I Wish I Was Jen Hatmaker

Have you heard of Jen Hatmaker?  She's one of my very favorite people, even though I've never met her.  She's an author/blogger/speaker/Bible study writer.  Plus, I think she's coming out with an HGTV show about renovating an old house (possibly a farmhouse? not sure...but that is MY DREAM).  I love her sense of humor, her beliefs, her cute family, but most of all, the way she has with words.  Every single thing I read that she writes, whether it be a book, a tweet, or a blog post, I agree with and wish I had written it.  

Like her latest post.  I am not even kidding when I say I had been thinking about the exact same thing for the 24 hours before I had read it.

I feel like I have a very diverse set of friends.  I have my core, my friends that have come from college.  They are solid.  We have been through a lot and have really become like family.  There isn't any judgement from them because we have all seen each other at our absolute worst.  I wouldn't be the person I am today without these people.

I have friends that have come from church and from small group.  Also a solid group, mostly girls.  They push me closer to God and challenge me and my beliefs.  They pray for me and with me, and I pray for them and with them.  I wouldn't be the person I am today without these people.

I have made some great friends at work.  I have some great friends in Savannah that I've met through family and through mission trips.  I still keep in touch with one good friend from high school.  

What I love most about having all these different groups of friends is how different they are.  I don't think it's a bad thing to have friends who are way different than you.  Jen Hatmaker basically takes my thoughts and expresses them a lot better than I ever would have, but I think a life without those differences would be pretty boring.  

This might be my most favorite thing Jen Hatmaker wrote today:  

The higher I place God, the easier it is to locate my own station. When He reigns, I am free to just be a forgiven sinner who doesn’t always have to be right or perfectly understood or popular. When I reign, I have much to defend and protect, because how else am I going to stay on top? With God solidly in charge and honored, I am liberated to just be an ordinary girl who loves Jesus and loves people.

She's just so good and on point all the time.  So, go check her out, ok?