RAVISHED

When I let God come into my heart He truly started to change it...I had to follow my HEART instead of following my mind. The only place Satan can get to is your MIND, God had my heart from the beginning.

A little bit about me... I grew up in a loving Christian home in Knoxville, Tennessee. I have one BEAUTIFUL little sister named Rosie, and a little Boston Terrier named Ellie. I went to a Christian school all through elementary and middle school, then a public school all through high school. My parents got divorced when i was a freshman in high school. Thats right about when things started getting a bit twisted. I started to rebel against any authority, which led me to bad decisions, bad situations, and bad consequences. 

The beautiful thing about a broken life, is what God can do to it. He turned my pain, my pride, my selfishness, my shame, into something so beautiful. God had his hands around me through it all! His promises never fail. God's love for us is bigger than anything we can comprehend. Tonight as I sit here marveling at God's amazing grace, I think back to my past. No matter how much I had sinned, no matter how many times I ran from God, HE NEVER STOPPED LOVING ME. How amazing is that? I just want to tell the whole world!! The freedom I have right now I want to share! God amazes me. 

I always thought the quote "Follow your heart" was so dumb. I never had a response for it, but now that I am saved by Jesus, I understand. For the 7 years I was running from God I would listen to my mind. I would make myself think things that totally were not true. I made myself believe I didn't need God. I was searching for truth in the wrong places, and finally I gave up. I gave up trying to be someone I wasn't, I gave up trying to run from the One who made me and gave His LIFE for me, I gave up trying to believe what SATAN was putting in my mind. The ONLY place Satan can get to is your mind. God had my heart from the very start. God had me in His hands all along, and when I finally decided to follow what God had put on my heart..... EVERYTHING changed.