In the beginning of 2020, God began teaching me what it meant to abide in Jesus. At that point in my life I was strong in my faith, but still had a narrow mind of what a life with Jesus could actually look like. When I went to college, I began to meet people with different backgrounds and experiences than what I had grown up with. The conversations I had with all of these different people is what challenged me to dig deeper in what I believe and learning the character of God. I became convicted that I was on the surface claiming I lived a life for Jesus, but in reality I was not doing that in a lot of ways, which became something I wanted to change.
Then in April of 2020, right when Covid was becoming more real and shut-downs were now a new normal, God put it on my heart to start a blog in order to share what He was teaching me. I felt God so strongly say “people are not called to remain in fear, but are called to remain in Jesus.” I had no idea how to start a website, how to talk about God with others, quite honestly anything you would need to start a blog I did not have. However, God has taught me when He calls you, all you have to do is say yes and He will work out the rest, so that’s what I did! Since then I have learned new things every day, and have gotten to see how God will speak through me in ways I never knew possible. I have no idea what God is going to do with Abide, but as I said the first day I started this, I am so stoked to find out!
♡ Lindsay
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