So a few weeks ago, I went out on a limb and did something I've always wanted to do. As a little early birthday present (at the time) to myself,

I got a tattoo.

For weeks, I went back in forth between a couple of designs that I'd found a while back on Pinterest. I didn't know which one I wanted first. I've always loved tattoos, I don't know why. In my opinion though, for me to get one, I wanted their to be meaning behind it. I didn't want something random, just because, that's not who I am.

So after asking around to friends, I decided on one. Two friends and I made an appointment for a Saturday night. We'd decided that I'd go in the middle, since both of them have gotten tattoos before, and they were afraid I'd chicken out, HA!

After what seemed like forever, My first friend was finished and it was my turn. I've told people who've asked me about it, and I'm not going to lie to you, it hurt pretty bad. The best way I've described it is, imagine taking a thumbtack, poking yourself with it, repeatedly and dragging it up and down your arm. I didn't cry though, and I didn't chicken out. My tattoo took the longest of the three, which was only like ten minutes.

At the time, life was easy. I guess I shouldn't say easy, but things seemed to be good. The letters stand for, "God is Greater than your Highs and Lows." Life was high in the mountains for me. When I'd read that statement months ago, I'd thought "This is so true." I'd had plenty of moments in life where'd I'd needed this reminder and now I had it with me for a lifetime.

I didn't know that this would mean so much more in just a few weeks time. God likes to teach you and mold you, and he's been doing that in my life recently. God is always greater than whatever you may be going through, whether it's a valley of lows or a mountain of highs. Leaning on him in everything you do is the best thing you can do in either situation. I can't lie and say it's easy because at times it hasn't been. I always go back to the one verse that I've always loved (another tattoo one day maybe?) Jeremiah 29:11. He has plans for me. "Plans for good and not for disaster, to give [me] you a future and a hope."

A lot of people didn't think it was real at first, but it is very real. I wanted to be able to share of God's love, His faithfulness, His grace, and forgiveness. I think this does just that.