The Journey Begins

I read a devotional in one of my Bible plans (What are You Called to Do?) and one of those things that stuck out to me was we are called to invest. Meaning, invest in the gifts that God has given us and don't sit on our hands with them. The question of what can I be working on today convicted me and I finally decided to STOP procrastinating, which I have a bad habit of doing. I really realized I have gifts to share and things to say, that might just change or transform someone's life and I have to stop sitting on my hands.

So to get into things, the meaning behind me naming this blog 139:14 is that I want to encourage women to see and celebrate themselves as God created an intended them to be. Also, I want to encourage us as women to celebrate our individuality and not base our worth, beauty, or success off of society's standards and what society deems acceptable regarding those things. Nobody is perfect, it's not about that, it's about honesty and transparency through your journey of becoming the best woman that you can possibly be.

When I came up with the concept of 139:14, I doubted myself soooo much even though it kept coming up. Like I was literally RUNNING from the thought of creating this space because I thought that I wasn't good enough to create anything with a bible verse as a brand name. In my mind, I'm thinking, "I mean this sounds good, but I am nowhere near perfect enough for people to even take this seriously." Then I finally came to realized that it's not about perfection, it's about people relating to someone like them and walking through this journey we call life together. I wanted and needed to create a space to blog and get my thoughts out, my honest thoughts about EVERYTHING: my journey through life and love, caring and loving on others as well as myself. And y'all...when I say honest, sometimes y'all might read a post and be like, "oh girl, that was a little too honest," but I don't believe in reaching people through faking or half telling someone something, that's not genuine.

Also, I'm going to have a little bit of fun on this blog by sharing my style, like OOTD, style guides, look-books, etc.! For those of you who don't know me, I love fashion and clothing; I went to school for Merchandise Marketing & Management, had 2 fashion blogs, put on fashion shows, I was even an NFL stylist at one point. So needless to say, you'll definitely be getting some great fashion content from 139:14 (at least I hope) in addition to REAL TALK!

I can't wait to share the things I've been working on for you all, this blog, and to be open and honest with all of my readers.

One thing that I am going to personally keep in mind is that "our journey is great and life is short," so I need to get to work, and whatever you are procrastinating on or talking yourself out of, GET ON IT!

-xoxo

Angie