I feel that this is a long time coming. Warriors was started as a campus ministry at Darton College back in 1996. By 1998, I began a website that a following from around the world. But by 2003 I had to let it go due to much health issues.
Since then, my life has turned upside down many times. In less than 4 years, I have adopted a child, had 3 surgeries, 12 hospital stays, 107 days in the hospital, and many more things that I can't even remember.
But through it all, God has been faithful. Every breath is a gift from Him.
I first want to start this blog off with some of my older postings from the 90's and early 2000's. Each night I will try to make at least a brief posting from Scripture and a few thoughts on what the Lord is showing me. I can't promise that I will be able to do this every day, as there are many things that vie for my attention these days - esp a little boy named Elijah.
Right now, he is sleeping beside me. He asked me tonight if he could sleep with me so he could kiss away my pain. How can anyone say no to that? He is strechted out across the bed with his leg across my stomach. The most precious gift in life outside of salvation is the love of a child.
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Tonight I am reading Romans 8. This particular chapter brings back a lot of memories. I was raised in a private Christian school and in the 6th grade, this was one of memory verses. That month, we memorized the whole chapter. I can honestly say that this was the one year that my life was changed. Because of that teacher (Mrs Brenda Bradley) I truly learned what it meant to seek God with all my heart, to desire Him above all others. And if she reads this, THANK YOU!
For me, this is one of the most powerful sections of Scripture. It shows God's plan - we have freedom in Christ Jesus, we are promised that nothing can separate us from His Love, we have been adopted into the Family of God, we are heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ - but this comes with one condition. That we walk after the Spirit of God and not after the desires of the human nature.
I would love to speak more on this tonight, but I have to head to the hospital tomorrow morning early.
Much love and God bless,
~Joy
