Change of Blog Locale

I have officially decided that WordPress makes me happier than Blogger. Therefore, I am converting. 

You can find my new blog posts at:

taylorleejones.wordpress.com

Hope you all (if anyone seriously reads this) enjoy the new blog too!

A Special Thanks...

I find myself constantly surrounded by people of greatness; however, every once in awhile I am granted the opportunity to interact and learn from someone who possesses some kind of "it" that I never can seem to define.

Over the past couple years, I have developed a new friendship with someone who has truly impacted me existence, from the way I think, to the way I act, and to the way I relate to others. His contribution to my life can be defined in one word - challenging. He has forced me to dig deep into my being, searching for whatever it is that drives me to live, and examine it, process it, analyze it, and define it. Oftentimes, conversations with him have left me completely confused and bewildered. 

I want to express a genuine thanks to this individual for causing me to really strive to discover myself. At this point, I'm still not sure who I am. I owe this state of vulnerability largely to him, and very few things in life have impacted me quite this dramatically.

I have not mentioned his name because when he reads this (and he will), he will know this is meant for him. Thanks has to be given to God for creating people like him, and for instilling them with the gift of challenging others. He has helped me begin to define myself, and though I realize the process is long, sometimes we need people to push us off the ledge so we can fall into chaos and be forced to rediscover the constants in our lives.

So, Thanks to him, and to all people out there who live to force others to challenge themselves. Yours is a gift I envy.

- Taylor

"Earthquakes in various places..."

I realized something extraordinary this morning; or at least something I think to be extraordinary. Not extraordinary in any kind of positive or encouraging way, but extraordinary in a very, very terrifying kind of way.

Over the past few days there have been several natural disasters worldwide, namely the hurricane in Myanmar and the earthquake in China. The extraordinary part of my realization is not the magnitude of tens of thousands of people dead in Myanmar, and the millions injured, nor is it the 900 students buried under the rubble in what used to be a building in China. The extraordinary thing is that I am NOT moved by the news of these events...

How calloused have I become to not be moved by such disasters?! How can I claim to have the spirit of God within me and not be burdened by the deaths of so many people? And now I ask myself, should I be moved? Should I be worried? Should I cry out to God and ask, "WHY, OH LORD?!" I can't seem to come up with an answer to this question... 

Restoring Order

So not that anyone has actually ever read my blog, but I thought I'd just post an update since I haven't posted one since October of last year. I do plan on starting to update this blog regularly, but as for now, tonight (12:45AM), this is all you guys are gonna get.

I hope God has blessed you all generously and that He will continue to bestow blessings in the future.

Goodnight.