Let me introduce myself. My name is Emily and I am from a small town in the middle Georgia area. I have been married since December 2016 and we have a beautiful daughter born on the fourth of July in the year 2020. I am not going to share much about myself because this website is not for my glory in any way. I simply want to spread the word about our lord and savior, Jesus Christ. I will use parts of my own testimony, of course, but only to show His amazing grace. I do want my readers to feel a connection to me that will inspire them to read my posts, so here are a few key things about my life:
I attend a local Baptist church with an amazing preacher that preaches nothing but the truth of Jesus Christ and me and my family will become a member of said church next Sunday – January 11, 2026. This is not the church where I initially found God nor where I was initially baptized – but is where God has called us to be at this time in our life.
I was born in the year 1990 – which makes me 35 years of age on this day in January of 2026. I have been a follower of Christ for as long as I can remember, growing up in a Baptist church. Although I was baptized at a young age, and followed the typical life of a Baptist child, I did not fully understand the importance of my walk with Jesus until I was in my twenties. After I graduated high school and was in college, I (unknowingly) began to drift away from my relationship with the Lord.
I didn’t necessarily do all bad things, but I did drink alcohol, go to parties, skipped church, and began to care more about my social life and relationships with peers more than my relationship with the only one who matters, Jesus. I used excuses like it didn’t matter, because I wasn’t being as ‘bad’ as that other person, or convinced myself it was okay to hang out with people who were doing bad things because I wasn’t doing what they were or participating in that particular ‘sin’ – but that was dragging me down so far – I was being just as sinful as they were by not trying to turn them the other way! BUT I of course didn’t know that at the time. I was being selfish, only worrying about myself – no one else. Definitely not the desires of Jesus.
“Proverbs 28:13: “Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.”
I like to think that Jesus knew I was meant for more than I was showcasing in my life of sin, so on February 20th, 2012, he put a big ole’ speed bump in my life – a car accident. I was the passenger in my sister’s car, and we were ran off the road by another driver, down an embankment and into a tree. Although my sister and her two small children were in the car, my part of the car was the main part impacted – I was air-lifted to a bigger hospital than my town could provide and remained in a non-induced coma for close to four months – suffering from various broken bones and a traumatic brain injury (which caused a lot of memory loss). When I partially came out of my coma (eyes open, but no talking or walking (communication was me squeezing someone’s hand), I was moved to a brain and spinal cord rehabilitation center in Atlanta, Georgia. I was here until July 27, 2012, and learned to walk, talk, and be a person again (the best way I know how to explain it). I do not have any memory of the car accident, or the first months of rehabilitation. It took years for a full physical recovery, and even longer for me to recognize God’s mercy on me. I went through depression, anger, hopelessness, I questioned God – I was in a terrible place for a while, I tried to find myself through drinking alcohol, forced relationships trying to ‘catch up’ with everyone else my age, or where I thought I was supposed to be in life. I even tried to play God, thinking I had his power to change people! Obviously, this was me going in the wrong direction, but because my redeemer lives, I didn’t stay there long.
I can’t tell you the exact date and time I began to turn for the good, but let me tell you this, my God showed himself to me in so many ways and through different people, places, and happenings. He renewed my soul and gave me a beautiful life with amazing friends and family and for that, I will tell the world about His goodness in every way I know how! I could summarize each and every way God has shown himself to me in this post – but I won’t do that YET. I feel like each time I can show so much about our Lord to those who will listen, and I want to go into detail for each individual account – so please, follow me! Let me tell you all the different ways our great Lord has proven his love and mercy for me and how following HIM is the only way to live!! Leave comments, chat with me, email me! I’m just getting started, and I can’t wait to see what God helps me grow this site into!
