For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God, The God who girds me with strength And makes my way blameless? Psalm 18:31,32

Gender

Female

State/Province

Ontario

Country (not County)

Canada

Occupation:

Servant and disciple for Jesus. homemaker - 2 kids ages 6 and 10. This quote sums it up for me....and I believe for all of us...."Some are dead; you must rouse them. Some are troubled; you must comfort them. Others are burdened; you must point them to the burden-bearer. Still more are puzzled; you must enlighten them. Still others are careless and indifferent; you must warn and woo them." ~C.H. Spurgeon

I'm here to...

Increase my passion for Jesus, and put Him first always in every instance. Strengthen my faith, and offer support for others. I love fellowship with other Jesus followers.I am working on memorizing scripture more all the time!

Interests:

studying the bible, my family, crafts, reading, music, i also love to travel! I just want people to see Jesus...One glimpse is all they need to fall in Love with Him and surrender. I planted a veggie garden this summer.. I'm learning lots for next year! I prayed over the garden and I have been blessed!

I'm passionate about...

living for Jesus, my husband, my family, my friends~those who know Jesus...and those who do not! ...life and music. I pray for upportunities to share the gospel. I Thank and Praise God that He is getting me to a place Spiritually where I can do that effectively. He will complete what He has started in me. If you don't know Him...I am pleading with you... please seek Him....He has promised, that if you search for Him with your whole heart you will find Him. Believe it! My God is a God who cannot lie!

My story with God

I was raised catholic, baptised as an infant, etc..... We went to church every Sunday, and had no idea what the message was. We were always very interested in music, and sang in the choir as kids which held my interest at that time. My mom was the one who took us. My father was a sexually abusive alcoholic, which brought torment to our lives to say the least. As I got older, my mom finally left with us to make a life for ourselves (mom and 4 kids). I decided as I grew up that 'religion' was not helpful, and would not provide any benefit to me, or anyone else for that matter, and that if there was a God, how could he let such horrible things happen to me and my siblings as a child, my view was only strengthened by looking out at the world. So I decided to go it on my own. I got married (and still am), we've been together now for 17 years. My wedding did not include God (which now breaks my heart---but we'll get to that). skipping ahead several years........I was born again Oct 1st, 2006. Leading up to that it all happened rather quickly (but I can see how God had been tugging at my heart only in hindsight). In the fall of 2006 my world came crashing down. I became sick with a simple cold that morphed into many things....worst of which was anxiety and torment. I ended up in the emergency room 3 times within 2 weeks as I had convinced myself that I was having a heartattack, or who knows what else. Finally, the 3rd time, the doctor suggested I maybe take some pills to help manange my anxiety. I could just feel the downward spiral I was on. In that moment my eyes were opened.....but not yet to God. My mom is a Christian, and had been praying for me, which I didn't know about. I went home, and couldn't shake the feeling that there was a way to beat this without medicine, but I just didn't know what it was. So I called my mom, and asked her if there was a history of anxiety in our family, and why did she think I was suffering from this. As I was talking to her my breathing was labored, I was shaking, and I was about to put myself back in the hospital----
Mom lovingly told me that there was not a history of anxiety in our family, maybe there was something I was missing. I talked to her about death, and how I was afraid to die, and asked her if she was afraid to die. She said she was not, because she knew where she was going when she died, she would be with her heavenly father. That just made me begin to weep, because I wanted to have a heavenly father too. She said "Can I pray with you". I said "Mom, I don't think that will help". She said "It can't hurt". I let her pray with me. As I was praying with her over the phone, one of her strong Christians friends happened to be there, and my step-dad(mom had remarried)---so 3 of them who are strong believers were interceding for me for deliverence. While mom was praying, she was asking for the Holy Spirit to reveal to her what was causing me this torment. The Holy Spirit revealed to her the spirit of shame.....and as soon as mom spoke those words, something unexplainable, unimaginable happened to me---- I felt an absolute release, a lifting of heaviness, that I still don't have the words to explain. The physical sensations were that of floating and being carried. Then an overbubbling of Joy that I could not contain. I felt Love flood into my soul, and I knew in that moment, I did in fact have a Loving Heavenly Father, who was drawing me close to him by whatever means. I am so grateful. My life is for Jesus, because he has given me life. I have not suffered anxiety....I can see it now exactly for what it is. I am learning and growing more day by day, and what I now know in the depths of my soul cannot be denied. I pray that all people will know this truth that is Jesus' 'still small voice'. I have this peace which 'surpasses all understanding'. Please pray for my husband who is a non-believer. We have 2 children, and I am raising them as Christ Followers. I was baptised January 20, 2008.

What's interesting..is before my faith. Craig and I were very close and blindly going about our lives. This is proof of the Spiritual warfare which is all around us. Why would one part of the marriage feel so 'betrayed' that the other person has found Jesus. It's not like I have become a horrible person. I am a better person. The Lord has healed me and delivered me from so many things. Let me just list them for you so you get an idea of what a wretch I once was:

Racism (God renewed me in this area immediately--unfair, unequal thoughts towards others were immediatly cleansed from my mind and replaced with thoughts of Love and fairness for all people), Shopping--At times I would spend $3,000.00 on clothes in one shot, Watching Television (instant upon recieving Christ), Vanity, Eating irresponsibily (this one was a recent healing), drinking far too much at dinners and nights out (with the exception of pregnancies), gossip magazines, gossip with friends, Oprah (even had her magazine). I was also very much into the Davinci Code--and referred to it as 'my bible'. But God forgave me from all this and lovingly took me in and freed me from so much 'noise in my head'. In addition to that, He has healed my broken heart from a hurting childhood and shown me how to forgive my father, because of the Grace God has shown me, I somehow, without realizing it have forgiven my father. I don't know exactly when that even happened...sometime over the past 1 1/2 years. His tremendous Grace has shown me so many wonderful things. How could I simply say anything else but 'Yes Lord, I will follow You, and be obedient.'

Other stuff about me:

I am a sinner..saved by the grace of God! I cry out to Him constantly..He is constantly in my thoughts. I am working more and more taking captive the thoughts which are not 'of God'....and handing them over to Christ...laying them at the foot of His cross!