Single Mom

1 – My life before Christ was good for the first almost 30 years. I had been able to fulfill a lifelong dream of owning a horse. I was married, had a son who is still the light of my life next to Christ, and I had actually been able to quit my job and stay home with my son, another dream. Then when my son was two, my world turned upside down. I had decided to return to church and take Chris with me. My husband decided he didn’t want to be a husband or father anymore and left our lives completely. The next 18 years of raising my son alone were the hardest and most frightening I ever lived. It was a true nightmare I couldn’t seem to wake up from.
2 – I came to trust Christ as my Savior step by step. When my son was about four I was baptized, not sure really what it meant, but knew it was something I wanted to do. My main issue of trust was my finances, because it was an area I always seemed to fail in.

3 – My life has changed tremendously since I’ve learned to trust Christ.  I have learned to listen, hear and “know” the voice of my Lord. I still have challenges, but I no longer see them as all encompassing and controlling thoughts, unable to sleep. I no longer live in fear of what if ………………. I see them in short term, not forever. I’ve learned “this too shall pass.”  If I had never had the earlier struggles I don’t really know if I would be where I am now spiritually.