Virtuous Woman

"A good woman is hard to find, and worth far more than diamonds"

Proverbs 31:10 -Message

When I was 11 yrs old, I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Throughout the years, my walk with the Lord was difficult and was a raging roller coaster due to how I viewed myself.  I constantly compared myself to others and was  more concern about "keeping up with the Jones"and fitting in with my peers. Which is extremely hard to do as a teenager. I did amazing things as a teenager for the Lord but I also did not fully grasp His love and His acceptance for me until my children were born.

So when I heard this verse for the first time when I was a teenager I told myself I could never be a virtuous woman because I wasn't good enough. Not realizing and fully understanding then what I know now that God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34) and what he does for one of His children He will do for the other.

I grew up in a Word Church but unfortunately along the way I believed the lies that I told myself, my environment more than I believed what God's Word said about WHO I WAS in Christ! I heard this recently, why do you think the devil works so hard to defeat you and bring you down....Because God has plans for your life and it is easier to throw distractions in your path to deter you away from God's purpose in your life.

From age 29-32 yrs old I ran completely away from God just like a football player running with the ball trying to reach that touchdown line that was me running hard and fast away from God Almighty. I lost my purpose and I didn't want to hear anything that God or anyone else had to say.  On my back I carried a heaviness of bitterness, anger, unforgiveness, and resentment. In my running season I ran smack into the arms of my loving husband. Yep! God always has a way to bring you back to Him even using situations and people to do so. When I was dating my husband I learned he was raised in a Baptist Church and has a heart after the Lord but due to unfortunate situations out of his control as a young man that relationship he once had with Jesus was temporary out of the picture. Until smack, he met me. :) See how God works. I had a divine appointment with my Heavenly Father and so did my husband. God knew my heart and knew my deepest desires for a man of God, Godly marriage, and raising children in good Godly home.

At the end of the day my tests in my life brought me back to His feet in a new, fresh anointing that I fully can grasp, love and appreciate now. All the while it brings God the Glory for His goodness! I no longer want or desire to be a lukewarm Christian like Revelation 3:16 speak of. I desire to strive and be more like Jesus in every way. Not basing God's Word on "how I feel or how it makes me feel, or what the situation is" Believing and Trusting Him in everything! So I decided to start reading and allow the Holy Spirit to teach and help me to fully understand Proverbs 31:10-31. For the next 30 days I am taken this challenge in a new light. Seeing God as He sees me - A VIRTUOUS WOMAN of GOD!

Until Next time

Taking One Step at a Time

Since I was a child I loved to write and ramble on paper or actually type on an actual typewriter. My thoughts and feelings would get lost during that time in my life when I felt lost and confused. Now as adult, I return to the love of writing with complete passion and with a better perspective on who I am in Christ, a mother, and a wife. I really hope you decide to follow with me on my journey that I am taking writing these blogs.

For close to two years I have been a Homemaker/Stay at Home mom. I fully didn't understand completely my important role of being  technically "homemaker/stay at home mom" until recently. I have always wanted to be a mom as long as I could remember. In my 20's I became so angry and mad at God for not giving me a baby  and now I just smile and laugh. Realizing that sometimes you need to just go through things to prepare you for better things. Even during those days that I felt mad, I still heard God's still small voice say to me, "it's not time, your day is coming."

Looking back and understanding anyone young girl or woman can get pregnant and have a baby but it stands true it takes a lot of sacrifice, love, patience (which I am still working on), prayer, and lack of sleep to be a mother. The mother's role is deeper than I truly understood until Father God started showing me and telling me it's time to go deeper. Being a mom is also a  spiritual responsibility to your child/children.  I still don't see the big picture of what it takes to be a mother but I am learning day by day by the prompting and teaching of God's Word. God has given us Godly people to learn from and grow in Christ. Technology is great in some ways. We are down to one vehicle and my husband uses it to go to work and provide for his family. So all I have is to rely on other people (which I have always despised to do-just because I hate imposing on people to get me places). For awhile I was becoming angry and mad at the situation instead embracing this season in time.

Until I heard TD Jakes, talk about taking steps in our lives. Not leaps! Steps-one step at a time! Ps. 37:23 "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord." I sat there and listened intently and it felt like I had been asleep for 20 yrs and was just waking up to a fresh pot of coffee. My spirit, soul, and body was jolted and shocked with CPR from my Heavenly Father telling me, "WAKE UP! The Time is NOW!" Wow, refreshed with His Love, His Grace, and His Forgiveness! My road ahead of me is not going to be easy, but I'm holding on to His GRACE  and I know It's only a TEST! I don't have to feel unglued all the time but learn that my REACTION DETERMINES MY REACH!

Until next time,
Liz

Life is full of change

In life you never know how one person can impact another person life. People come and go from your life but during that season that they are in your life they have impacted and even changed you as a person. Hopefully for the good. I have been blessed to have many people come in my life that have helped me along in my path called Life. At times life just doesn't seem right or fair but as you grow you understand the one concept that your parents tried to get across to you from a young age: Life is not fair! You truly don't understand this concept until you are an adult after you have gone through trials and tribulations and overcome obstacles that have been thrown in your path.

I have decided to use this blog as a way for me to express freely without feeling I can't express myself in my writings. God has given each person a there own way of expressing themselves. Some people use photography where others express through writings. I am the person that has always used writing as a way to vent and to of course to talk to God about different situations. I hope this blog will become an inspiration to myself and others that no matter what the situation may be God is bigger and greater than any mountain!