Chosen By Grace

I was born into a Christian home, went to Church rather frequently, “read my Bible" and “prayed", but I didn’t sincerely dedicate my life to Christ until the year of our Lord 1999.

I was tired of being naive, tired of being blind, tired of being lukewarm. I was tired of serving Christ just because I didn’t have a choice! I was tired of living a life of mediocrity! I was tired of feeling empty! I was ready to dedicate my life to getting to know and love the father I had taken for granted for way too long.

Even after I decided that I wanted a personal relationship with Christ, I was still afraid. I was afraid of the life I was going to have to give up. I was afraid of the sacrifices I was going to have to make. I was afraid of the persecution that came along with the title of being a child of the Most High. I was petrified of what was going to be required of me, petrified of realizing my calling and even more petrified of making mistakes.

On July 24, 1999, I encountered a life changing experience. I felt the warmth of the Holy Spirit; an inexplicable feeling that made me feel whole for the first time in my life. With the help of my new found Counselor, I was able to cast my cares upon my creator and lay all of my fears and burdens at His feet. It was then that He put a new song on my lips and changed my name from "Much Afraid" to "Chosen By Grace."

After the incredible transformation, God birth a dream into me in the year of our Lord 2000 and I willingly embraced it and so I began sending out daily inspirations over email to a group of about 20 people. The group quickly grew to about 400 and it almost became overwhelming. I got feedback almost everyday about how the messages inspired, convicted, and even changed people. Everything was happening so rapidly that I could barely contain it.

Could this be real? Had I become a vessel for God’s work?

I was excited. I was nervous. I was happy. I was scared.

Everything went very well for a while until I started having problems sending messages out through the email server I was using, and so I just stopped. I gave up! I quit and let the dream and the reality it had become die without a fair fight.

I am disappointed in myself for quitting with little to no fighting, but little did I know that God had other plans for my life and for this ministry. He entrusted me with another dream, the dream and the reality that is HIND’S FEET MINISTRY.