Welcome to the Sweet Bean

Well hello!
I will confess, this is my first blog and I'm not sure how much of this is supposed to be random thought as opposed to background information. Let's try both. I'm a sophomore at Liberty University, studying Worship and Music Ministry...and I love it. I don't know what's going to happen with it yet exactly-but I know that God has given me a passion for music and songwriting. I'm not sure when this all started exactly. I started writing poetry in middleschool, and envied every person on the planet that could actually put melodies to their words. So, I did the only thing I knew how to do-I asked God for melodies...plain and simple. I told God, (as if He didn't already know) that I knew He kept giving me words for a reason, and I knew they needed melodies and I couldn't write them myself. Long story short, I began spending more and more time at the piano...staring at words...staring at keys...staring at words...staring in general...and God has been faithful.
There's this thing in all of us, this innate God-given desire to create and be creative-this insatiable yearning-our souls thirst for it...to express emotion in innovative and inspiring ways-to demonstrate true artistry through music, art, dance, you name it. Look around you and see the vastness of our universe and it's not hard to see that God is a creative God. We are His true artistry. This thing, this indescribable longing that stirs my soul and awakens me to God, to love, to people, is writing music.
You may have noticed, I entitled this blog, "The Sweet Bean". Currently, the Sweet Bean is the name of my dorm-adopted by myself and my roomates for our room, the hall coffee shop. This is all going to sound a little ridiculous...because...well, it is just a dorm room. However, that having been said, we have a few constants. First and foremost, there is a coffee pot that never goes inactive for more than a day. We also have pleasant lighting (via spider lamp) and mood-fitting music (music that fits our moods, and music that creates the desired Sweet Bean atmosphere).
I've said all of that to say this. First of all, I can't think of any greater atmosphere than that of a coffee shop. When you visit the Sweet Bean (blog) I hope you feel relaxed...I hope you feel as though time reading this is time well spent, I hope you find a temporary haven from the daily grind (also actually the name of a favorite coffee shop here in town). I hope you leave with a fresh desire to create. Thank you for coming. Life is sweet, take the time to enjoy it :)