Do You Know My Jesus??

I was 11 years old when I was saved by His grace. And many times since then I have turned my back on Him. While on the other hand He has never left me.

I was riding down the road several months ago. My Mom was driving, I was looking out the window and being caught up in my own little world. We passed a church and on it's message board it said, "If you don't feel God's presence in your life, Guess who moved?" At that moment I started thinking about how things had changed for me in the past year. I had stopped going to church, I had stopped reading the Bible, I was living a worldly life...the list goes on. Then I thought "Ronda, are you happy?" I honestly had to answer "no". Because I wasn't happy. I knew that things would go better in my life if I was walking with Jesus daily. I had been there. I had walked with him. So why did I turn my back and walk away? I honestly cannot answer that. I just know I did.

About 2 weeks after that I started talking with God again. My prayers were simple and not very long at all but at least I was heading in the right direction. Then Todd came in one day and he really was upset about how I was keeping our home. So the next day I started cleaning and I cleaned like I never had before. (but that is another story for another page.) The next thing I know I could tell God was talking back. I was reading verses in the Bible that inspired me. (Proverbs 31, Titus 2:3-5) Next came homeschooling verses came to me about that so I started getting homeschool materials, before I was just using the internet. (Deuteronomy 11:19, Proverbs 22:6, Proverbs 29:17) Not just my way of life was changing, the kid's lives were too.

Things were going well and then a friend suggested a wonderful resource to me. It is called Managers of Their Homes or MOTH. It is a wonderful system that allows you to schedule your day to where you can get it all done (well at least more of it lol) and it is Christian based. Hmmm, another push in the right direction.

Then a few weeks after that the same friend told me about a list at e-groups for Christian women. This group of women are wonderful, loving and never judging (the same way that I try to be.) They are all so happy and joyful in the Lord that it brought me even closer. I have since left that list and even started my own.

He has changed my life and blessed me. I wear dresses/skirts everyday. (since I know you are going to ask why I will tell you later on.) I sing his praises and now I am happy and blessed. (that sentence in itself brings to mind a song.)

I love what He has done for me and that is the reason for my testimony to Him. He is so good to me! But there is something that I must tell you. He doesn't pick a select few to shine His love down on. John 3:16-17 says "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved." He can and will meet all of your needs.

WHY I WEAR DRESSES. I had been feeling convicted about this for quite some time. I hadn't read scripture about it at first but still something continually told me that I should be wearing dresses. I was an outspoken person and instead of letting my husband be the head of the house, I decided I should be.

So I thought I should be more feminine, softspoken, lady-like and humble. (this is not saying that if you do not wear dresses that you are not God-like. This is only my choice & conviction.)

Here are some scriptures that helped me make my decision. I will only list them and not write out the entire verse. You can look in your Bible if you are interested.

Scripture that helped me decide.

• 1 Timothy 2:9-10
• Deuteronomy 22:5

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