The Shortest Version:
More than 30 years ago in my early 20's, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob began to get my attention. Long before that, I had been baptized as an infant with water from the Jordan river, right before my parents divorce. I asked Jesus into my heart when I was 6 with my Dad's sister, Aunt Suzanne. Fourteen years later, her gift at a Christmas party began my quest to understand and know the God of Creation. He began to speak to me through His word, and I found myself desiring nothing more than a vibrant relationship with Him. Since then, I have had enormous fun searching Him out within the contexts of friendships, marriage, and in the honorable arena of rearing children.
The Short Version:
During my first, dreary semester in college, when I was bored out of my mind and needed some happy “me” time, I used to go into the campus book store. Loaded with all sorts of interesting stuff, it had racks bursting with greeting cards. Alas, that has always been a source of great happiness! I remember a couple of cards in particular, because they made me laugh so hard and loud that I embarrassed myself. The one I’m thinking of especially had an ugly, stick-like person drawn on the front, looking frazzled, holding an object that looked to be in the shape of the letter C.
The words along the bottom said something like, “I used to have a handle on life; but then it fell off.”
Below the hand was drawn what looked like a broken coffee mug, broken into chunks on the floor (which was just a squiggly line along the lower part of the image).
When I opened the card, it said, “I hope you’re having a great day,” or something like that.
As I look back now, it seems a strange message, but honestly it still makes me chuckle.
I suppose it's because I have a bit of a dark sense of humor, and have gone through much of my life feeling like there simply was no handle. Born into and reared in dramatic circumstances, I got used to feeling like there was little stability in my life.
Once the God of the bible began to speak to me using His scriptures, my whole world started to change. It was as though I could finally leave the empty mug fragments, and head off into what would become the most exhilarating adventures of my life.
Learning to follow God’s leadership has been a thrill; one that has never disappointed me.
In 2016, I felt it was time to begin sharing what I had been learning. I launched Exuberant for Life, with components for coaching as well as recording podcasts for people around the globe. Our audio products were downloaded in more than a dozen nations, while blog articles supplemented our audio messages.
Life coaching was primarily offered to people suffering with AHS troubles.
As of December 2024, we are adding prayer, 15 & 60 minute coaching sessions, as well as substack articles detailing emotional stability processes.
Our goal is to add video components eventually. We are currently (as of 12/21/24) setting up our studio to accomplish sharing through more avenues.
The Long Version:
MY FAITH JOURNEY:
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob began to get my attention in 1994 through a book I received at a family Christmas gift exchange. Before then, I had been vaguely certain of His existence. As time passed, He continued to initiate communication with me, and soon became my single-focused obsession.
Learning about Him and His ways continued to consume more and more of my time and energy until eventually, I had no other desire than to know and understand Him, and to learn how to live according to His ways.
Not being satisfied with the traditions of men, church, or family cultures, I plowed forward with my innards anchored to His words while being led by His Holy Spirit.
SHARING:
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