About Me

Hello! Welcome to my little corner of the internet! I'm Samantha, but most people call me Sam or Sammy.

The first tidbit to know about me is that I love Jesus. I love, love, love him. He is the reason I get up in the morning, the reason I make it through the day and the reason I rest my head peacefully at night. You see I am really ugly (sin ugly), deep down inside and there's nothing I can do about it. But God...he loved and loves me so much that he gave me Jesus' perfect life in exchange for all my ugliness...and now when he looks at me? He sees perfection and righteousness and goodness. He sees everything I am not and everything my Jesus is. You see, I was actually dead, soul dead, and Jesus gave me new life. And by the way, my precious Jesus, he actually had to die to make this way for me...killed for all my ugliness. Amazing love, how can it be?! And Jesus didn't stay dead! He defeated that ugliness, that sin, and lives with his Father, our Father in heaven. There's more; I did nothing to deserve or earn any of this! As my husband would say, "How 'bout them apples?!" ( Georgia, ya'll)  God actually defines this new relationship with me as of a Father and child. I have not only been given life and declared righteous, but I am a daughter of the King of Kings! Unbelievable, I know! This is grace.

This grace and love, that I am still learning about daily, compels me to love. It compels me to give myself away because this is what I was made to do. I am fully living and fully alive when I am loving people. And yet, I don't love people well all the time...I am selfish and prideful...which shows me all over again my great need for Jesus. You see I haven't "arrived". That will happen one day ( oh happy day!) when I am with Him, but until then I need Jesus helping me with my ugliness every minute of every day. His Spirit continues to work in me to bring about the person he is making me to be. He has actually promised to finish the good work in me that he has started.

Secondly, I have an amazing family. Cheesy or not, my man is my best friend and I am so thankful we get to walk this life together. I have 3 children who are my sunshine and great gifts. My girl is fast approaching women-hood, which makes me want to throw a tantrum ( I want more time!) and my boys are a step away from adolescence. Where did the roly-poly legs and chubby cheeks go?

I love truth and justice. I love that God is making all things new and beautiful in this world and that as his child I can push back the darkness with Him.

I love orphan advocacy and care and I hope we'll adopt someday. I love the grass roots movements that are springing up to end slavery, oppression and suffering in our world. I love being a part of them in any way I can.

I love coffee, peanut butter, pugs, hummus, writing in my journal, camping and photography. I love singing, playing the uke and guitar and attempting to write my own music.

I love beauty in its many different forms, especially the image bearers walking this planet.