The Unlikely Missionary

It wasn’t until I was much older that I truly understood that Salvation was more than a get out of hell free card. I accepted Christ when I was a little girl. Partly because I had the fear of God in me but also because even as a child I understood the value of being loved no matter what you do. I have leaned on that truth constantly throughout my life. I often identified with Mary the mother of Jesus when it says she held these things in her heart Luke 2:19). I am very much like that. The words that people say to me or sow into me go straight to my heart, both good and bad. The good things can take me high but the bad things always take me real low and they linger. Being told you are not good enough even when you did your best or being excluded or being disqualified for no reason or being tossed aside for making a mistake messes with you. I often go to God in these moments God often comes to me and whispers to me but I love you, you are enough . This relationship has been crucial in m...

Is the gift of God through Jesus Christ our Lord. We get it all wrong when we tell people they are going to hell. So let me debunk some myths. Being gay doesn’t mean you are going to hell. Cursing doesn’t mean you are going to hell. Having sex before marriage doesn’t mean you are going to hell. Wearing skirts, having an abortion, voting for a female president, getting pregnant out of wedlock does not mean you are going to hell. _________ does not mean you are going to hell. In the blank please add that thing that was told to you in Sunday school so you wouldn’t do it. So the question isn’t what makes you go to hell. According to the Bible, the moment we were born we had a one way ticket there. There are no levels to this. There is no sin that is better than the next or is a little better or is a little worse than the others. The result of all of it is the same. No relationship with God and an eternity burning. "For the wages of sin is death ; but the gift of God is eternal life t...

Ain't nothing special about me. I'm just like you. I struggle. I get mad. I cuss from time to time. People piss me off. I have bad days. I doubt. I love. I laugh. I cry. I drink a  little every now and then. I love coffee. My kids and husband are my heart. The only difference is that when God sees me instead of my sin, He sees the blood of Jesus. I think people think that when you get saved you become perfect. That is a crock of bull! I will never be perfect. However, when I am in the midst of all that life brings I am never walking it alone. Jesus is always walking with me. There is comfort in knowing that I don't walk alone. I still am a sinner and always will be. My salvation doesn't stop my sinning, it allows me access to God in spite of my sin. I am not immune to bad things happening. Good things do not magically happen to me all the time. I am not rich and I am not happy all the time. All I did was accept God's gift of forgiveness and salvation. I've latch...