My testimony

Recently I was asked to provide my testimony. After praying about it and asking God to help me share but not write a novel because to share all that God has done in my life truly would be a novel. I felt lead to post this here for others to see just how amazing our God is! if you have questions please contact me, I would love to share a conversation with you about how you can also have this kind of an amazing change in your life. To experience a relationship that will be the most amazing relationship of your life.

At the age of 16 at a Fall Youth Retreat, with my local church, the Evangelical Covenant Church in Royal Palm Beach Florida and through the ministry of a College group called Heart Song, from North Park College, and a drama production they did at that retreat, I came to realize in a very real way that it was my sins that helped nail Jesus to the cross.
I also understood that He allowed it and did this willingly because of His love for me and because He desired a relationship with me that was impossible due to the sin that separated me from a perfect and holy God. I was undone by this knowledge that I (because of my sins) was just as guilty of His death as the Roman Centurions who nailed his hands and feet to the cross and stabbed him in the side to hasten his death. I understood King David’s cry to God that it was against Him and Him only that he had sinned. (although it would me many years before I would ever read that verse, i fully understood the concept) I spent time that evening with one of the youth workers. Through prayer, I confessed my sins to God and repented by making a decision to change my behavior and lifestyle to make God the LORD of my life. I wanted to become a follower of His. For many years after, I did not have the discipleship necessary to become the women God had created me to be. I also struggled with who was going to be in control of my life, me or God. God in His relentless pursuit of me finally helped me to understand just how much He Loved me, that He was trustworthy, and truly wanted only the best for me. I learned that He desired that I take my relationship with Him to a much deeper level and now through that process, and the lessons I am still learning from Him, He has placed in my heart a passion to share with women the lessons He has taught me. Like Titus 2: 3-5 says to teach the younger women. So I feel God’s call to teach, mentor and encourage those who may profit from all that Christ has taught me about His Love and provision for his daughters. There is no doubt in my mind that God has called me to do this. I know I would never choose the difficult task of encouraging those who truly find themselves and their children in desperate situations and without hope. However, when I am actively engaged with one of these young moms, or even with a teenage young women trying to figure out what now? I come away from those encounters energized and full of Praise for My God who delights in his daughters and has made extravagant promises to them to protect and provide. He has even mapped out a future full of Hope and purpose for them and their children. When I see one of them, though a series of activities and answered prayer, where the Holy Spirit brings them to an understanding of what that purpose is and then they start taking steps to become all that God created them to be. Then I find myself standing in amazement of my God, and find it is a privilege to walk along side these women and watch God draw them close to Himself and do amazing things in their lives!