His Peace mending my peices

It has been a while since I have lost written, blogged or whatever and a lot has changed. I am a new creation. The God who my mom introduced me too when I was younger got a hold of me and I know I will never be the same again! Thank you Jesus!! I am a walking testimony that I can do bad all by myself but with Him I can do better!!! I was a single mom with 7 kids with 5 different dad's struggleing on the government's handouts, with a huge chip on my shoulder and no real hope to get out. Then along came Christ.......He found me in my self imposed prison of shame, poverty, loniliness and hoplessness. He scooped me and my 6 children out of the hole, placed me in the most unlikely place in the world and sent godly people to me ,to love on me and my 6 children. Two months later my little number 7 came into the world. The first of my 7 to know what it feels like to be unconditionally loved and celebrated. My new friends threw a baby shower for me, tripped over themselves to help me while I was delivering Wyatt and have contiued to bless me on daily basis by either words or deeds!!

I had made such a mess of my life....but as Joyce Meyers says "God can take our mess and make it a message" I was in another relationship that was failing misrably, my kids were unhappy and I was unhappy. In a wirlwind of circumstances that God carried us through I took the prodigal daughter's pilgramage back to my home town where I began to really seek God and He began to work in me. He forgave me, He restored me but most of all He loved and continues to love on me. He put mentors in my life that not only showed me love but loving correction.

My family was one of biggest supporters. My brother took in my children while I searched for housing that would accomodate us. He and his wife helped my son's with their homework, supported them in their school endevours and showed Christian love by example in their everyday life. When I had my youngest they had my other 6 plus their three until friends came and relieved them. I honestly don't know where I would be without my brother's encouragement to move back home and the reminder that I needed to return to the God that our mother had introduced us to in our childhood. Thank y0u to my friends new and old, Thank you to my brother and his wife who never gave up and Thank you to God who believes in more the second chances!!