Beginnings

Hi there! So, my name is Emily Anne. If my name doesn't give it away, I'm from Mississippi. I love being from the South and I embrace my Southern accent :). I tend to be an introvert at heart, but I enjoy people's company and my favorite thing is telling corny jokes. Anyway, so this blog... I've been contemplating this for a couple of months now. I think writing would be very useful to me. You see, I have insomnia, for about 4 years now as of today, and I occassionaly get to thinking so I'm going to put my thoughts up for anyone to read.

Speaking of thinking, I'll give you an explanation for my title. Besides the whole I think they're very cute thing, arrows and anchors have symbolic meanings too. A long time ago, the fastest thing on this planet was an arrow. Arrows symbolize thought. Thought is faster than just about anything even still today. I am very much a thinker. I can think about things for so long before I actually do something. To give you an example, I love singing, but I don't like singing in front of people. Well, this year I did the variety show at my school and I sang, but the only reason I was okay with doing it is because I had been thinking about it since July.

 As for anchors, I cannot explain my obsession, but they, too, carry meaning. I have a painting above my bed that says "Grace is an ocean,  and we're all sinking" painted on top of an anchor. My best friend painted it for me and I love it. It matches my room and of course there's an anchor on it :). In the first century, Christians were persecuted for their beliefs and the anchor became a secret symbol for Christians who loved to worship, even if it cost them their lives. Hebrews 6:19 says, "We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain," (ESV) This reminds me that Christ is my anchor and I have hope.

This blog I'm not entirely sure what it will be used for and I don't want to give it a definition straight away, but I hope that it could be useful to someone, if not, maybe it'll still be useful to me.

Tomorrow, I'm leaving on a week long skiing trip. For those of you who know me, this may be a little difficult (if not dangerous) simply because I have strained my knee, or more precisely, a ligament or two. I may skip a few days, but I'm still going. I absolutely love Breckenridge. I'll have plenty of time to blog while I'm away so I hope to have some of my writings read.

Till next time-anchors aweigh!
Emily Anne