I was very blessed growing up to have a mom who trusted in God for everything. My dad was an alcoholic. He had a great heart but he allowed alcohol to place him in a defeated life. Therefore my mom had to work two jobs to provide for our family. My mom never panicked when she couldn’t make ends meet. She always told us that God would take care of all of our needs. She not only took us to hear God’s word, she showed us in her life that she believed that He would. You know what? He always did.

Even with seeing her faith I didn’t have that peace in my heart. I knew all about who Christ was in other people’s lives but since I had no real relationship with my dad I found it hard to believe that God could love me that much. At the age of 13 my Sunday school teacher shared with me her story of how Christ changed her life. She had grown up in much the same life that I had. That she didn’t see how God could love her but that once she accepted Christ and His promises she knew a great peace in her life. That day I accepted Christ into my heart and life and that peace most certainly came into my life.

Could I possibly know that having that peace and having seen God always prove faithful in His promises to my mom would take me through the two darkest seasons of my life? At the age of 30 I lost my twin sister in a tragic car accident. Seven years later my marriage and dreams of a family ended when my husband chose to live a homosexual lifestyle and end our marriage. Though my heart was broken as a result of these two things in my life, that Peace of Christ never left me. He was my Rock and my Joy. He promised me that He would never leave me or forsake me (Hebrews 13:5). He also promised me in Jeremiah 29:11 that He knew the plans that He had for me and they were plans to prosper me and not to harm me. That HE had a future and hope for me. Unlike any human, He has always kept His Promises to me. Now He has blessed me to serve Him in ministry and share with others my story of what He has done in my life.