Romans 3:23 tells us “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

Out of context–this verse to me resonates with the way I live my life. I don’t always live my life according to God’s will. Sometimes, even the passion he placed in side of me for writing gets pushed to the back burner.

Right now is one of those times, where I am pushing all of the hope and dreams and passions God himself placed inside of me, to the side. I falling short for not only myself, but for God.

Sometimes, I choose to be stuck in my comfort zone. I’ve been asked by several people “where’d the blog go?” “why’d you stop writing?” My excuse was that I lost my laptop charger and it’s too hard to type on my cell phone. (Which is semi-true) but, a talk from my dad made me realize that I am really just choosing to be stuck.

When I gave this excuse to my dad–he said, “talk-text it out, I write long emails like that all the time. Then, when you’re done just proofread it.”

The word excuse is essentially placing blame on something other than yourself as the reason you’re not doing something. Sitting here thinking of that word, the only other word coming to mind is LAME. When in reality, the reason I wasn’t writing is 100% because I simply didn’t feel like it. Cleaning and binge-watching Grey’s Anatomy was my life.

My sister’s wedding was over, I was back home, and rather than spend my time doing something I loved (but that at times is a bit uncomfortable for me), I decided to stay stuck. That doesn’t sounds very brave–does it?

What my father said towards the end of the conversation shook me. “Kate, you need to get back to you.”

I am lost and I’m stuck. I call days where I feel like this “gray days,” but it’s been more like gray weeks.

So, I’m back. Breaking into new vulnerabilities and seeing how my 100 Days to Brave journey opens new doors for me, and those who surround me.

I have fallen and it’s finally time to stand back up again.