09/01/2026
Listen, I am loud. Sometimes too loud.
BUT:
I love cheering people on.
I love celebrating people like their wins are my own.
I love reminding people who they are when they forget.
I love pouring into the people God has placed in my life.
And I think a big part of why I love people so loudly is because Jesus changed me.
Baptism wasn't just a moment for me.
It was a line in the sand.
The old me went under.
And the new me came up.
Not a perfect me.
Not a me who suddenly gets everything right.
But a me who wants to live differently.
Love differently.
Serve differently.
Show up differently.
A me who doesn't want to keep hiding, shrinking, or worrying so much about what people think.
Jesus has given me a heart that wants to love people well.
And I am so grateful for the people He has placed in my life who let me do just that.
People who let me show up as me.
People who let me celebrate them.
People who cheer me on when I'm cheering for them.
People who remind me who I am when I get stuck in my own head.
When I start thinking,
"I'm obnoxious."
"I'm too much."
"Wrong place, wrong time, Miranda." 😂
They remind me:
Keep showing up.
Keep loving.
Keep cheering.
Keep being you.
And maybe that's one of the beautiful things Jesus does through community.
He puts people in our lives who help us see ourselves a little more like He sees us.
So to my people…
THANK YOU.
Thank you for letting me love you loudly.
Thank you for letting me celebrate you.
Thank you for cheering me on when I need it most.
Thank you for loving me through the messy, imperfect, loud parts of me.
I pray I can always be that person for someone else, too.
Because if Jesus has taught me anything, it's that we aren't meant to do this life alone.
And if you give me something to celebrate…
I WILL BE THE LOUDEST PERSON IN THE ROOM.
Not because I'm trying to be too much.
But because I know what it feels like to be loved, seen, encouraged, and reminded of who you are.
And I want other people to feel that, too.
Jesus changed who I was.
And I'm still becoming who He created me to be.