Life Verse

Yet another amazing topic shared amongst a few amazing women. This week my fellow Jesus lovin' coffee sippin' baby mommas and myself are all discussing our "life verse".


I do not come from a Christian up bringing. Baptized as a baby and as a young girl made my first Communion at St. Martin dePours Catholic Church. My rents split up when I was in Elementary school, and we no longer attended that church (or any church until my dad started going to Metro Tab with my Aunt Jeanne). 

I did the whole rebellious teen thing. I was the worse of the worst, and I pray that my children are nothing like me. From middle school until my early twenties I did what I wanted when I wanted how I wanted, and lied to certain people (mom) so they didn't know how much of a train wreck I was.


When I was in my late teen years, 19 ish, I began coming to a Christian church ( well I had been there a ton before but never really wanted to live for Christ until around this age when I knew I was on a fast train to rock bottom and maybe needed a little help) but after feelin' better about myself and knowing I wanted to have a life with Christ in it,  I still went on to do my own thing. I cleaned up my act a bunch but I was still living a life full of sin and selfishness and just all kinds of un lady like actions.

I am definitely leaving out a lot of stuff to make this as short as possible. Just sayin

So jumping years ahead....to present day. I have surrendered my life to God and am living (well trying, failing a bit but still workin it out)  a life for Christ. However I am new at this, and I tend to fall back into certain ways. I tend to find myself at times talking with the potty mouth I used to, but I feel guilty about it. 


I will go out and have some drinks, catch a buzz (or more) and then feel super convicted inside about it. I will hear about things my friends are doing and feel jealous in a way. 


There is more to it, and it has been a battle for me to make the right choices. It has been hard to choose God over my own wants. 

That, however, is not the way of life you learned when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus.You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;to be made new in the attitude of your minds;and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.Ephesians 4:20-24

This verse came to me in a text from a good friend of mine, and I realized that God has been trying to tell me what the business is. I want to do these old things, then I feel all crappy about them..why?... because I know the truth- because I know better.


So life verse? Maybe not. But I don't know the Bible so well, and my life up until now wasn't exactly full of situations where amazing verses were spoke to me. So right now, at this point in time, God has given me a verse to help keep me on my toes so that I can find my true life verse- and walk it out.

What I need right now, is for good to keep me in check. N thats what he did. He is being the disciplining Father and telling me I know better and I better act right before He smites me (jk...jk) but for real. how nice of Him..? Keeping me in line, making sure I keep on the path of righteousness so I can fulfill His plan.

I am thankful that during this time in my life; as I search for my life verse, I have Aniela, Alyssa, Emily & Rachel to turn to when I am slippin up, fallin down and high on life to talk it out with! See their life verses and catch a glimpse at how lucky blessed I am to have them in my life.


Yet another step forward