About Felicity

After some self-blog-examination, I have come to the conviction that I need to include an ‘About Me’ page on If All Else Fails. I hate writing about myself. It’s so boring and hard to be artistic and subjective. But I will try to be objective.

I am Felicity: disciple of Jesus, 16.5 years old, daughter, sister, high school junior, Fresno, California, resident, church planter, Lincoln-Douglas debater, aspiring scholar, lover of people, firstborn child, music apprecionado (I made that word up. It’s a blend between appreciator and aficionado.), neologist, writer, eternal student, thinker, easily-inspired, ambitious, a work-in-progress.

I guess that kind of sums it up. Those are the essentials. Really, I can’t think of much more. There’s a whole lot to each human being, but it’s so hard to think of it when it comes to yourself. To compensate, I shall ramble.

I love to write. I think God has given me a natural gift, and it gives me huge pleasure to write out thoughts and ideas and opinions. I’ve been blessed to have abundant opportunities to develop my skills, and I will continue to do so in school and through this blog. Writing is an extraordinarily user-friendly interest, because it’s useful wherever you go. One of the things I love about writing is that I will have countless opportunities to grow as I get older, because it’s so audience-focused: anyone can critique writing, and wherever you go, there are classes and seminars and articles available to help you progress. I love that we live in a world with so many accessible resources available for growing your gifts, whether it’s writing or cooking or painting.

Writing (or talking, I suppose. they’re so closely related) is one of my releases, one of my ways of expression, of relief. My other is singing. I wouldn’t call myself good at it, but I passed the audition into my school’s chamber choir, so I much have some talent. I sing at school, I sing in choir (alto, usually. we’ll see where I end up this year), I sing as I walk from class to class, I sing in the shower, I sing while I clean my room, I sing along with the radio, I sing at church… You get the point. It just feels good, and when I go for periods without music, my soul begins to suffer. One of my great desires is to become a better musician. Unless I became incredible overnight, I wouldn’t consider music as a career. I don’t play any instruments, I can’t truly read music, I have minimal theory under my belt. But I really love music, so in the future, I would love to develop the talents I have.

What else do I love? I love God and His church and the work of Jesus. That sounds cliché, but it shouldn’t be. I am a terrible person, a completely arrogant jerk, a lazy loser, a manipulative woman, saved from cosmic punishment by the free gift of Jesus’ sacrifice. And God is slowly changing me from the inside out to become more like Him, to become a better person, a more loving human being, by relying on His promised support every day. I’m not going to lie: I screw up all the time. But Jesus’ arms are  always open to give me refuge and forgiveness and restoration.

Not only do I love God and the way that He has saved me from a meaningless existence. I also love Jesus’ people and His church, His family. Two years ago, my dad, who is a pastor, along with the rest of my family, decided to move to Fresno to become church planters, to be missionaries to the people of Fresno. It’s been a wild ride! We have made countless mistakes and learned innumerable lessons, but God is giving fruit to our work, and He’s bringing together a group of people in Fresno/Clovis, and persuading us of our destiny as missionaries. I love Jesus’ people, as messed up and broken as they are, and here at Free Grace Church, the verse is true that says, “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another…” (John 13:35). I have felt love and family here like never before, and I am dedicated to living a life that is inviting to people who don’t have that kind of love and meaning in their lives.That being said, I must also admit that I love knowledge and truth. Sounds weird, but it’s true. I adore the exhilaration of discovery, and the wonder of having knowledge at hand, to share and to dwell upon. It’s a beautiful thing! If you know me on Facebook, you may have noticed that I’m constantly posting links to random videos, articles, and websites. There’s a case in point for you.

Closely tied to my love and endless search for knowledge is my desire to teach. In the last few years, it has come to my attention that I really, really love to communicate said knowledge to the people around me. Successfully imparting knowledge or a skill gives me a sense of fulfillment like little else does. Which makes me think that in the future, I may pursue a major in education.

At this moment, (almost noon), my thoughts are running dry, and my stomach is rumbling for lunch. I will leave you with this and try to add or update when it is appropriate! Thank you for taking the time to read this!

–Felicity