Hi there!
So happy you are here!
Shall we have confession time first? Well here goes…
I ran from God for several years and ignored his nudges. I’m a slow learner or maybe I should say a “slow listener.” Buried in an interior design business I loved, it was easy to be too busy.
I’ve been a preacher’s wife for over twenty-five years.
I KNOW, I KNOW–
That means I’m supposed to be a perfect example to everyone else. Minister’s wives don’t run away, they lead and have it all together. RIGHT?
WRONG! I have the same fears and insecurities as anyone. Even though I’m an extrovert, I’m just not great about revealing those things face-to-face. I hide behind a facade of competence because I’ve always felt it was expected of me.
Years ago when Randy (aka “The Preacher”) and I started our ministry together we vowed to be accessible. We fought against those PEDESTALS CREATED FOR A FALL. We tried to be real and share our challenges and trials. But as time passed, and painful patches occured in ministry and life, I fell into the very mold of perfect facades we fought so hard against.
I hate conflict, cry at the drop of a hat AND I’m an ugly red nose kind of cryer. So to avoid conflict and hide my embarrassment of being so emotional, up came the wall of self-preservation as I buried myself in my family and my work.
But, something began to shift as I joined an in-depth bible study with a special group of women eighteen years ago and it transformed my life. Though the precious women have changed as moves have occurred, the hunger for God’s word has not.
AND AS ALWAYS GOD HAS A PLAN.
It’s time for that wall to come down once for all, and for me to be real with you. I will share my joys along with my pain and sorrows. I will give you insight into what helps me keep it all together on the rocky road of a broken world. I will open my heart and soul to you so we can complete this hard journey on earth together.
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WHAT I HAVE FOUND ON MY JOURNEY so far:
-God is the only place I can find true Peace.
-He says “BE STILL AND KNOW I AM GOD,” for people like me who have a hard time sitting.
–Joy is a choice.
-His amazing Grace releases me from my mess and allows me to walk forever free.
–He loves me fierce and reckless.
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I can’t wait to get to know you as we find the life God intended for us. — And if we can have a little fun with interior design along the way WE WILL!
You are always welcome here my friend.
XOXO,
Loree
I live in Texas with my college-sweetheart-husband Randy, and work in Oklahoma. I own an interior design firm and am passionate about opening women’s eyes to the never-ending love and grace of God. We have one son and a daughter-in-love who gave us our first grandson. And one son, who flew the coop to a California University and stayed to make movies. He met a sweet California girl who is now my other daughter-in-love. No great surprise he chose Cali, – sand and surf vs heat and tornados. I don’t like it, but I get it.