And if the music is good, you dance

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.  

 

Music gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and everything that surrounds it. This weekend, two of my dearest friends and I embraced the famous Dirty Myrtle and the Carolina Country Music Festival to the fullest. I couldn’t wait for the day of dancing and dreaming to the songs and sounds of the sunlight and the feel of the sand beneath my toes, surrounded by those who I love dearly.  It was a weekend full of laughter, genuine smiles, singing at the top of our lungs, loosing our voices from the fun, meeting a few famous singers, and dancing in rhythm (and out of rhythm) to the beat felt through the sandy shorelines of the Carolina beaches.  Music touches people emotionally straight through to the core where words seem to get lost.  Sometimes when I can’t make sense out of the emotions and thoughts in my head, I hear a song and all of the answers suddenly become so clear. They always say if you want to know what a person is feeling, pay attention to what music they are listening to.  Music speaks and it’s always been my peaceful escape. If you divulged into to my plethora of music lists, you would immediately discover where my heart is in that very second and discover my heart as I am me. You can hear a song and the memories overwhelm your soul. You can listen to the lyrics while the goose bumps rise all the way up your spine and all of the sudden life is easy for once and it’s beautiful all at the same time. Music is powerful and It has a way of making life complete no matter where and no matter when. In the darkest of moments and in the lightest of life, music seems to make them all beautiful. One thing that my soul loves about concerts and music festivals is to look around and see thousands of people experiencing thousands of different walks of life who are singing the same songs and loving where their life stands in that very moment. It’s the compassion for humanity, everyone understands we are all walking through this crazy thing called life. Together as one, the world is alright. I danced my heart out this weekend, but it was more than just music to us. It was the moment, and the memories that will last forever. It was remembering how grateful we are for the friendship that we began 4 long years ago. It became a weekend that will tug on my heartstrings for years to come. Those memories that you can’t help but smile to.

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The McLeod's

Welcome to our blog! We’re glad you stopped by and we hope you come back and visit. We want you to be a part of our journey! We are John and Chelsea McLeod. Best friends who are embracing the most precious gift of marriage and life. On the way to be full time missionaries and currently living a life mentoring those broken by addiction from both sides of the pain- loved ones and those struggling with addiction. Here you will find our recorded histories of life, love, struggles, and the journeys that encompass our wanderlust spirits all with an unfailing love for God and His ever so perfect redemption and grace over our lives. Here lies a safe place where our minds wander off into the deepest places with documentation to never be erased. We don’t want our memories to fall between the cracks somewhere, so we write. We don’t want to forget how far God has brought us, so we make records that will prayerfully live on for generations and give others hope who have lost theirs. We met in the most divine of appointments thousands of miles apart that only God could orchestrate. Had our first date watching a fiery sunset go down over the Georgia coast, and ultimately fell in love over kindred spirits that beat for where and what God passionately filled our hearts with. Hindsight, and years later, we can see that God had big plans all along that we couldn’t see. Through our broken pasts, He was preparing us for each other and a future of redemption and testimony. {{{{Everyone has a story and this is ours:}}}}} He’s a Georgia boy, she’s a Carolina girl. ----Hi, I’m Chelsea!---- I’m a native Carolina girl who loves to explore anywhere I’ve never been. An old soul and an extroverted-introvert with a deep heart that overflows with passion and a hunger for God to use me to change this world for the better. Mysterious and meek to the eye, and particularly passionate for the very things that set my heart on fire, especially the things and people that my heart beats for. I get filled up in the untouched outdoors where I can always see and feel His splendor. I am a Master cosmetologist by trade with a BA in Social Work and Counseling. These which intermix daily. I absolutely love the career that God has placed me in and daily, it allows me to love on people all around me. If I can make one person smile a day, my heart holds a fullness that keeps me coming back for more. I believe in forgiveness and miracles because I’ve witnessed them both. I don’t want my life to be about what I accomplished but what God accomplished through me. To me, I’ve learned that in life there is good and bad, right and wrong, excuses and no excuses. But alongside of these very things is engulfed with a ton of grace, growth, and redemption. I don’t ever want to pay the cost of not following my heart, by spending the rest of my life wishing I had. ----Hi, I’m John!---- I’m a born and bred Georgia boy where my blood runs strong with salt water. I was born and raised on the coast where everything I did was engulfed with water and the outdoors. I’m a bold soul with a gentle spirit who loves to help others in any way that I can to believe in themselves and God’s plan over their lives. By trade I hold the title of professional hunter and fisher with a 100 ton captain’s license. What started in Georgia took me out to Alaska where I found my career there, then south Florida and the open blue water. I’ve seen a lot and experienced a lot of God’s beauty and I will be forever grateful for that. Today I’ve taken on the title of “Fisher of men.” After enduring a wearisome season of addiction, God called me to use my pain to help others in addiction ministry and it has become one of the greatest joys of my life. It’s what I live for in showing people they can overcome something that most think they can’t. Offering hope where there is none. Testifying that something they always thought they would be, is only a season that God is ready and wants to use. Where Chelsea serves alongside me pouring into the loved ones. It’s where my passion is, it’s where we love to help others find freedom the same way we did. Today, Chelsea and I are grateful for our struggles because we know that what the enemy meant for evil, God used for good. Here we will write and share. Not to glorify us, but to glorify Him and what He is doing in our lives. The magnificent ways that He is moving and the unfathomable circumstances that He has and will bless us with. All glory goes to Him. We hope you enjoy!!

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