Easy like Sunday's

I LOVE SUNDAYS!!! No, not just for americanos and brunch! The best part of my Sunday is church, my church family is so amazing I could go on and on about them but they know how I feel! And yes, I LOVE dressing up and picking my Sunday outfit and feeling fabulous (as I did today! Outfit deets below👇🏼) BUT... I want to talk about the word involvement today...

Involvement: emotional or personal association with someone or something 

My life has been a mess of emotions lately, most of them good, but some hard to handle but I have refrained from using through them all and I was wondering why/how things are different this time around. I have made a lot of changes in my life but the biggest thing I have noticed that is different from my last attempts at getting clean is that I am involved!

I forget the name of the speaker but they said, " the way to find yourself is to get lost in a cause." What a true statement!!!! My old life I was living for me 100% and MISERABLE but I kept going back to it because it was familiar and I didn't know what to do with myself (or maybe I did, I just wasn't willing.) That's the key right there, WILLING. Once I got beyond myself and I found my current church (Capital Christian Center in Lacey, WA) I was blown away with the love and kindness I was shown by the people inside the church and knew instantly I had found my place. I stayed in the background at first and just enjoyed the love of others, but I knew that wasn't enough to keep me away from the needle I needed more.

I found myself being a YES person, if they ask, say "yes", if they don't, volunteer. Through this I found more blessings in giving to others than receiving them, I was being blessed more by blessing others! What a concept! I now find myself bopping around the church, chatting with people I now know by name and let me tell you, THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL! Not in a superficial way (but yes they are aesthetically stunning as well) but the hearts of these people is what is truly breathtaking. 

Moral of this story is that sitting on the sidelines waiting to be blessed wasn't going to keep me from using, but diving in and thinking outside myself has. The smile on my face is something that comes from within now and gives me the confidence to even share all of this with you, because God is good and is love is so overwhelming I can't help but be confident and smile because He's got my back! Love you all, thanks for reading!

Lexie Joyce

All about the outfit! 

Tank: again, $3 Wal-Mart

Pants: Marshalls, $12.99

Cape: Loft, $6.99

Necklace: That super handy shoelace!😂

And I won't even say shoes because y'all already know!