So, this is my blog. Welcome to it. The name- awaked- isn’t actually a word, if you haven’t noticed by now. The spell checker on my web editor has it underlined in red, which means it can’t be real. 
The word was actually made up by my youth pastor, and it’s the term used to describe when he comes to wake you up in the early morning without you knowing. He brings a video camera and shows the footage for all to see the following Wednesday. It’s actually pretty fun, but I adopted the word to serve a much wider and less jokey service.
See, this is my thing. (I haven’t decided if it’s a problem or not) I think the world is asleep. We’re all caught up in having more and more and more, and our quest to gain everything, we kind of lose what we need the most, our consciousness to others and how they feel. We lose the knowledge that we are not the only things that exist, and the wisdom to decide true and moral things escapes us. We go with the flow, live in our minds, and basically forget the rest of the population of this globe that doesn’t have an iPod or a boyfriend or a bankload of cash to drown out their problems.
In a nutshell, that’s why I have a site. I want to be awake to the world, the joy and the sorrow. I want to see the pain that exists, but bring joy to it, too. I want to see, but not stop at seeing. I want to move out and love this world until it gets better. The site is just to record my ideas. People tell me I’m a good writer, and here’s a way to share that writing. I’m not always this morbid sounding, talking about how the world is basically made up of drowsy zombies… but I thought I should throw the reason behind this wed address out there. I want be awake, not only to the people and problems of the world, but to the One who can fix them. I’m on a journey. 
Welcome aboard.
