One could say there are many other things a person could do and this is true. But this is what I am going to do.
What will happen if you follow me on this journey of 2023...
I can't give anything specific but I can say that you will hear about Jesus, being a mom, more Jesus ( I kind of have a thing for this Jesus guy) probably flowers since I'm a florist, my dog's since I have two of those and last but not least food, because I like it a lot too.
In the past couple years I have been working on my degree in ministry with a big focus on Theology. I have finally graduated and I am ready to start my journey, well sort of.
You see I went to church for a number of years as a child and through my teenage years, and a tiny bit into the 20's but then it gets a little dicey. I had this awkward stage of about 10 years of who knows what I was thinking. I was angry mostly, with God, with my family, and certainly with me.
In that 10 years I ran as hard and as fast from God and I could. I met my ex-husband and had 2 amazing boys. Then somewhere around the end of my 10 years of whatever, something changed. I can't put my finger on exactly what it was but something clicked in me and this war broke out in my home and life was just not good.
In 2015 my ex-husband left and the world seemed to just be crumbling under me. I went a tiny bit crazy, but in 2016 we finalized our divorce. *gasp...
Sometime shortly after that I started going back to church again. I don't know what exactly it was that drove me there but that's where I found myself. After a breakup with my fiancé in 2017 I made my way into the church again for good. I found a place I think I could call home.
That's where the journey began for me...
I spent time there as a wall flower for a little while, then one day I just felt like I needed to get involved.
I began to serve and then when the internship came open I stepped into it. (I'll get into more of that later) and then the opportunity came to go back to college and I stepped into that.
Fast forward to today and so much has changed over the course of a few years.
This has been an awesome ride and I can't wait to see what God has next for me.
Many people asked what I am, (I think they mean denomination like Baptist or something.) and the truth is, I'm a Christ follower, and full Bible believer. I believe that the Old Testament has just as much of the good news as the New Testament, you just have to pay attention a little. I don't stick to one denomination (that's a story for another day), I don't follow the teaching of Calvin or Smith or Luther as if they are the gospel. I follow Christ. Those men had a lot of wisdom and knowledge but they it is still the theology of men. I think we can learn a lot from them and we should but I refuse to follow the teaching of men. I choose Jesus!
I believe the Corporate church is not the church of the Bible and that the church in the first century looked very different and we need to get back to our roots (I'll discuss that later too). I believe because of that fact many many people don't have a clue how to study the Word but they do know how to parrot the preacher.
I lead a small group of people that focus on doing life along side each other. We work with widows and are gathering in a borrowed space, we have worship, bible study, a lesson, and fellowship. We don't participate in the corporate church as is traditionally seen in our country, and as far as I can tell I never will again.
It's interesting to have people talk down to me as if I am clueless because I don't want the corporate feel to how we gather, but that's ok. They have to give an account for what they say when they meet the creator.
I choose to speak up for the people that can't speak for themselves.
I look forward to sharing with you as we go along this year.
I pray you all have a blessed day and I will post soon!
