Merely Mortal

This is not my first online journal of sorts.

Back when Xanga was "the thing" I had two accounts
first: ElfGurl_luvsSF
My Switchfoot and LOTR fanatic self came up with this username...I haven't much changed :)
second: JC_FreakForLife
I guess my faith became much more important to me that I felt the need to create a new name. lol.

Thus...with these xangas I recorded the minuscule concerns of my emotionally insecure and selfish teenage life that nobody really cared about but I considered important enough to blast into cyberspace because I was too quiet to tell anyone in the real world. (ah the life of a shy teenager...)
Eventually this got old because I realized that the hidden messages I left for certain individuals in my rants and musings...weren't actually read by the people I intended them for. How frustrating...lol

Then facebook boomed into existence...
And my public blogging ceased, although I kept one personal private blog.

anyways....

I'm going abroad to London for a semester.
I figured a public blog would be a great way to record my travels for friends and family back home to read and keep up to date with where I am and what I am doing.
But more than that, for my own benefit.
I love to go back and read old journals and to see how much I've grown.
For sure, I will grow up a whole heck of a lot while living independently in London for four months.
So...this is more of an adventure journal in the making than anything.
And if you know me...

you know how much I love adventures!
:)


First, let me explain the name of this blog, how I thought of the name Merely Mortal. I came upon it a long time ago when I was reading through Psalms in my New Living Translation Bible. I loved how "mere mortal" flowed off the tongue and how it is used it in this passage:

Psalm 8

For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.

¹ O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
Your glory is higher than the heavens.
² You have taught children and infants
to tell of your strength,
silencing your enemies
and all who oppose you. ³ When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—
the moon and the stars you set in place—
⁴ what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?
⁵ Yet you made them only a little lower than God
and crowned them with glory and honor.
⁶ You gave them charge of everything you made,
putting all things under their authority—
⁷ the flocks and the herds
and all the wild animals,
⁸ the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
and everything that swims the ocean currents.
⁹ O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!

Isn't it lovely? :)
Our God
who created the universe and every beautiful thing that I encounter each and every day
can look on me
a mere mortal
and love me and crown me as His bride.

I can't wait to explore even more of his creation overseas!

~Merely Mortal