Oh mercy me . . . a 'bio' . . . who am I?
I describe myself two ways -
I was brought up in California during the 'hippy/flower child' time. My grandmother was my stability as my mother and father were divorced when I was only six months old, I never knew my father until my teens when I met him at my grandfather's funeral. My mother did remarry right before I turned six, but it was my grandmother who influenced me the most. She was a missionary nurse in China and ended up fleeing for her life. She loved the Lord, loved poetry, loved flowers, loved music - I got that all from her.
I remember sometimes waking up at her home and no one was around - (they might have been down in the garden) and I was SURE the rapture had taken place and I was left behind because I wasn't good enough.
She passed away when I was fourteen. I was devastated!
My mother and step-dad (daddy, I always call him, even now) loved me, but my mind did not comprehend that until I was in my 30's! So, even though I had asked Jesus into my life in 1970, I sought out love in many other areas - none of them God honoring OR right!
To make a long story short, I left home at an early age, married at 17, divorced at 19 (on the very day I gave birth to my very premature son - my third pregnancy) - it was a VERY abusive situation. My faith had its ups and downs. I loved God, but it wasn't a true walk with Him (on my part, anyway, He is ALWAYS faithful, even when we are not). I remarried and lived in the midwest for over 30 years and we had been blessed with a wonderful daughter (after numerous miscarriages, she was my 10th pregnancy). Life was complicated, rough, not anything like I thought it would be, and my faith still had its ups and downs.
It took the crisis of my precious daughter - an interrupted SIDS (crib death) incident to get me back on track in my walk with the Lord...but not completely, sadly, until I was forced (due to my own physical issues) to place her in a care facility at age 6. THEN when I was completely empty of me and did not know who I was anymore, or what I was on the planet for (actually tried to take my own life), God was able to step in and take all the 'head knowledge' I had of Him and pour it directly down into my inner being. Honestly, I felt like I wasted the first 20 years of my Christian walk . . . which is why one of the MAIN desires of my heart, my PASSION is for discipleship.
Over the years the Lord brought me through many struggles, filled me with many blessings, showed me that He was truly my everything. I served Him with everything I had - and in 2008 took a sabbatical from 'Ministry' (for a year, I thought) that brought me into a seeking of where He wanted me to be and what He wanted me to do. That lead me on a journey down to Texas to become Frank's wife. That, in itself is a HUGE story and testimony that we will be sharing.
GOD IS GOOD!!!!
I describe myself two ways -
- His handmaiden - because it is my heart's desire to be first and foremost His servant. A vessel He can freely use for His glory and the furthering of His Kingdom
- a FOG walker - because I walk in the Favor Of God (my main blog is "FOGwalkerBirdie" - Birdie being the nickname my late ministry partner gave me due to my always singing)
I was brought up in California during the 'hippy/flower child' time. My grandmother was my stability as my mother and father were divorced when I was only six months old, I never knew my father until my teens when I met him at my grandfather's funeral. My mother did remarry right before I turned six, but it was my grandmother who influenced me the most. She was a missionary nurse in China and ended up fleeing for her life. She loved the Lord, loved poetry, loved flowers, loved music - I got that all from her.
I remember sometimes waking up at her home and no one was around - (they might have been down in the garden) and I was SURE the rapture had taken place and I was left behind because I wasn't good enough.
She passed away when I was fourteen. I was devastated!
My mother and step-dad (daddy, I always call him, even now) loved me, but my mind did not comprehend that until I was in my 30's! So, even though I had asked Jesus into my life in 1970, I sought out love in many other areas - none of them God honoring OR right!
To make a long story short, I left home at an early age, married at 17, divorced at 19 (on the very day I gave birth to my very premature son - my third pregnancy) - it was a VERY abusive situation. My faith had its ups and downs. I loved God, but it wasn't a true walk with Him (on my part, anyway, He is ALWAYS faithful, even when we are not). I remarried and lived in the midwest for over 30 years and we had been blessed with a wonderful daughter (after numerous miscarriages, she was my 10th pregnancy). Life was complicated, rough, not anything like I thought it would be, and my faith still had its ups and downs.
It took the crisis of my precious daughter - an interrupted SIDS (crib death) incident to get me back on track in my walk with the Lord...but not completely, sadly, until I was forced (due to my own physical issues) to place her in a care facility at age 6. THEN when I was completely empty of me and did not know who I was anymore, or what I was on the planet for (actually tried to take my own life), God was able to step in and take all the 'head knowledge' I had of Him and pour it directly down into my inner being. Honestly, I felt like I wasted the first 20 years of my Christian walk . . . which is why one of the MAIN desires of my heart, my PASSION is for discipleship.
Over the years the Lord brought me through many struggles, filled me with many blessings, showed me that He was truly my everything. I served Him with everything I had - and in 2008 took a sabbatical from 'Ministry' (for a year, I thought) that brought me into a seeking of where He wanted me to be and what He wanted me to do. That lead me on a journey down to Texas to become Frank's wife. That, in itself is a HUGE story and testimony that we will be sharing.
GOD IS GOOD!!!!
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