My Life as a Child of God

For the past two years I've been involved with an international group of writers at Faithwriters.com . It has been a tremendous blessing in my life to be with Christians of different denominations. The love I've felt from them and from my missionary mom's group has carried me through this year of change as my children leave home for the mission field.

You see, I'm a Child of God first and foremost. I've always loved Jesus. 23 years ago I dedicated myself to being a devoted wife and mother-- raising four righteous sons. In doing so I had to first become closer to our Heavenly Father myself. I realized quickly that they took up all my energy and attention. The hills and valley's were many. But as I made my own personal trials into stepping stones it paved the way for my children's devotion and love for their Savior Jesus Christ--the blessings far overshadowed the hardships we lived through. Somewhere along the way I began to find the Silver Lining in my own life. The joy that Heavenly Father blessed me with filled me up and soon I was able to share that hope and love of our Savior with people I met. I had found a spiritual maturity I'd never known before.

The past two years have been full of the biggest changes. Our sons are all stair-steps in age. I guess I never considered that they would all leave home at the same time. Once I did, I realized I needed to put more emphasis on what I wanted to do when I grew up! Smile... Suddenly it was my time again. I prayed and found that I still had the same dreams and aspirations I'd always had since childhood. I wanted to be a writer.

 The next week I found Faithwriters.com through an author I'd admired for years--Rachel Ann Nunes. Through a series of events and a trip to Utah I met a sister of my heart, Anita Stansfield. Her books carried me through years of illness and gave me hope. We became friends in minutes. My dearest friend Claudia here in MN has a sister in Utah who set up the meeting with Anita. I love them all so much. They are a constant source of support and encouragement like so many in my life. 

It was only a few short weeks after that prayer for direction, that I was published for the first time. I'd put my pen down for 23 years without a thought knowing my kids were a full time commitment. The blessings flow when you listen to the promptings of the spirit. I know this to be true.

The Internet can be used for both good and evil as we all know. I hope to make this blog something that you can come to for a lift in your day. Although my days are far from perfect and I struggle; I do try very hard to find humor and that Silver Lining in my daily life. I pray you'll find it in my words too.