“I think our stories of who we are..are honestly amazing!!..because a lot of times our stories are what lead us to the Savior..Amen..because I think that the person in whom we used to be is not the person in whom we are now..Amen..because even myself when I begin to tell others of who I was and what I did..you know your testimony..your story..it really seems to be unreal..because everything I was to everything I am now..is two completely different people..Amen..I mean I am me..don’t get me wrong..but that attitude..that mean little girl..that party girl..that do whatever I want to girl..has gone..and has been gone for over twenty some years now..Amen..but my story is a unique one to say the least.

My story is what made me in whom I am today..because you see the Lord began to deal with me as a teenager..and He began changing me..and renewing me..Romans 12:2..from a very young age..because the things I did do..I did at a young age..but it was through those things that I knew that I needed a Savior..the Lord instilled in me a fear of Him..Isaiah 11:1-3..not like I am scared of Him type of fear..but a fear to know that there is consequences for my actions..there is something that I will reap from what I myself sow in my life..Galatians 6:7..and that I do get out of life what I myself decide to put in it..Amen

So if you are at a place in your life where the Lord is correcting..Hebrews 12:6..where the Lord is changing you and growing you..then just hold on through the process..because you see the thing about it all is that you have to know the Lord for yourself..you can’t really take someone else’s word about who He is..and what all He can do for you..Amen..but it is through the process that you learn who Jesus is..and that He loves you..and that He is your very best friend in this life..for you see God changes us..from the inside out..and it does not happen over night..it happens little by little..by the choices and the decisions it is that we make..we do better daily..Amen..choosing to know that everything we do we do unto the Lord..1 Corinthians 10:31

Because we are His and He alone is ours..Amen..we represent Him..for we are being held in our Saviors hands..He is molding us..and He is keeping us always..Amen..so we pray through the growth..we trust Him no matter what..because God has a great plan for our lives..Jeremiah 29:11..and God is in control..for life is short..it does not last forever..the only thing that does is heaven..Amen..and that is where our home will be..so we hold fast for heaven..we stand strong here in this world..and we live our lives..shining for Jesus..being His hands and His feet..sharing His goodness with all mankind..Amen..for there is no life apart from our Savior..for He is our life..He is the way as the bible says..He is the way the truth and life..John 14:6

He is the mighty God..He is our strong Tower..He is our refugee..and our complete everything..everything we will ever need in all of this world..for He is Messiah..He is Lord..and He is in control over it all..and will always be in control..for there is none before Him and there is none above Him..for He is the I AM that I AM..Exodus 3:14..and what a wonderful and fantastic I AM that He is!!!..How I love and adore our Father..for if it had not been for the Lord where would we be?..Psalm 124:1-2..I can’t help but think of where I would be..so today and everyday that I live..I praise my Savior..and I thank Him for all that He has done..for this ole West Virginia girl..for He came and found me!!..Hallelujah!!!..He reached way down low..and grabbed me up..and picked me up..and dusted me off..and began to have a journey with me..one that has been one that I will never forget..how faithful and how wonderful He has been..it’s been one that has been up and down..and sometimes round and round..not always has it been easy..not always has it been fun..but in the end of it all..one thing it was..was worth it..Amen!!

All the test and all the trials..so I praise and I thank Him as the song sings and as the song says..cause if I never had a problem I wouldn’t know that God can solve them..I wouldn’t know what faith in God can do..but through it all..Yes, through it all..I learned to trust in Jesus..I learned to trust in God..and my heart and my prayer is that for you..that through it all you trust and lean on Jesus..always and forever..for you and your life..for it is in His name, Jesus’ name, that I do ask and pray..Amen and Amen..Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi