I'm an artist first and a writer second. I'm also a quilter and a gifted creative individual.

My gifts come directly from our generous God. None of my quilts or artwork will survive forever, so now I write.

What I write, will last and live on forever. I don't write because I'm particularly good at it.

I write because I'm someone who loves to stories. I greatly enjoy telling stories.

God in His Wisdom has blessed me with hundreds of stories to tell. Stories that include great sorrow, sadness, depression, joy, faith, hope, and love.

We can choose to be a victim our entire lives or learn to grow through a traumatic past. God is great for that purpose.

My stories cannot possibly be made up. One must experience them for full appreciation.

I pray you never have to experience the trauma lived through in my youth. I'm an undeserving sinner and beggar before Christ.

Yet I'm loved despite my sinful nature. I'm free because my sin died upon the cross with the death of Christ.

I am loved and called to return that love to others. Something I struggle mightily with.

A cross I have to pick up daily and struggle to carry. Christ took from me the punishment that I deserve.

While it doesn't free me from the earthly consequences of my sin. I'm free from the ultimate death and eternal separation from Christ because of my sin.

I've lived a hard life and realized I'm not alone. Many people live seemingly impossible lives and survive them.

Not completely unscathed though. A wound or many wounds and scars are left behind.

I write as an emotional response and release to particular events or reactions to things that take place, good and bad in my life. God has a lesson for us in everything that happens in our lifetime.

Learning to love through our circumstances is key. We gain closeness to God when we understand the message of the cross.

The ultimate sacrificial love. Christ chose death on the cross for our sins, because of His great love for us.

There is and will be no greater love. I love both cautiously and deeply.

Love often surprises and frightens me. I am God's benefactor and of His love.

One thing is clear. I'm loved by the greatest love there is.

Psalm 34:8 Taste and see, that the Lord is good: blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him. 1 Corinthians 13:13 "So now faith Hope, and love abide, these three, but the greatest of these is love.

" 1 Corinthians 13:8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

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