The Sky Is Always Blue.....Always

               To the casual observer, I appear to be a thirty-something wife, mother of five,  daughter, sister, and friend. I am all those things, but more than that, I’m an  “Overcomer.”   To really know who I am and what you’ll discover in my story, pause for a  moment, find a mirror, and peer deeply into your own eyes. There you’ll find me.

            The color of our skin may differ, our cultures may be worlds apart, and we may disagree on political issues and even have opposing religious beliefs. Beyond every barrier that appears to separate us, we share a common strand that ties our hearts together and is reflected in your eyes. You and I both have pain.

            I know not a soul who rejoices in suffering, but the truth be told, it’s woven into the very fabric of who we are. Character, faith, values, strength, and endurance are all created on the loom of life, and oh how it hurts to have our threads twisted and spun. Oftentimes we have no sense of the design until the project is completed, so we must learn to trust the One who already knows what the final product will be, and allow Him to apply the proper pressure to push us through His skillful hands.

            My journey of Trust has been arduous and frankly not so “pretty” to tell. My deeply troubled soul lay awake countless nights, pleading with my mind to cooperate with my heart. I fought through gruesome bloody wars in the confines of my unquiet mind. At the height of these sufferings, the horror became intolerable and I was overwhelmed by insanity. However, it was here—right in the middle of the madness—that His Love penetrated the blackness, breaking forth the dawn of new life within. Perpetually stumbling, I landed safely in His arms and fell deeply in love. Our love relationship was not developed in a church or on a holy mountaintop, but in the wreckage of my tattered soul.

           My story of divine rescue is compelling evidence that God is real. The collisions of my humanity with His divinity, my weakness with His strength, my inability with His provision, and my despair with His eternal hope formed the foundation for “Remember ME” ® Jewelry, Inc. He said to bind my testimony around my neck, that I might always “Remember” His Love and Faithfulness as it is uniquely expressed through Symbols and Poetry. These treasures from Heaven were lifelines scribbled onto scrap pieces of tear-stained paper in the middle of the night, providing the nourishment I needed for that moment. These were not merely doctrinal truths, but living Hope tattooed on my soul by the finger of God.

           I would not trade these past fifteen years of suffering for all the world’s treasure, for in this place I have come to know by personal experience the boundless expanse of God’s extravagant Love … not merely acquiring intellectual knowledge about God, but knowing Him in all the special, intimate ways one knows a cherished friend. True freedom is found in the knowing. It’s the reason that I wrote this book.

           May every shackle be loosed, every bondage obliterated, and every fear be suffocated by the knowledge of His unfathomable Love.

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