to start this blog i thought i should let you know a little about myself.

my name is chanté-marie margaret bryers but most people call me tay! writing this i’m 21years old, born and raised in christchurch, new zealand. i’m in my 4th and final year of a social work degree at the university of canterbury and i’m also a youth leader to the coolest, craziest most beautiful 11, 12 and 13 year old girls.

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so very simply, that’s who i am…..

i guess the question you may be wondering is why was this blog created?

the answer to that is a little more complicated than i’d like to admit as for the most part i didn’t really want too.

ever since i became a christian and god flipped my whole world upside down he’s been telling me to tell my story in some way, shape or form. i’ve vaguely listened to this idea over these last 7 years and told parts of my story to a select number of people. in reality though i was far too scared to actually do what god was telling me.

it wasn’t until 10 months ago when i was prophesied over about this whole ‘sharing my story’ idea that i realised it was finally time to step out.

in all honesty i’m not really an open person. i’m not a fan of feeling feelings or being close to more than a couple of people. one of my greatest struggles is being vulnerable and talking about things i’m facing as in the past this has only brought more pain.

as you can see, there’s this whole internal dilemma. on one hand god’s told me to share my story to help others and for the most part i want to too. on the other hand there’s this side of me that is absolutely petrified and finds any vulnerabilty terrifying.

so this is where i am today .. although this blog is not necessarily what i want to do it is what i have chosen to do as an act of bravery and obedience to god.

this little blog is a big step of openness for me, so thanks for joining this journey with me.  while this may be something god has asked me to do to grow me, i also believe that this blog is here for you; the person reading this.

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so welcome…

to a little place of my heart, to my story, to the things i love and to the things i have learned.

i hope though my story you are able to see how he can change a human heart and i pray the words typed here and his and not mine.

ohtay xx

 

“Whāia te iti kahurangi, ki te tuohu koe, me he maunga teitei”

– Seek the treasure you value most dearly: if you bow your head, let it be to a lofty mountain

“I consider that our present sufferings are nothing compared to the glory that he will reveal in us” 

– Romans 8v18