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Backstory
I am a young woman trying to bask in the truth that my true identity is a Child of God. I was raised in Newark, CA right over the Dumbarton Bridge. I was raised with a sense of God, but nothing more. I loved going to church every Christmas because it felt right and gave me that sense of familial belonging, but that was the only experience I had with hearing about God.
Things in my life were going well and I generally was having a great time until my Junior High days, when my family and my friends all went through major transitions and challenges. I felt lost amidst almost every situation and found it difficult to see any truth or even see who I really was. My identity was found in my friends and my actions. I followed my friends into unhealthy and dangerous situations. But the Lord really used those to emphasize how lost I felt. In 9th grade someone invited me to YoungLife. That year of my life transformed everything. God used these truth-seeking leaders to speak God's truth into my life and nurture what truth God had planted there. I spent the year challenging almost every message, being relieved and upset at the truth of scripture. I was 17 when I asked Jesus to be the Lord of my life and to heal me from my pain.
Since then, my life has been a great roller coaster, filled with tons of fun with what God is showing me, as well as learning to draw close to Him in the hardest and most painful times. When I was 17 I went to Chabot College and transfered to UC Santa Cruz two years later. I graduated with a degree in Psychology this past June and am now working for PBC!
The first day I walked onto PBC property was my first day of the SLI internship which I did over this past summer. I worked with Jordan Berry in High School ministry and really got to know and love ministry. To see what goes into ministry was a real eye-opening experience that the Lord use to challenge me Spiritually and Emotionally. Now I work with Junior High ministry as the Ministry Assistant, and can't imagine anything more fun! It's teaching me dependence on God and challenging my view points. I love it!
Impacting Scripture
One of the scriptures that blows me away every time I read it is Hosea 2:19-20
"I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you in Me in righteousness and in justice, In lovingkindness and in compassion, And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know the Lord."
His promise and love for us is so clear, there is no escaping it. When I feel like I am identifying with my sin instead of with God, I have to remember the truth and reality of God's endless love for us.
