Reflections on a Redeemed Life

In less than an hour, I have to share my life story with 6 wonderful ladies who I just met. So I have been sitting here on my couch thinking and praying about what I should say. I have told my story before and in various forms, and it's my life, so I'm pretty sure I know it well. But within the last year (heck, within the last 2 weeks even) God has changed my story so much and has changed my perspective on those major life events, that I am left speechless. So, in light of that, I don't know what to say.

But I have been reflecting on how God is moving and changing me and my life and my story. I am sitting here in awe and wonder at my Redeemer who saw fit not only to heal me, but to also restore everything that was lost and taken. God, within the past year, has gone above and beyond what I ever even thought He would. I guess that's what happens when I underestimate the Creator.

God, in all his infinite wisdom and love, brought me to a place of ultimate desolation and bondage to break me free of the chains that held me captive so strongly for so long. But He didn't stop there. He also protected me from the enemy's schemes to keep me free of that bondage and those lies. Not to mention bringing reconciliation to a lost and broken relationship and letting Christ's light shine through it. And now, I have come full circle as a different person. Looking back on where I was this time last year when I had to share my life with a different group, I was lost, broken, hurting, confused, and bound in chains that were wrapped around me for so long I didn't even know they existed. Now, I am free. I am regenerated. I am redeemed. And thinking back on my life and the major events that shaped it, I see them differently. It's like I see them from God's eyes now.

With this fresh perspective on my life journey, I don't know how to share it. It feels like I am sharing my story for the first time again. But I do know that the Lord is good and gracious and will speak through me tonight. Because, really, it's not my story at all, but God's. It's a story of how God has worked and shaped my experiences to create a story. So, I guess I will let God tell His story through my life.