It won’t take long being around me or reading my writing to have a pretty good start on knowing me. To start things off, though, here are the basics…

I love the Lord deeply. I wake up every morning fighting to give up my selfishness and arrogance and put Him the place He rightly deserves on the throne of my life. I am so very humbled by His grace and redemption. I am undeserving. I am messy. Most days it’s a fight to the finish, but making Him central to all that I say and do is the fuel of my life.

I am crazy about my family. My husband and kids have been such a source of joy and refining. Loving them more and seeing my purpose in their lives has shaped me into a better human. I like the simple peace of spending my days with my boys. I love cooking for them. There’s something blissful about feeding others and meeting that very basic need. I especially love sitting around our picnic table in the yard, by the garden, eating with my family. Being a wife has fulfilled me in ways I could never understand before. Being a mom has humbled me in ways that I never knew were necessary…can I get an amen?!

My heart beats for the Church. Growing up, if you had asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have told you, “a lawyer,” before you could get the question out fully! I felt like everyone needed a good defense. But when I was 14, I felt a tiny seed take deep root in my core to serve God with my life. I could not know all that would mean, but I was sure of it.

I am still trying to figure out what I’m gonna be when I grow up, or when I’ll actually be grown up, but one thing’s certain, nothing ignites me like speaking the truth of God’s word. When I study His word, it comes alive and transforms me like nothing else. If we spent a little while together, you would know, there are a LOT of things I like to talk about….I am a communicator and I have an opinion on most subjects. I have an educational background in Psychology, Christian Counseling, and Marriage & Family Counseling and on any given day, you may hear me weighing in on parenting, marriage, school issues, politics, my favorite restaurant, or the even the best lip balm I’ve ever found (it’s Waxelene, by the way). But nothing even comes close to helping others discover the truth found in God’s Word. That’s the good stuff.