How I met God

 I think I always sort of knew a lot about God because that’s just what happens when you grow up in a Christian home, go to Christian private schools and spend most of your time with other Christian people.  But I personally met with God in 2014. I mean He was always sort of stalking me wherever I was but I never truly took notice of Him until August 2014.  

I’m too exhausted right now to go into all the details, but basically I was a rotten mess and Jesus came and embraced me. I was covered in filth and He embraced me.  I gave Him no reason to approach me, but He did and He has loved me ever since.  I mean He has always loved me but I have now come to see it so clearly since the day I took notice of Him.  

And now—fast forward to 2022—these past 8 years have been the most meaningful in my entire life because they were years I have done with Jesus.  I haven’t stopped talking with Him, being with Him and making choices with Him like a barnacle.  We have been inseparable.  Life was not always easy these past 8 years but there was always this great hope no matter how bad things started to look and feel.  And I have never been disappointed with the life God has given me.  

I have never lacked anything. 

I have had peace in my heart beyond what most would dream of! 

I have had love and deep relationships and so much joy…

I know my story is only a continuation of what they call “the best is yet to come” as I walk into this next season of my life as a mother of 3.  As a mom of a child with Down Syndrome.  I would never have imagined this would be my life, but this uncertainty is me trusting that God writes my story and His ability to write a good story is much better than mine.