God revealed things two thing to me today.
1. Make sure to give God ALL the glory. I have been blessed by good treatment for my issues. I’ve been blessed by people like my Mom and Mr. Warner and places like Whites Ferry Road Church and Celebrate Recovery @ White’s Ferry Road Church. But I want to make clear that it’s only been by God’s mercy that I’m not dead. For every bad situation in my life, I can see how God has protected me or used it for good. In my early abuse, I know how easily I could have been one of those missing or murdered kids you see far too often. My relationship in high school resulting in a teen pregnancy was a disaster. But it resulted in my awesome daughter (and awesome grandchildren) who saved my life more than once and a father figure who taught me more than you can imagine about the love of God. There have been other challenges, but as a result we moved to West Monroe and found Whites Ferry Rd Church and CR. I learned to drive. I learned that I was stronger than I thought. I REALLY learned to lean on God.
You can’t have flowers without rain. Through the storms, God allowed to fall on fertile soil a beautiful (and still growing) garden exists in my life.
2. I tend to overthink things. I’ve been working on a blog for the last three days. Researching to make sure all of my facts and scriptures are accurate. Making sure my subjects and verbs agree. But..I’m not a religious scholar. I’m not a theologian. My purpose is to encourage people. To tell and show examples of God’s love in even the darkest times. To tell hurting people that God is still a healer. That’s more important I think than all of my run on sentences. That doesn’t mean I’m going to forsake spellcheck. I just need to go where God leads me.
Be Blessed.
FREE AND REDEEMED 