I grew up in New York and lived there for the first 21 years of my life. In the wake of my parent’s unexpected and turbulent divorce when I was 12, I went into a place of emotional isolation and numbness that kept me from being able to connect with people and the world around me. After spending over a decade experiencing abandonment, abuse, loneliness, and rejection, I cried out to God wanting to know if He existed, and wondered if He could deliver me from this place of isolation and brokenness. In response to my cry, I found the God whose love reached to the uttermost parts of my heart, and Who went the distance in restoring a life that was broken and bruised. He can and will go where no person could ever go to rescue you from any emotional or spiritual bondage.
I was introduced to Jesus Christ as a child in church and even got saved when I was five years old, but I came to know the Lord Jesus Christ personally while I was at college. I began my journey of following the Lord and studying God’s Word like a Berean in this college season of my life. I searched the scriptures daily to see “whether those things were so”. Over the years, God has done a work of grace in my life through many seasons of living life in relationship with Him as my Father. He blessed me with a caring, supportive, faithful, God-loving husband to do life with in Pennsylvania. Together we raised three wonderful children, and now have two daughters-in-law, one son-in-law, and four beautiful grandchildren (and counting!).
My story is one that reveals God’s willingness and ability to reach the brokenhearted, heal the debilitating emotional wounds that are hidden far from view, and transform a life into one full of joy that is found in His presence alone. Most of my healing and deliverance has taken place during my quiet times with my Heavenly Father as I read and prayed through His Word. My prayer is that you will be inspired to enter into God’s presence as you read of my journey from brokenness to wholeness so that you too can experience the richness of the unfailing love of the God who longs to make you His very own.
Psalm 40:1-3
“I waited patiently for the Lord to help me,
And He turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the muck and mire,
He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along.
He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to God,
Many will see what He has done and be amazed,
They will put their trust in the Lord.”