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Welcome to our site, so glad you stopped by! We hope you find a little something here that will encourage you and give you hope that you are valued and loved! Your life is precious to God and to us as well. Our faith has brought us through some very challenging life circumstances and we hope that you find your way as well into trusting in the One who loves you most. God’s love is ever reaching to us and He knows every detail of our lives, our hopes, our dreams and our sorrows. His plans for us are good, He loves us above all His creation!

Stop by anytime and read the Blog; Treasures Beyond Measure, it is simply a little dose of encouragement and insight from God’s word to give you a boost and energize your spirit! Many times God uses people to speak into our lives and He will use you too! My friend Angela will be sharing as well. We are both survivors of abuse who have received healing from Jesus and are turning our pain into His purpose to reach others with His love! We are on a journey to become all that God created us to be. We invite you to come along on the course God has planned for you as well!

The Bible is the answer to all of life’s questions, it’s full of hope and the gospel…the good news about Jesus coming into the world to save us! God’s word saved my life and set me free from all the deception the world throws at us. I encourage you to read it daily, start with the gospels; Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, then read Romans.  It’s not so much about reading all of it very fast, it’s more about letting it sink into your heart and fall in love with the Creator as you read, even if it’s just a few verses. 

Talk to Him between reading, pause and listen with your heart. This is true prayer, just speaking your heart to God, being thankful and asking Him for help with your concerns.

You will find a help page with directions to other resources that are available for specific areas of needs. Please use them if they apply to your life. One of the traumatic circumstances of my life was living in a home with domestic violence and abuse. If this is you, you my friend are very dear to my heart. I want you to above all, be safe and know I understand what you’re going through and there is a way when there seems to be no way out. I cover you in prayer and encourage you to connect to local resources for help in making the changes needed to transition from fear to faith. Also to take the actions that need to be taken to freedom from a life of abuse. Sometimes that means just getting some good marriage counsel and if both people are in agreement, healing can happen! If there is physical abuse, fear of injury or degrading behaviors then a separation is needed to stop the abuse from happening. It can be very complicated and there is help for next steps to be safe. Only you can make that decision and reach out to people trained to successfully help you.

There are other resources for you if you want someone to pray with you as well, just choose one of the 24 hour prayer lines and call. You will find people who love to pray with others because they truly care. I call these people the very hands of Jesus reaching out to show His love.