About Me

A short background about me: I grew up in the Bible Belt and my life was sort of typical of all that implies.  My parents raised me in a solid Christian home, we attended church regularly and I prayed to accept Jesus as my Savior at age 5.  From that point, I was the quintessential “good kid,” following the rules, making good grades, striving for perfection.  In my mind, God must’ve been quite pleased with me for obeying the law and representing him so well.  In reality, I was horribly condemning of others, never recognizing my own faults and self-centeredness, and my heart grew colder with each passing day.  

In my early 20’s, I made some rather foolish decisions and was left completely wrecked.  As I tried to recover the pieces, I realized all my efforts were futile.  I dug for answers and questioned God – I was a good kid, did everything right… how could things go so horribly wrong?  Weren’t things supposed to work out just the way I wanted? Wasn’t He supposed to give me the desires of my heart? (I was rather good at twisting Scripture to say what I wanted to hear…) 

After I stopped rambling on with my foolishness, God overwhelmingly soaked me in His grace, removing my heart of stone and giving me a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 36:26).  Time after time, He showed me that He is my prize, my answer, my Beloved.  Not only is He mine, but I’m HIS.  He wants me, pursues me, loves me, treasures me, delights in me!!  In fact, He “delivered [me] from the domain of darkness and transferred [me] to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom [I] have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” (Col. 1:13-14) Not because He needs me, but because He loves me.