Hey all,
I am new to blogging, so bare with me. The first time I thought hard about starting a blog was one day at Fuel (a campus ministry in Macomb). Many times people would talk about evangelizing others around campus through public speaking or singing. While I can do both, they are not my strong suit. I write, and I love doing it. The plan of attack is not to throw the Bible in your face. That often scares more people than encourages them. So, what I am going to do is start of by explaining my journey, and the things that led me to God and finding MY religion.
First off, I was baptized as a baby. My mother is Methodist and that is one thing that her religion does. Then, when I was about five (this is what I can remember) my neighbor, and my parent's landlord, took me to Sunday School at her Lutheran church. I continued there while my family lived in the house that they rented from her.
Once I started daycare, I had a religious babysitter. She would take daycare kids, as well as her own kids, to her Baptist church. There, we would go to to Awana, youth group for elementary school and middle school students.
When my time came to an end at daycare, so did my time with the Baptist church. I, then started going to my grandmother's Methodist church, and continued going there for many years to come. However, one fateful year, I was introduced to a Christian church camp, Camp Macgomery (Camp Mac). At camp, I learned about the Christian religion. I found that those people were the ones who I fit in with. I understood where I was, and where I needed to go when I was with them.
It is because of Camp Mac that I found my significant other, and now fiance, Ethan Sheley.
I became best friends with a girl named Autumn at Camp Mac. We would get together as often as possible, but it was difficult because we lived over an hour away from one another.
During this time, I had just broken up with my boyfriend because he had cheated on me. In that moment I prayed to God, "Lord, I am done dating. Please, when the time is right put the right man in my life. You know what I want and what I need. I am putting this in your hands now."
Little did I know that God would answer my prayer very quickly. Autumn came over to spend the night at my house, and told me that she went to school with a guy who just got out of a relationship, and that we would be perfect together. I told her that I did not want to be a rebound, but I would be his friend.
So, she introduced me to a guy named Ethan. We talked everyday for a month, and then he asked me out (this was the first time a guy asked me out, and I did not ask him out). I said yes, and we began dating.
Our first date was a trip with his school to Six Flags. We talked the entire bus ride to Six Flags, mostly about music. It was a good thing that I was a Boston fan.
When we went to ride the log flume, he bent down to tie his shoe. Once he finished, he stood up, put his hand one my face and kissed me. Since then, we have been together. It has been over five years now, and we are officially engaged to get married next September.
This is where I will end today's blog. Next time I will explain how God has moved me to the Christian religion, and how with Him I was able to go to college. God is amazing, and I am nothing without Him. I certainly would not have the relationships I have today, if I did not have God.
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