Honesty Hour

Let’s get straight to the point. As I sat, wondering how I wanted to present my first blog to the world... I seriously thought about how honest I wanted to be.  I knew my first readers would probably be my friends and family, so I felt some obligation to write “politically correct" and “pageant proper" posts. Yet, I wanted my blogs to reach people in a deeper way. 

In order to do that, I decided to be unapologetic-ally honest.  Why is it scary to simply just tell the truth? It is because we are afraid of others opinions. The thought of being judged seems so terrible that it causes us to mask our truth and live with worthless facades. I remember my mother once said “when you lose the care of what others think, then you will truly be free”. I loved hearing that because FREEDOM has always been such a big deal to me. I hate constraints and overbearing structure because I am such a creative being. So at the ripe young age of 23, I have started a blog dedicated to honesty. Why?  Because honesty is what the world needs.  How can I uplift and inspire without total honesty? My first blog post is an introduction, but I cannot wait to share more posts that really shock you with transparency.

I was raised in the church and I can’t remember a time my family and I were not involved in some church event or having religious dialogue in our home. I was not allowed to listen to secular music and all of my friends were very similar in our extremely conservative upbringings. I was the girl who was so convicted and moved by Christ and his sacrifice that when I finally went to public school, I told at least one person about Christ every day. My goal was to lead people to heaven and share God's love. When I entered high school, I was called "the Holy-Ghost Girl", "Holy Gabby", "Gospel Gabby", and plenty of other churchy names.  I was so proud to represent God and show that it wasn’t to terrible to live for him. He truly blessed me, because I was the class president every year, on homecoming court, made great friends, and can still share amazing testimonies from that time period in my life. 

Now as a college graduate looking back, I am the same girl... just wrapped in a different package. I try to live a life that is an example of love rather than preach it onto deaf ears.  I have found that being a living word is sometimes more effective because the world sees your life before they give you a chance to hear about it. I know I’m not perfect but I am able to point to a Jesus who is and who loves in such a way I can’t imagine life without him. I want others to experience him. With that being said, my blog will be about many things. My life, music, fashion, current events, but the constant theme will be Christ and his unfailing love. I hope you read something along the way that encourages you and ultimately makes you experience Christ's love in a much greater way. With lots of truth and blatantly honest opinions, HERE I GAB AGAIN!

Love,

Gabby