Trying new things...

Well I've finally given in.


     Lots of my friends and family members keep a blog and I absolutely LOVE reading them, looking at all their fun pictures, etc. So I've decided to jump on the bandwagon and complete one of my own. I do admit that it kind of takes me back to the days of Xanga when all I would post were my "end-of-the-world" relationship problems, quotes that "explain exactly what I'm going through", and silly little icons that I found on myspace. Ha! Needless to say, this blog won't contain any of that...okay, maybe a quote here and there.
     The trend right now seems to be to start a blog on, what seems like, the day after you get married. People want to find a way to document and share the new chapter in their life with that special someone. I think that's great. However, my vision for this blog is to share my life before that someone comes along, if he is ever to come along at all. My life does not begin the day I get married. God's story for me begun in Genesis 1 when God created the Heavens and the earth. 
     The title of my blog is, "A Work In Progress". It may be obvious to some, but if not, it simply states what I am. In Ephesians 2:10 it says that "We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, that God prepared in advance for us to do." I am a work of art, a masterpiece of the Heavenly Creator. But He isn't finished with me yet. Each day, each minute, He is continually molding and shaping me into what He has planned for me. I am a work in progress and I praise Him that He hasn't given up on me yet.

This blog is a story. It's not my story. It's the story that God is so carefully writing about my life. My only prayer is that I can surrender and daily hand over the pen to the One who can give this story a happy ending. 


Letting go of the pen,
Caitlin