I'm glad you're here! If you know me, you know I'm a Texas girl born & raised-- in the 70's when the music was great, the hair was big, the clothes were funky and the days were simple. I LOVE the sun and all things outdoors; biking, skiing, walks with Sadie (my Goldendoodle-- more about her later)... on a beach or in the mountains. Tacos, chips & salsa, diet coke and sweet time spent on the Front Porch is Texas heaven to me. When I'm outdoors my heart is connected with God. His spirit feels so alive in nature and that's what my heart longs for daily. I've done a lot of life on my Front Porch and have always said, "if that Front Porch could talk, oh the stories it would tell". Stories that are a mix of sweet and salty and alot of messy but most are how Jesus met me there everyday working miracles in and around me that I couldn't see. Come sit with me on the Front Porch as I share my story of how God took all the pieces of this messy broken heart and made beauty out of ashes. (More about me and a snip-it of my story)
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Terri Kelley
To see tethered and broken hearts healed and set free as we dare to live authentic lives, create community, cultivate purpose, and love like Jesus.
PAST ABORTION?
PAST ABORTION?
To every girl who struggles with the heavy burden of a secret past abortion and carries guilt and shame of a past abortion and carries the heavy burden of this secret in her broken heart, my story is for you! You are not alone.
To every girl who struggles with the heavy burden of a secret past abortion and carries guilt and shame of a past abortion and carries the heavy burden of this secret in her broken heart, my story is for you! You are not alone.
For every girl who found herself alone and afraid in an unexpected pregnancy and has since carried the heavy burden of a secret abortion... my story is for you! You are not alone. You are loved.
For every girl who found herself alone and afraid in an unexpected pregnancy and has since carried the heavy burden of a secret abortion... my story is for you! You are not alone. You are loved.
I'm a Texas Girl
I'm a Texas Girl
The Introduction
"The pain of my past lost its sting when I realized its purpose".
Some of the greatest stories told are when God takes the most broken areas of our lives and makes Beauty out of Ashes. Many of us are carrying the heavy burdens of guilt and shame which has buried itself deep into every crevice of our soul.
It's for you that I tell my story!
It is the story of a girl who has carried the pain of a dark secret and the wounds of abuse in her heart for many years. My life had become all the evidence of this busted up wounded heart.
After 25 years of marriage, I found myself once again in the middle of a painful divorce. The pain that comes from the ending of a girls fairy-tale is devastating... period! My heart wasn't just shattered, it was now a pile of ashes. I cried and yelled out to God every day... "how did I get here again?" I needed some answers. From a young age, I had learned to survive physically, emotionally, and spiritually. It was who I had become... a survivor! But I was barely hanging on and tired of just surviving the trauma. I wanted to be free -a Jesus kind of free- but the covering of shame I wore kept me from believing Jesus would ever see me or my pain. Shame has a way of doing that! I had come to a crossroad... life or death?
His name is "El Roi- the God who SEES me" and the truth is God did see me. He showed up at the crossroad and lit up a visual timeline of my life- the good, the bad, and the ugly. I could see his spirit weaved in and out and through all the pain. I saw how He had never left me even though I felt he had. At that moment I had so many questions and I knew He had so much to tell me so I chose life, curled up in the lap of Jesus, and I went with Him into the deepest wounded places of my soul. It was there that I experienced the real love of Jesus and found my true identity by listening to who HE SAYS I AM. When that took hold in my soul, the chains of shame and oppression fell to the ground. It was not an easy healing, but it was worth the journey to freedom. Friend, I am not a preachy-religious-judging kind of girl but I am a Jesus-lovin girl who has experienced a true miracle of the heart and my greatest hope is that my story will speak life into your heart and will encourage you to grab a hold of Jesus and experience the kind of healing that only He can do.
Psalm 107:2 - Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story.
I hope you will grab a cup of coffee or something yummy and join me on the Front Porch as I continue to share the rest of my story. Part 1, 2, & 3 here.
Till next time...
Speak Life,
Terri
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