Grace in the life of the Mrs.

It doesn't make sense to read a blog by someone whose life you know nothing about. So in case you don't know me very well, let me preface my blog with a little "tidbit" about myself…

View from maw-maw's porch.

I was born and raised in a little town called Wilmer, Alabama. And yes…it's as small as it sounds. :) I have a wonderful family whom I love dearly, (as do some of you!) My mom, dad, two sisters and myself lived on "The Hill" along with the rest of my immediate family. "The Hill" is what we call an 80 acre lot of land that surrounds an 18 acre lake with all of my aunts/uncles and cousins living around it, (and maw-maw ruling the roost.) If you can imagine, my childhood was amazing. I thought I was a boy until I was around 10. My days were filled with riding horses, swimming, and playing ball. I trusted in Christ when I was 9. My parents are believers, so through their influence and the influence of our church I was exposed to the gospel at an early age. There was immediate fruit during elementary school, but like many other believers, I began to experiment with sin throughout my middle school/early high school years. Those years were very dark and dry for me. However, in 10th grade my dad took the worship pastor position at Wilmer First Baptist. We had a D-now one weekend on the importance of accountability. God, in His grace, used that weekend to show me where I was deceived by sin and gave me grace to repent of those things and continue to pursue Him. The Lord has been so faithful in my life! He will finish the work He starts in the lives of His children. It was at Wilmer that I met "the Mr." and we began to date. (**For those of you who may be confused… I'm talking about My husband, Ben.)

Just for fun… :) Our first Pic together in 10th grade.

   The Lord was gracious to me during high school and I continued to pursue Him.  I learned more and more about His Word and loved it more and more. He placed people in my life who taught me and discipled me. By my senior year, I had intentions of pursuing some sort of ministry. I ended up going to the University of Mobile and pursuing a degree in order to be a Christian Counselor. Throughout high school the Mr. and I were off and on and by the time we graduated, we had gone our separate ways. I moved on campus at the University of Mobile and began college. My plans for myself were to get in a band, marry the lead singer, and travel the world speaking to huge crowds like Beth Moore.. (I can't help but to laugh out loud!) I finished my first semester… no lead singer boyfriend and no big crowds. I was miserable. It was nothing like I expected. Long story short: The Lord was working in both mine and the Mr.'s life.  Throughout the course of several months, Ben decided to study Theology and become a pastor, I began to hate him less, he started calling me, and bam… the rest is history! We began to date again. The Lord had changed us both drastically since the last time we dated. We were both passionate about the gospel and the Word and it changed our relationship. We got engaged the day after my 19th birthday and I started planning a wedding. I didn't get a scholarship I was relying on in order to continue my education at UM, so that cut our engagement down from three years to one year! He went off to Boyce college at Southern Seminary and I came up after we got married and began working towards my degree. And here we are! Two years later! We're still in Louisville, KY and Ben is about 2 years out from graduating. 
  About a year and a half ago, we were sovereignly surprised with a baby. Words cannot describe the grace of God in giving us Cooper. God knows what is best for us and when it is best for us! Never would I have guessed I would be 22 years old and living in Kentucky with a husband and a baby! I laughed at those kinds of people. Now I am one. :) Being a wife 
and a mom is the best job in the universe! Our culture makes the "stay-at-home mom" look like a last resort for the ignorant woman who can do nothing else. I beg to differ. It is the hardest job I've ever done! The Lord has taught me so much about His character over the last 6 months. We are learning so much about humility and servanthood and how to trust the Lord. We're also learning what true love is. I didn't know my heart could love two rotten ol' boys so much! I'm sure there will be plenty of posts later on in which I vent some more about this aspect of life. So…I'll leave it at that. :)  That's me in a VERY quick little nutshell. 


Praise the Lord! 
-The Mrs.