"O taste and see how gracious the Lord is, Blessed is the man that trusts in Him."   Psalm 34:8

The Bride

The God who knew and loved me before He formed me has continued to extend His rich mercy to me throughout my life. He first blessed me with life in a loving, Christian family. He saved both my mom and dad in their childhood and allowed them to grow in Him in their church near Orlando, Florida. From the time I was born into their home, I freely heard about Christ and His power to save men and give them eternal life in Heaven with Him. God humbled my own heart and saved me from slavery to sin when I was very young, and He has continued to confirm His salvation in my life. I know that in His faithfulness He keeps me as His child. He has promised to never, ever leave or forsake His own! Consistently in my life, God has opened up opportunities for me to learn more about Him. In my young mind I expected the apex of that growth and learning would be the time when I would attend college. My family teases me about the days when I wanted to play like I was "packing to go to Bob Jones." I was only three or four years old! But the Lord was directing my steps even then. After attending a Christian school and having the wonderful experience of being homeschooled, the Lord did lead me to attend Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC. My whole family moved to Greenville in 1994, and I started at BJU in 1996. When I was growing up, I knew that I wanted to serve the Lord with all my heart. I dreamed of being a teacher, possibly on the mission field. I dreamed of being a doctor and reaching people for the Lord through my profession. I dreamed of being a wife and mother, as almost every little girl dreams. When I enrolled at BJU, I was not sure what the Lord was going to use me to do. My pre-med major changed to music, which in turn changed to French. As I worked through my years at BJU, I realized that the college experience was not the ultimate learning journey I had expected it to be - it was only another step in the life-long training that God has in store for me. There was a life to be lived after university was done! As the Lord was mercifully teaching me all of this, He was teaching me to trust Him to direct me. As I look forward the new life God is directing me towards, I am looking forward with confident expectation to see how God is going to continue to show us His amazing mercy and give us opportunities to be servants for Him.

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