About The Bossy Church Lady
My name is Sandra Purdue and Christ Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I’m a Southern Baptist who believes that the entire Bible is the inspired Word of God; therefore, I believe every Word in the Bible, not just the good parts.
It seems like eons ago, when I was still a babe in Christ, I had no idea that God's Holy Word, the Bible was to be my instruction manual for life; I didn’t understand what the Lord expected of me upon accepting the gift of Salvation. I had so many questions about Jesus back then and I didn’t know where to find the answers in the Bible. Though I participated in Bible study, which was headed by the pastor at the church, I still had numerous questions.
In church, I heard that I was to pick up my cross and follow Jesus, but I didn’t know how. “What in the world does that mean?” I would ask myself, scratching my head.
"What are they talking about abiding in the Lord?" I wondered.
Still new in Christ, I remember trying to witness to a non-believer or two, and their questions left me stumped. Adding to my frustration was the fact that I took one or two of the questions to the pastor of the church and he
claimed that he didn’t know the answers. To top it all off, everyone else I knew was too busy to sit down with me and answer my questions. I would have given just about anything to have the answers to their questions
back then.
Disappointed, I quit going to church after that. The entire time, I thought that I could solve all of my problems on my own. Rather than turn everything I had and all that I am, warts and all, over to Christ so that He could be King of my life and allow Him to work out the details of my life, I tried to take care of everything myself. I constantly worked like a dog so I could make the money that I thought I would need
to buy the things that I thought would make me happy. I was always stressed out.
Finally, when I was diagnosed with severe arthritis in my neck, because I could no longer work a traditional job, I was angry, bitter, and felt like a loser. Wondering how this could possibly be happening to me, I went looking for the answers in my Bible. Since I still had the same questions that I had years ago, I looked for those answers too.
While looking for the answers, I read my Bible and compared myself to what God expected of me. I’ve got to tell you that what I saw wasn’t pretty. No one likes what he or she sees in the mirror of self-reflection, do they? When I realized that I was covetous and greedy, that I wasn’t worthy to be a child of God, I gave everything I am and everything I had to the Lord at long last. I rededicated my life to him and began to allow Him to tell me what I would do with my life.
Fast-forward a few more years to the present time. With the Great Commission in mind, armed with my passion about the Lord, my writing skills, and an active imagination, my goal is to reach out to unbelievers through my writings while encouraging other believers, new or otherwise, in their walk with Him.
