Hi my name is Ambri Lloyd and I am a senior at Liberty University getting my Bachelors in Strategic communications. I am passionate about Jesus and making him know through the means of social media!
“Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no on else has ever thought.”
Albert Einstine
I love to create.
Whether that is looking at a well-loved shirt at goodwill or at colors splashed together, creating is not limited to media or art but is everywhere. Seeing life through a story telling lens is the lens of a creator and has been a big part of my journey growing up. I was born and raised deep in the heart of Texas, which meant I saw life painted in bright colors and full of life. There is so much purpose found in living out the will God has placed before you, and for me it was the lens in which I viewed life. As a child I loved singing, drawling and most of all pictures. Pictures and videos I loved because it captured beauty if a very tangible way.
My desire is to see beauty in creation and draw others into it as well. This comes from looking through the same lens God does, and we see in Genesis one. The Lord who is already completely fulfilled by His relationship within the trinity, find a sense of goodness and satisfaction in creating. He creates everything in the world, deeming it to be good, and with humanity especially He finds a deep level of intimacy. But this emotion He has towards His creation is something He desires us to have as well. He makes humanity stewards of His creation and tenders of the beauty He has filled His earth with. Breathing in us the same life he bared, he created us in his likeness. The Lord creates His people to be creators themselves, affirming and celebrating their creativity throughout Scripture. Although we do not add to His beauty, He delights in the creative ways we steward this beauty. This lit up in me a desire to delight in being creative in the way I can do so by creating. Creator God made us in his likeness therefore when I create, I look a lot like my father. And that brings me joy and let me see creativity through a more thoughtful lens. Although this is true, lots of people enjoy creating so, what makes creating different for me? I see lots of purpose in creating media especially in today’s world where it is everything! Social media as we know is an opportunity to create a persona whether that is a true one or a fake on, it is up to the user’s discretion. Even knowing this, social media continues to be the number one media choice of all making it a necessary tool to master. I took the opportunity to learn this new skill seriously with a heart to point all my creations back to the creator himself. Through this I hoped to use it to better the community we are in by creating something that is unfiltered and real, unlike most of our media today. There is already so much beauty in doing Gods will, learning social media is simply conveying it in a language others understand and that is attractive. More than you might recognize we desire real and authentic things and through good media we can give that and help others find purpose! My hopes through my degree in strategic communications is to be able to translate true and honest messages and make them persuasive medias. Being able to paint a right picture of good things someone else might already be doing, is simply capturing the work God is already doing. Social media is an outlet that can give those around you a just and right view.
My goal in life is to live a life worthy of Jesus and honoring him. Being a good steward of my StrataCom degree is the means I hope to get there. Using my gifts and talents within these tools I hope to glorify God with all I do. I did not naturally come to a place of surrender but was called to his heart throughout my life. I grew up in the best atmosphere for the Gospel to be planted in my life. Both of my parents walked a real and authentic walk with God as pastors of my home church. They did so in a way that was not forceful but admired by me at a very young age. When I was 4, I asked Jesus into my heart with as much sincerity that a 4-year-old can have. It was as if I put a coin into a vending machine and although my confession was honest and true, the coin had not completely dropped yet. It was when I was 12 years old that I had what I call a coin drop moment and fully understood the desperation for a savior. Jesus was that sacrifice. Sanctification is a lifelong process of walking in right relationship with God, desiring to act and look like my heavenly father. Throughout my high school years my faith only became more of a firm foundation for me. With most of my family being in ministry, I learned what it looked like to make my faith my own while also being raised in the church my Dad pastored. I lived most of my life with rose colored glasses on regarding the world and especially ministry until my senior year of high school. My senior year, I was able to serve as a church intern alongside 11 other seniors in our church’s very large youth group. Having very close proximity through this position became a pivotal point in my faith. In the spring of my senior year, I watched my youth pastor be encouraged to step down. This was close to home because of the insight I had being the Pastors daughter and seeing so much that was behind the scenes. The process of leaving in grace was not done well and made the process of finding a home church in Lynchburg extremely hard. For a while, I had no interest in finding a church, Arguing that everything I wanted to find in a church body I received on campus through campus community . Throughout my time at liberty God has been so patient in reminding me He is coming back for his bride. Now attending Gospel community for 2 and a half years, My story has become such a beautiful story of restoration. I always knew that God has given me a heart for broken people and discipleship but never thought my story would be of him restoring that in me through the lens of Church. Something I believe Wes Franklin said once in campus community, “The head feels the pains of the Body.” I believe strongly that I will work in a local church or discipleship program and through my testimony be able to walk alongside people who have been hurt by people in the church and help them receive healing and restoration through Christ alone. Strategic communications is a means for me to use my gifts and talents for the kingdom. Working is a church being able to paint a picture of God rightly is something I hope to be able to do through video production, pictures and through social media.Your Attractive Heading
