Two truths and a lie...
- I was asked to be on Survivor
- I was a professional race car driver
- I always knew I wanted to be a jewelry designer
Which do you think is the lie!??
If you guessed #3, you are right! My story is anything but ordinary, but part of what were doing at Linny Co is embracing the challenges, and finding the courage to be ourselves, no matter where our journeys might have taken us.
I never grew up dreaming about being a jewelry designer, from the earliest moment I can remember, I wanted to be a racing driver. That dream became a reality when my parents finally relented and got me in to go-karting at age 13. I picked it up fast and two years later had won a national championship.
Fast forward to my senior year of high-school and I knew I wasn't headed for college. I was going to pursue my dream of taking my racing career to the next level. Over the three years that followed I saw the world, drove about every type of car under the sun, and faced unspeakable challenges. At age 22, I was faced with a brutal reality: I had lost myself to my career. I no longer felt worth outside of it and was struggling to even know who I was anymore... I was not living the life I knew God had planned for me and I felt the urge and calling to take a step out of the fast lane. I knew the Lord desired me to find my identity in Him and not in a career so there was only one option for me: say goodbye to my lifelong dream and look for a new one.
Fall of 2009, I found myself standing on campus at Dallas Baptist University with a whole new life ahead of me. I decided to study political science and for the first time in my life be a normal kid. I met Jarrod (my now husband) early on and was shown what it was like to be loved in a way that honored the Lord. I saw my life taking on new meaning with a new purpose.
As the years passed on, I worked for the Mayor of Dallas, managed political campaigns, spent a season living in Washington DC and before I knew it... I was approaching motherhood with my husband of four years and ready for an entirely new calling.
The seasons have changed for me, dramatically, but the one thing that remains the same is my desire to never find my identity in my career but in my Heavenly Father. For his plans are far greater than my own.
Jeremiah 29:11 says. "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Find courage in the unknown, find the courage to be yourself no matter where your journey takes you, and never give up dreaming!
