How'd I Get Here? (part 2)
So I have more to say obviously, but I don't want to overwhelm anyone who may be reading this with too much at a time. :)
I want to let people know who I am outside of my appearance, outside of what is seen. I am a daughter of the King, a child of God. I love Jesus and I try to emulate Him in the things I do in life. Am I always successful at that? Absolutely not. But it is reassuring to know that I gave Him my heart and He won't give up on me, no matter how many times I fall short of His expectations.
I am the daughter of a Methodist pastor and I grew up in the United Methodist church where I was a member until the age of 24. What happened at 24? Actually it began to happen at 19. I started to feel like there was more that I was somehow missing out on. I didn't quite know how to explain it then, but I know now that I wanted more from God. I kept hearing about this big God from other people and from my Bible, but I couldn't figure out how to make Him bigger in my life. Jesus was another story altogether. I didn't quite know where He fit into my "big picture". If He was the way, the truth and the life, then why wasn't He a bigger part of my life?
One weekend when I was 19, I went home from college like I did every weekend. I still had my high school job, KFC, that I worked during weekends. During my absence some new people had been hired, one in particular that eventually changed the course of my life. Her name is Deidre and she and her mother, an evangelist, introduced me to Jesus. Deidre invited me to her house one day after work and her mother prayed with me to accept Jesus into my heart. I'd done this before, but she explained to me what it was I was actually doing. She helped me to understand that I was not only inviting Jesus into my life, but I was committing myself to learn about Him and become more like Him over time. She explained to me that I was to get to know Him as a person and communicate with Him as a friend. She gave me a New Testament bible, told me to read John 15 and call her if I had any questions about it.
That summer I got a job closer to school and stopped going home as often, but I kept reading John 15 like I was told and even expanded to reading the entire Bible. My mom suggested I read through Romans, which I did. I was amazed. I had no idea there was so much more to God and to Jesus. I kept reading, talking and praying with Deidre and her mom and learning for the next year or so until about 2002 when my family moved to another city. I strayed away from God because I didn't have anyone there pushing me like I used to. But even though I strayed away, He stayed somewhere in my mind and God kept nudging me until I eventually came back to Him in 2006 and that's where I've been ever since.
Getting to know Jesus personally has been THE best decision I made and the best thing to happen to me in all my 30 years on this earth. I always felt like I never fit in and now I know that it's because I was never meant to. God meant for me to stand out and be separated so that He can use me to reach other people for Him.
So that's me....daughter of the King, child of God and in love with Jesus.
I want to let people know who I am outside of my appearance, outside of what is seen. I am a daughter of the King, a child of God. I love Jesus and I try to emulate Him in the things I do in life. Am I always successful at that? Absolutely not. But it is reassuring to know that I gave Him my heart and He won't give up on me, no matter how many times I fall short of His expectations.
I am the daughter of a Methodist pastor and I grew up in the United Methodist church where I was a member until the age of 24. What happened at 24? Actually it began to happen at 19. I started to feel like there was more that I was somehow missing out on. I didn't quite know how to explain it then, but I know now that I wanted more from God. I kept hearing about this big God from other people and from my Bible, but I couldn't figure out how to make Him bigger in my life. Jesus was another story altogether. I didn't quite know where He fit into my "big picture". If He was the way, the truth and the life, then why wasn't He a bigger part of my life?
One weekend when I was 19, I went home from college like I did every weekend. I still had my high school job, KFC, that I worked during weekends. During my absence some new people had been hired, one in particular that eventually changed the course of my life. Her name is Deidre and she and her mother, an evangelist, introduced me to Jesus. Deidre invited me to her house one day after work and her mother prayed with me to accept Jesus into my heart. I'd done this before, but she explained to me what it was I was actually doing. She helped me to understand that I was not only inviting Jesus into my life, but I was committing myself to learn about Him and become more like Him over time. She explained to me that I was to get to know Him as a person and communicate with Him as a friend. She gave me a New Testament bible, told me to read John 15 and call her if I had any questions about it.
That summer I got a job closer to school and stopped going home as often, but I kept reading John 15 like I was told and even expanded to reading the entire Bible. My mom suggested I read through Romans, which I did. I was amazed. I had no idea there was so much more to God and to Jesus. I kept reading, talking and praying with Deidre and her mom and learning for the next year or so until about 2002 when my family moved to another city. I strayed away from God because I didn't have anyone there pushing me like I used to. But even though I strayed away, He stayed somewhere in my mind and God kept nudging me until I eventually came back to Him in 2006 and that's where I've been ever since.
Getting to know Jesus personally has been THE best decision I made and the best thing to happen to me in all my 30 years on this earth. I always felt like I never fit in and now I know that it's because I was never meant to. God meant for me to stand out and be separated so that He can use me to reach other people for Him.
So that's me....daughter of the King, child of God and in love with Jesus.
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