I’m really carrying this secret. I may nod and smile, and I may seem to be the life of the party, but really down deep on the inside, yep, I am a wallflower.
You know those really interesting people who never leave the wall at the party.
Conjectures are made at their identity and their personality, and really just who they really are on the inside until someone walks up to them and says hello.
Yes, I am that girl. Until I get to know you.
Because I am making sure I want to put down roots in the garden you are growing in.
Why? Well, I have tried to grow in some pretty awful places and just decided that I don’t want to just put roots down anywhere.
No, I want to put them down where they will be nourished, and I will bloom and be all I can be.
Where I can lend strength to you, and help you be all you can be.
So yes. I am a wallflower, but Jesus uses us wallflowers.
He plants us in just the right places, and at just the right time.
So if you happen to see one of us at a gathering you should really pop over and say hi.
Are you a wallflower? What garden are you growing in?
The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
Really y’all I’m just another Samaritan woman seeking living water and pouring out where I see need for encouragement. I am 48, mother to four girls ages 16-26, Gigi to the most handsome 2-year-old little boy, Fibromyalgia warrior, minister, writer, and a lifetime learner.
I am writing my first book, slowly but surely, six chapters in, as our blessed first love has called me to share His glory in my story. I feel lost in that familiar desert place, and thankful for the manna that is there miraculously every day. I am overcoming hour by hour the condemning voices of the enemy and learning to love myself. It has been an arduous journey. This wordsmith journey, but so worth it.
I became a licensed minister in 2010. However, I do not currently work in the ministry. I share Christ's love through devotional blogging. I have a degree in Church Ministry, was pursuing my degree in Christian Care and Counseling at Oral Roberts University, but now am pursuing Life Coaching, and Neurolinguistic Programming Master Practioner Certifications and a business license.
I am a certified women’s biblical counselor through the Extraordinary Women's program at Light University. I am working on their Addiction and Recovery program now too. Yes, I am a glutton for punishment with a wealth of life experiences with which I can minister comfort to others. I'm a lover of a good book, writing, singing, and music, and my nemesis is the perpetual laundry pile. Blessings to you and yours, <3Melinda
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