and so it begins.

Well last time I started blogging, I didn't really ever stick with it. I wish I had...I had ideas, but just never felt like writing. Maybe it just wasn't God's timing yet. Now after having some much needed motivation, I'm going to start again. Originally I wanted to write about God and what I learned about Him in life. I also wanted to use my blog as a way to remember my time in California. I still want to write about these topics because God is my life, and this experience in California is definitely worth remembering, but I feel as though I could use this blog more to encourage others and love them. My plans are to write about of course what I said above, but also about life in general, food, and exercise. Who knows what else will come along with this whole blogging thing, but that's a start as to what you can expect.

So you may be asking why I named my blog Joy Junkie? What type of name is that? I chose to give it this title for a couple of reasons. The first reason being that God gives us joy, and I really like when he does. It seems to make life look different when God becomes our greatest delight. I like what Sam Storms said about joy at the 2010 Desiring God Conference for Pastors. He described joy as "a deep, durable delight in God that ruins you for anything else. Everything [else] becomes sour. It ruins your taste buds for all other pursuits of pleasure." I don't know about you, but I really wish I had more joy. Where did the idea for Joy Junkie come from? My favorite word used to be  joy. During the time joy was my favorite word, I really dreamed of having my own bakery (I still do). I used to think of what I would name it, and one day the name Joy Junkie came into my mind, and so that's why I chose this particular name.

I want to leave you with my ultimate goals for this blog as a way to keep myself focused on what's really important. They are to bring glory to God and to encourage others in life. I hope you will see it as that.

"You have given me greater joy than those who have abundant harvests of grain and new wine." Psalm 4:7

So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31