I asked Jesus to be Savior of my life at the age of eight at Vacation Bible School in my home church in a small town in North Carolina. How thankful I am now for Him calling me at an early age, and how blessed I am to have spent so many years of my life as a child of the King of Kings!

My life may not reflect times of complete rebellion of what God wanted me to do, but I can see how so many of my choices and my lifestyle were so selfish and not God-honoring. Although I wasn’t in rebellion in the world’s eyes, I wasn’t in complete obedience. And, as I tell my young children, “Delayed obedience is disobedience!” I am sorry for the time of “delayed obedience” in my life because I missed out on much of the peace that a life of truly wanting to please God offers, but now I can look back at the past year or so and be amazed at the difference in delayed obedience and true, whatever-it-takes obedience. In February of 2006 I made a decision in my life that has been THE turning point of my life. I decided I could no longer just act like I wanted to be in the middle of God’s will for my life, I really wanted and needed to be there. And, for me, it took me openly saying and truly believing, “I’ll do anything for you, Lord. Just show me the way and I’ll go. If you lead, I’ll follow, any way, anytime, anywhere.” So, although I accepted Christ many years ago, I only surrendered to Him sixteen months ago. Since that decision, I can trust Him with my life completely, and it has led me on an indescribable journey of precious peace, astounding opportunity, and gigantic joy! It’s so exciting to wait on the Lord each day and let Him lead! Psalm 119:32 “I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free.”