A Flair for the Dramatic

On my blog I've touched upon my spirituality in the past, my ups and downs as it pertains to my faith walk, my experience with religious trauma, and how my relationship and knowledge of God have changed through time.

At times I allowed the religiosity of people around me to cloud my judgement and become judgemental like them, other times pushing me away from my faith, not realizing that people can only speak for themselves and it's their actions and not their words that show if they are truly disciples of Christ and the teachings of the Bible, or not.

In this new phase of my life, God has revealed and shown so many things to me, and I want to take you all on this journey of self-discovery and realization. I want to open a space in my blog to discuss faith and spirituality through a Biblical lens, but not through a religious archaic way. I want to be able to grow in my relationship with God alongside those of you who also want to follow a similar path (my intention would never be to push my beliefs onto anybody else, disagreement is understandable and I'm ok with that).

I want to apply that Biblical wisdom that through centuries has shaped the lives of important figures to improve my life, get closer to God, and bring some light to whoever may be experiencing moments of darkness. That is what this project will be all about.

In a world of information overload, confusion, and materialism, I hope I can show people that there is more to life. To get closer to God you do not need to adhere to a dogmatic and rigid religious way, but through discipline in all areas of your life: spiritual, mental, physical, intellectual, etc. You can master yourself into becoming the absolute best version you can be, and a true example of what a disciple of Christ in the modern age looks like.

My posts will from now on be based on Biblical teachings and how to best apply this knowledge to our lives to better improve ourselves, understand the nature of God, and not allow those around us to taint our self-perception and drag us down the wrong path because we aren't receiving the right information.

As cliché as it may sound, being a disciple of Christ is not about religion but about relationship. Religion is man-made and it has brought a lot of suffering to the world, but Christ came to overcome the world and we are set aside as disciples of Him because of it. We are in the world, but not of the world. We are disciples, not Christians. That's how I like to look at it, though semantics is the least of it and each person's personal religious identity is up to them.

If this resonated with you or if you want to explore a relationship with God in a different way (maybe you've been wronged by religious institutions or people in the past), I invite you to send me suggestions on my inbox of the things you'd like me to cover in-depth in this new series. We're all in this together.

Daphne.

There’s so many stereotypes women cannot be smart and feminine. We have to choose either beauty or brains. But that’s not true of course. Legally blonde is widely known and spoken about often in pop culture because it’s so iconic. A woman that’s blonde and that loves pink and dresses like a Barbie doll not only getting into Harvard law but maintains her femininity through out regardless of what people say and not only that but succeeding and becoming valedictorian. She was and is beauty and brains. For me when I see posts especially of women studying,getting good grades, graduating and just being successful it makes me wanna put in work and get my self together because they inspire me.