I’ve often been asked, “When did you start your blog and what made you do it?”

My “About Me” section (also added here below) tells part of the story while my first blog written in 2013 reveals even more of my heart!  Go back in time with me and see the reason for this part of my journey in “Ready, Set, Live!”   

About Me:  “I am thankful for the road on which God continues to lead me as wife to one and mom to three grown “children” and three more added “in-loves” (aka in laws) as well as “Yawnie” to six precious grandchildren, all of whom delight my heart!  

I am a redeemed child of God still growing in grace as God continues to transform me for His glory, finding joy in my family and friends as well as those God puts in my path, whether it be a small child I have been entrusted to teach, a young mom or teen to whom I have the privilege of listening and/or mentoring, a fellow believer walking the road alongside me, or a “random” stranger that enters my world for just a moment and either challenges and encourages me or I have the honor of doing the same. And I rejoice in seeking to find how He wants to use me in what He is up to in my small part of the world! 

My truest joy comes from my relationship with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

His Word is my source of comfort but also that which confronts me and chips away in me whatever is not in line with Truth, and I pray that everything I say and do reflects His love and grace well.

“…speaking the truth in love, (so that) we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself who is the head.” (Ephesians 4:15)

My prayer is that the name of our Mighty God will be praised through my simple journey and through the words that flow from my heart and are expressed in print.  

Equally, my prayer is also that, as I write and as each person reads this, they will be drawn to hunger and thirst for the Living God through Jesus Christ, the reason for my sure hope, and be able to find His joy in their journey through a relationship with Him regardless of life circumstances; that they will know the hope that is eternal: “…that they know…the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom (He has) sent.” (John 17:3)

Walk this road with me and be encouraged even if also challenged and feel free to interact with me!

Because of HIS Joy!

Dawn

(My first blog shares how this all started…https://joyinmyjourney.blog/2013/01/03/ready-set-live/)