September 10, 2007

I created this site to share my faith in Jesus Christ.

I was saved at the age of 7 years old....I was a little girl running to her "daddy", as we know Him, our Heavenly Father. But did I really know who He really is....No. I just knew I wanted Him in my heart.

I am 35 now, married to the best husband on this earth, Wesley. I have been blessed with 4 children, Lauryn, Keaton, Amie and Jacob. We attend First Baptist Church Euless, where God is doing great things..(firsteuless.com).

There was a time in my life, that I just did not want to really know God or have much to do with Him. But He never moved and never stopped calling me. He was right where I left him, waiting on me to return. Guess what, I am HOME....Safe, secure and blessed in so many ways. I am learning each day to be more dependent on Him. I am blessed with Wesley in my life walking along side of me encouraging me to walk closer with God and through him, God teaches me to walk closer to my husband. Through all 4 of our children, I see God's light shining (ok, sometimes they can act like typical rebellious children--- 3 teenagers and an 8 year old )...But all the sudden out of the mouthes of babes, can I see God in them. Our entire family will be called up one day. I have also been blessed with so many wonderful lady friends who have come along side of me extending God's love. They teach, they hold me accountable and they are there at the exact time I need them....Mary, Chrisy, Destiny, Barbara, Susan and Adela.....There are many, many more.

I owe so much to my mother, who was a single mom raising 4 children on her own. She lead our family by faith in God's promise...He promised her that if she would just raise us in His ways, he would never let us go....Guess what, He was faithful. She prayed, she lead, she disciplined....But most of all she was the Proverbs 31 mother.....She prayed !!

It is today that I know who God is .....

Yesterday, God revealed Himself through 1 Corinthians 13:4-13;

4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is LOVE.

I have read this scripture over and over, just as many of us have done --weddings, church, bible and through devotionals. But I read this yesterday, September 9, 2007. It was a whole new beginning in my life.

For the past few months, God has been chasing me and I have been chasing Him. I have been praying for what He wants from me and I still do not know the answer, but here I am God is what I will stand on..

When I read the LOVE chapter, if you will, it gave me an entire new meaning of the Cross, of Calvary, of His blood and of His never ending love He has for you and me.

Last night, I saw the most precious baptism ever. It was done in sign language, a father baptized two of his children in sign language. It was so beautiful. And, I am so attracted to signing, that I want to learn to do it.

Also, we heard the testimony of Ridley Barron...www.ridleybarron.com. It was humbling to know that we can endure pain on this earth with God's love from above. We will fall, we will struggle, we will question Him, we will get so mad at him, we will be fearful and not know God's perfect plan.....But God will not forsake us ....He is always right where we left Him, standing there waiting for us to call His name ....He is love !!

Today, I was asked to join in leading a Women's Retreat, to help women who are either "lost" or struggling with their faith. Is this what God wants from me? This is a compassion of mine is to encourage others, but is this what God wants from me?

I don't know, but I am willing.

I have also started a women's devotional here at my work place. We meet every Thursday. It is amazing. The Lord has brought several new women into my life who are just amazing...Some weak, some strong. There are so many here at my workplace who need the Lord and it is my desire to bring it to them.

Today I am absolutely convinced of this scripture, are you?

John 3:16-21 (New King James Version)

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”

Therefore, I am stand on THE solid foundation of Jesus Christ ....

Romans 8:38-39 (New King James Version)
38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.