Climbing in the dark...

Hey everyone! It has been a while since I first posted so I figured that I would post while something is on my mind.

 This is kind of an epiphany that I had a few days ago that I thought I would share. I don't think I am the only one who wishes they knew what every step in a journey would look like. I find myself asking God repeatedly, "God, what is the next step? Show me what to do next..." 

I am one of those people who like to read the directions and follow all of the planned out steps to something. If it comes with instructions you bet I am going to read them. It is because a part of me knows that someone took the time to plan out the way that would give the best results and if I am going to put forth the effort to do something then I want the best result! So, naturally I want to know what's next. I don't think I'm alone here... am I?

Well, while I was having quiet time with God and he was speaking to me he spoke to me about this. He said "Brandi, why do you need to know every step? Instead I want to show you the result and just trust me with the rest. The journey is beautiful." I thought, "you're right"

While I was talking to Courtney on the phone telling her about this I suddenly thought of this:

If God would show me every step... if he showed me the succession of this journey, what is the point in actually living it? If I knew everything that was going to happen, what would be the significance in actually living it?!

This gave me peace!

And it's the truth. Sometimes we want to know what is next because we have an obsession with control when most of the time God is asking to have all of the control and let him do what only he can do. And sometimes the way we got to where we are is more of the bigger picture than actually being there.

So if you are feeling the same way... I encourage you to just let go of needing every step planned out and let God do what he does best...

AMAZE!

(Brandi)

Hello and Welcome

HELLO!
Welcome to our blog!! Hopefully you have already seen us on Facebook but if you haven't... check us out! I decided that it makes a lot of sense for us to have a blog and that this is one of the best ways to get our messages out. 

If you do not know what we are about we will be uploading a video of who we are and what we are about soon but in the mean time I suppose this is also a good opportunity to share. My name is Brandi and my PIC (partner in crime) is Courtney. We grew up across the country from each other but both have similar stories and a firm foundation in Jesus Christ. God has brought us through many trials throughout our lives, all for what we believe is a chance to help others. Embrace the Ugly is about being who you are and embracing all of the wonderful things that may make you different from others. God made us all unique and with His own individual plans for our lives. We strongly believe in showing love!! 

We are those weirdo people that see everyone as special and wonderful. And you are!! We want to show you too!

Embrace the Ugly means this...
You know those weird things that we all have about ourselves? I know you have them because I know I do.. I used to run around the living room pretending my life was a Broadway musical. Oh yea, the one with the big note held out at the end paired with a few less than mediocre dance moves and a jump off the couch. Yea, those things... we tend to hide those from the outside world because we are afraid that no one will understand! We are afraid that if people saw who we really were than they wouldn't want anything to do with us. The truth is that we all have weird quirks about us, but we deem these traits as "ugly" so we do all we can to hide it. Here, we say.. forget all that! The world has enough people trying to be the same as everyone else. Let's be who we are! Dance moves and all.

Instead of hiding our "ugly" let's..

Embrace the Ugly

(Brandi)