Introducing Angel Wilde

My name is Angel Wilde. I'm a military wife, a mom and firm believer in Jesus Christ! I'm honored that Kelly has asked me to be a part of the Journey with her and fellow sisters-in-Christ. I was born in Omaha, Nebraska and grew up in Sioux City, Iowa. I attended a Christian school for most of my childhood. To this day I remember dozens of scriptures I was taught and had to memorize. I remember accepting Jesus into my heart at age 8 on a school bus. Even though I had a lot of head knowledge, the one thing I never caught onto in those early years was the fact that Jesus wanted to be a part of my everyday life. I dropped out of school in my early years of high school. I got pregnant and married at the age of 17. I was in and out of church throughout my early married life feeling God's urging and wooing, but not wanting to give up my "fun" partying lifestyle and certainly I didn't want to give up sleeping in on Sunday mornings! How I wish I would have raised my children in Sunday school and church. My oldest boy, Jake, started going on his own to a base chapel one block away from our home in Virginia. He loved it. So, when we moved to Kansas in 2001, I wanted to find him a church to keep attending. We visited many churches, but finally felt at home at one in particular. It wasn't far from home so we could get involved. I started going to a women's Bible study and encountered Beth Moore who changed my life. Her love for Jesus was and is contagious. I was baptized in February of 2002. All 3 of my children followed and were baptized that year as well. My boys eventually surrendered their lives to full time ministry and are now attending Bible college in Kansas. I'm almost finished with my tenth Beth Moore Bible study. I'm far from perfect and constantly picking the pieces up and trying again. But God has been SO incredibly faithful. I've been blessed through so many friendships and Christian bonds. Looking back, I can see God's fingerprints throughout my life. I feel strongly that he has been with me since that day on that old school bus. The Bible says, "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." I might not have "gotten it" back then, but God's word was instilled in my heart as a child. I once told my husband when I started going back to church that "I wanted God back in my life." He said "God's always been there." How true, but I wasn't letting Him in. I am now! And I am praising Him that He loved me so much to pursue a relationship with me and not give up on me.

Thanks again~
Angel Wilde