Love

Hey all! 

So, I decided to write a little post about love. I've had a few people ask me "have you ever been in love?" And "what does being in love look like?" And on and on. 

Now, I'm going to answer the question I've been asked so many times:

Have I ever been in love? 

I thought I was once. But the love that I thought was there was mistaken for infatuation. So to truly answer the question it would be a solid no. No I have not been in love. 

That word "love" gets thrown around so much lately. People almost always tend to say: 

"I loved that movie",

"I loved that book" or 

"I love this food"

The list could go on and on. That word is thrown around so much that I find people have lost touch of it's true meaning. 

People think love is just an emotion, which it is not. It tells us in the bible: 

"Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love." - 1 John 4:8

God is love. He is the one who's love flows through us. 

Love isn't a emotion, it's an action. We are to act in love. Everything we do for others should be out of love. Not for our own selfish reasons. 

It says in 1 John 4:16: 

"And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them." 

We are to live in love because God IS love. He has the enernal love. We are to love because he loved us first. We are to do all of our actions out of love.

I want to challenge you, to see if your doing all of your actions out of love, or if they are for your own self. If some are for your own self, take time and re-evaluate the situate and ask God to help you do this with his love.

So to finish, love isn't a emotion. It's an action. They way we are to do things is out of love and compassion. 

And when you find that one person you want to spend the rest of your life with ( if you already have that's awesome!) try not just telling them that you love them. Act upon those words. Do things that shows them that you love them. 

Remember, the one person who will always love you and who proved it by sending his son to die for OUR sins is God. Keep it always in your heart that he will love you eternally. 

~Taryn

My main passion!

Hey all! 

So, I decided I would write about one of the passions I have :) one that is very dear to me! 

That passion is music. Playing worship at youth, or just playing music in my basement. I just love it! 

I literally lose myself in the music every time I play :) basically, so to say, music is in my blood haha 

When I say I lose myself in the music, I really do. When I play, I get so into the music and the words that I don't really notice anything else! :) 

I have been singing ever since I could remember, and I have now been playing the guitar for around 4 years. All self taught :) 

I tried so many different instruments before I finally picked up a guitar. The first one I picked up was my dads, and I started teaching myself simple songs with simple chords. About a year and a half ago, my parents got me my very own guitar that I love!! I started getting into more complicated songs, and started playing the guitar at youth :) 

Playing that guitar, I figured out that it was the instrument for me. I loved it. Loved how it sounded, and how it felt to play. 

I sometimes like to lock myself in my room, with some paper, pens and my guitar and work on songs :) 

All of them are half finished or barely even started but I'm gradually working on getting some done ^_^ 

So yah, music and doing worship is one of my main passions :) 

It's part of the person I want to become :) 

~Taryn 

But first! Let me take a Selfie!

Hey all! 

So, I know the title of this blog is a little weird haha but I'm weird so it's okay! I think..?? Haha 

Anyways! Time to actually talk about what I was gonna talk about :p 

Now, I know everyone likes to take selfies every now and then. Which that is completely okay! Trust me, even I do selfies every now and then haha 

But then, there are the people who take selfies and post them just so they can have people tell them how cute they look or how hot they are. They are looking for someone to compliment them. In the was my mom says it, they are "fishing for compliments." 

Now, in no way, shape, or form am I calling out all of you who go take a bunch of selfies in a day. But more or less, I'm asking you why do you? Why spend the time trying to get a perfect selfie photo every time? 

I am betting a lot of you who take selfies are a tad self conscious about how you look. You are looking for others to tell you that you are pretty. You want them to build you up but telling you your cute, pretty, hot, Ect. The list could go on and on! 

But really, we shouldn't be finding our worth in others. We shouldn't let others decide if we are pretty or not. 

There should be one person we should go to when we need that acknowledgement. And it's God. 

He knows with his whole heart that every person is beautiful. No matter what other people say. You are made in his image. And he loves you with his whole heart. 

Just like the words in the song "Oceans" By: Hillsong 

"For I am yours, and you are mine" 

We don't need to look for others to find our self worth in. God is where we will find it all. He is the one we need to go to. 

He will be our strength and he is the one that always says: 

"My Daughter/Son, you are made in my image and you are beautiful! And I love you" 

So, next time you want to take a selfie, ask yourself "Am I just putting one up for fun? Or am I trying to fish for compliments to make myself feel better?" 

If it's choice number 1, then that's good! 

If it's choice number 2, I would suggest putting your phone/iPad/iPod/camera/Ect down and pray. And remember that God finds you beautiful. 

Everyone is beautiful. 

~Taryn 

Dramatic Drama Queen

Hey everyone! 

So wondering about title eh?? I'll explain it to you! 

So! All my life I have loved Drama, now I'm meaning the good kind of drama. Which is acting and whatnot! 

But there are a lot of times when I tend to slid into the bad drama. Which is taking a situation and making it seem a hundred times worse than it is. Or just being a over all "Drama Queen." 

Tonight, I had acted all over dramatic about a situation. Did it get me anywhere acting like that? Nope. It didn't. Just made my night worse. 

If I could rewind time, I'd do tonight over again. Seriously would! 

I actually had someone point it out to me that I was being over dramatic. And some people would be hurt by that but you know what? I wasn't. I was actually grateful that they did because I realized others might have seen me being over dramatic but not wanted to point it out. 

By them pointing it out, I'm learning that being over dramatic gets you nothing. Just a bunch of sadness, anger, and hurt. More than there should be in a situation. 

Seriously, being a "Drama Queen" (and for you guys out there, a "Drama King") is a pretty dumb thing to do. It gets you no where. Trust me, I know from experiance. 

Life will have its ups and downs, we just need to deal with them the right way. 

Time to hang up the "Drama Queen" crown and time to grow up. Learn that you don't need to be over dramatic just to get attention in a situation. 

Just grow up and deal with it! That's what I've had to learn today. 

I need to grow up! 

But that's enough for today! :) 

Until next time! 

~Taryn

The Beginning!

Hey Everyone!

So, I have started this blog to write out my experiences in finding out who I am meant to be. 

I have been walking down this narrow path that has been taking me no where. I am confused on who I am as a person, and who I am to become. 

Over the Summer, I will be writing about times that I feel are life changing, and that help me discover more about myself. All the times that I know that I am growing as a person. 

I will soon, do a write up of myself. What I already know that I am. It won't be much, but it's a start :) I'll also, be blogging after each youth night about what I learned that night. So, since tonight is a youth night, the blog will be up late tonight or tomorrow morning :) 

I need to find out who I am. I want to make it to that point where I can point blank say: 

" This is who I am" 

~Taryn