Simply Redeemed

1Thes 2:8 We loved you so much we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our own lives as well, because you had become so dear to us. I believe the Lord has done remarkable things in my life in order that I may share it with others for His glory...so here we go. The Lord's providence has been all over my whole life. And I mean my WHOLE life...but I'll start at age 8. When I was 8, my aunt and uncle so lovingly blessed me by sending me to Kanakuk a Christian athletic camp. That was the summer I first heard the Gospel. This was the same summer my two year old brother passed away. Divine providence one, I heard the Gospel, the promise that this life is not the end just a week or so before my precious brother went to be with the Lord. Thank the  Lord I had those promises to hold tight to in that dark time. The summer between 6th and 7th grade, my aunt and uncle again, obedient to the Lord's calling to love and pursue me offered to send me to a pri...

Something that is obvious to those who know me well...and let's be real, to those who don't...I am an emotional roller-coaster. I am EXTREMELY sensitive,moody and get irritated far too easily, as in I cry AT LEAST once a week, whether it be cause I am too happy, sad or stressed. If I'm not between like a 4 and 8 on the emotional scale, I'll probably cry at some point that day. The Lord has been revealing to me more and more this semester how I SO EASILY let my emotions and heart issues get the best of me, leading me to be dramatic and irrational. But once again I have to say "THANK YOU DADDY FOR YOUR GRACE!!!" In my quiet time I read through some of the Pslams and read about how John Calvin (who a lot of my friends speak of a lot yet I know little about) calls the Pslams the anatomy of the soul. They show the highs and lows - the entire human experience of joy, pain, victory and suffering and throughout it all, how God is sovereign over and loving to both...