About
Fall 2007
Hello Friends-I thank God that He would lead you to this site and these writings. I don’t believe in accidents because I believe in Jesus. In Ephesians 3:20 [+/-], we learn “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine according to his power that is in work within us.” If you had asked me just a few years ago if I thought one day that I might be a mentor, might be a teacher, might be a speaker, might be a writer, I would have likely said no. God has been so faithful in my life. He has been the only thing that has ever consistently worked for me. All I can do is share my “tests” of life that He has used to build my personal testimony. This is my heart.
I have been married to a wonderful man, Chris, for 19 years (no that is not a typo-we are Chris and Kris). We have four beautiful and amazing children, Emily, Gabe, Anna Grace and Alec. I worked in healthcare for 10 years and I have been home as a full-time homemaker for the last 9. We love the beauty and variety of the
I went to church camp the summer of 1977 and at the age 14, I gave my life to Jesus. Although I had been in church and Sunday school before that, this is the memory that leaves the lasting imprint. Around that campfire through my tears, I said yes to Jesus. In these last 30 years, I have both walked the walk and turned my back completely on my faith.
In 1996, the Lord spoke to my husband and He called us and our two young children under the age of four to church full-time. I don’t think we were particularly “bad people” up until that point, but we certainly weren’t seeking God on a regular basis. For us, attending church at Easter and Christmas was not enough. That is only a beginning. As Jeremiah writes ”For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:11-13 [+/-]
Prayer has been the love of my life. It has been the link to my love relationship with Christ. Before I ever even knew what it was, I talked to God all the time. I can’t get enough of prayer. I love to read and study about prayer. I love to pray with other people. I feel God leads me to pray all day long as I go about my normal, everyday routines. As I as grow older and hopefully a little wiser, God has begun to help me with the “listening” part of prayer. “Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10 [+/-] If I am not quiet, then God cannot teach me and I won’t have anything to share with anyone else, nothing to share with you. And that just breaks my heart. I am grateful for the season of stillness that He is bringing me into.
Although I will never know you all by name or by face, please know that I am praying for you and your families, in all ways, especially spiritually. He is the God of great Promise and complete Hope. “Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. Psalm 62:5 [+/-]
Because prayer changes things, I am a changed person. I pray the very same thing for you.
Lovingly, Kris
To send me a personal note, please use my email address at kris@alive4god.com
