Question: Thanks Barbara for giving us a look into your life.Do you have a TV? If so, do you ever all sit down together to watch it together?We are only 6 and seldom watch a show together it seems like there is always something better to do with our time.
Answer: We do have a TV. We have a few shows we really love and watch each week in the evening. We do not have it on during the day unless it is History or Science. Hugs, Barbara
Question: Wow! I just read your "bio" of sorts, your chapter, and you've been through SOO much! I bet you look back and am just amazed! God has done some pretty cool things through the adventures you surely didn't sign up for! I just had to add again... THANK YOU for sharing your story and opening yourself up to help us!I think sometimes we don't even realize some of the things we go through in life are to bless others!He died very recently, but there was a young father at our church and he gave his testimony and pointed at a large scar and dent on his forehead from all his brain surgeries... he said that scar gives him a way to share his testimony of God's blessings in his life and that we should all let our scars show because they are gifts to point others to Jesus... thank you for showing me your scars.
Answer: hank you for this comment . That is why I wrote the book.
I think we in the church have been the worst of all really, about hiding our failures and faults. It leaves people who are struggling feeling alone and afraid- they think they are the only ones. I think instead of living in these plastic boxes, we need to share , so others can have hope!
The book is my life story, but it is so much more. I go through the whole New Testament and show you all the JOY verses that are there! Verses we don't hear on Sunday morning. Or verses we overlook or mis-read! God wants us to be happy and full of joy NOW! Not just in heaven, but right here- right now. And I can prove it!
If you read the book you will see how each of those verses lifted me when I was in the dark. How God brought me to a place of joy right where I was. That joy is available to everyone, but we don't teach that. We teach sin and salvation (which of course is where we must start), but then we kick people out the door into the world! They are saying "Now what do I do? How do I LIVE this Christian life? Finding Jesus is not the END of the trip! It is only the beginning!I felt God was asking me to be honest. Be real. And to lead women to joy! So that is what I tried to do with the book. ;) Hugs, Barbara
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