. So I guess in all reality I shouldn’t be surprised that God has led me to this latest endeavor of sharing my story through blogging on a forum that isn’t personally mine. Although I’ve been blogging for some time now on my own personal page, let's be honest here, doing it to share on someone else’s dream platform is about as close to the definition of feeling vulnerable as you can get. For some reason God has given me the gift of words and the ability to share them in both writing and public speaking. This is something that I would have NEVER dreamed I would ever be doing. In fact, there has been a fair amount of kicking and screaming involved on my part between God and I! But my blunt, no filter, let’s talk about all the hard stuff attitude seems to resonate with people. It seems to help them see that we are all struggling with the same feelings, only in different forms. It is the gift that God has qualified and equipped me with to share.
The amazing part of all this is that God has this way of preparing us for the life that HE has planned for us despite ourselves; despite our kicking and screaming, despite our lack of faith in ourselves, despite our lack of any formal training, despite our own ideas or plans, and most importantly, despite our lack of courage sometimes. God is pretty awesome like that. He has taught me things that I could’ve never learned any other way other than going through them. He has prepared and equipped me for this life that is sometimes sad, sometimes painful, sometimes hard, but all the time incredible.
I’m excited to both see and share what God needs you to hear through me. Life is a journey that is not intended to be faced alone. YOU already have all the strength, courage, and power needed to change someone's life- sometimes you just have to learn how to not be afraid of it.
As you go through your day today, remember this….God has not underqualified you for this life!
Isaiah 55:11
So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
