Why I started a blog

These past few months have been a time of heart felt prayer, and re-evaluating my life up to this point. As God has moved us away from a busy life in service to him it has made me have to really look at what I was holding on to and placing before him. Each day faced with a new challenge of adjusting to a new life and new start. Exciting at times but also trying. Feeling alone at times, but also feeling close to the Lord because there was no one else I could turn to. So I would bow my knees and the tears would flow, the questions would rise, and the truth of what was really in my heart would emerge. In this time I began writing in my journals in a new way. Lyrics began to flow and melodies with them. Songs pouring through me onto a page and into my voice recorder on my iphone. Songs of declaration, and songs of heart felt prayer, songs of praise, and songs of truth. I had never been a song writer but now I found myself writing songs all the time. I would share some with family and friends, but never any thing more, until I got to share one at a retreat I was leading worship at this year for my old church Compass Bible Church. The response was overwhelming, women singing to the Lord a new song of praise and declaration. Gods name being glorified and uplifted. It was awesome, and I thought I would love to do this more. I have always had a heart for women, and that is the area God has allowed me to serve in for the past 10 years leading worship for various retreats and conferences and serving on staff at a church as the women's ministry worship leader. Over time I have begun to see and felt called to this area of ministry. So after much prayer and being moved to a new area I am starting something new. I am going to take that love for Gods word, for music, for women, and combine them all by writing music for women based on the deep rich theology of Gods word, to share with women to encourage and exhort them to pursuing holiness in their lives. I want to sing for womens events, bible studies, teas, concerts, womens conferences. Anywhere God allows me. I also want to use this blog to post new songs I write, and wisdom from Gods word. This is going to be real and raw and I call it. Heart to Heart. The songs I sing and the words I type are going to be from my heart prayerfully to yours as God leads me through his word and his truth. So come along on this journey with me, and if you  know any women's ministries that might be encouraged by what I want to do let me know?