My journey

So I thought I would jump right into blogging the day after I set up my account and it didn't happen. Actually not that surprising if you know me....

So here I am kinda wondering why I thought this would be a good idea, kinda wondering if it was even my idea at all. I guess my first entry should be a little about me, who I am and where I am going.

I am a mom of three amazing children and a wife to a great husband! I have always gone to church even through some really rough spots as a teen. The way I see it, I walked away from God in rebellion for a few years as a teenager, made some really stupid choices, that lead to consequences that ultimately pointed me back to the fact that I need a savior and my own plans were not working in my favor.

Jer 29:11 (NIV) "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

At the age 17 I became a mom and straightened out my life through divine intervention. It became important to me to be the best Mom I could be to my daughter and live a good lifestyle. I turned my back on a lot of the sinful behavior but still didn't pursue Jesus with my whole heart. I don't know if at the time I fully recognized His amazing hand at work in my life-- his finger writing this amazing story and testimony using me as the pencil. I can look back and see all the places I was in danger and darkness and He was there protecting me. If the worst thing that came out of my rebellion was having my beautiful and amazing daughter, I am truly blessed. So many things could have went wrong, sometimes I revel in amazement that I am still alive, and God loves me so much that he spared my life for such a time as this!

There is so much more to my story and maybe through this blog I will be able to revisit and share more about my encounters with light and darkness that have ultimately formed me into the person I am and pushed me into a deep love affair with the Lord that is almost impossible to describe. I am so ruined for anything else. This world has nothing to offer in comparison to what God has for us.

Ultimately my goal for this blog would be that it would bring life and hope to all who read it. That through my typing the Holy Spirit will deliver new revelation of who God is to Christians and unbelievers alike. That you would know how much Jesus loves you and desires a relationship with you. Through these words I pray that you will find an amazing God who is mighty to save and wants to bless you abundantly more than anything you could ever imagine.

He is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us." Ephesians 3:20.

God is creative and amazing-for real. In Ephesians it says He can do much more than what our minds can even imagine. We can not even begin to wrap our minds around God and His wisdom and creativity!


James1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

Romans 11:29 ...for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.

These scriptures have helped me better understand Gods character. Meditating on how God is good and how all things good are from Him and things that are bad are not from him. You can not give away what you do not have and God is not bad so he can not give us bad things.This has been a tough area for me to change my old ways of thinking. Also understanding that God does not take away the gifts he has given us, this is a whole other blog entry so I am not going to go into all that...I'll save it for another time.

All this to say, I would love to hear from you, your thoughts and ideas on this topic as well as future topics. I pray that the things God has done and is doing in my life will speak to your heart about the person of God, who He is and how He wants to work in your life.

Be blessed!

1st blog ever!

Ok...so this is my first blog ever. I really have no idea what I am doing or what I will have to say that is so interesting that others will actually take the time to read it. But.....

Hopefully I will be able to transfer my joy and passion for Christ through this blog and testify to His greatness.

Basically my thought process is that God is good and amazing He continues to blow my mind and I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to share ongoing all the good things he is doing!

Well I am sure this 1st entry will not have you staying up all night hitting refresh waiting for the next post but when I'm rested tomorrow I will get rollin' with the good stuff! ;)

Peace....