"Exploring the Power of Faith: A Journey into the Heart of Belief"

Wanderers to Worshipers

God is weaving our worship through our lives like threads through a sweater.

Hi and Welcome Wanderers to Worshipers. I am Krissie . Mom of 4 kids . I reside in  Pennsylvania  with my family.

So why in the world do we need another Christian blogger ? I am so glad you asked !!

I have known Jesus my whole life (or so I thought). I grew up in a Roman Catholic church going family . On Sunday we would all put on our Sunday best and head to church for 10:00AM service.

While before Sunday came we would go on about our lives . My parents had jobs to get to and my sister and I had school.

As Friday approached each week I can remember making plans with my own friends while my parents were making plans to attend the local club they belonged to not far from our home.

Don't forget Church on Sunday !!

As I grew up I remember my grandmother always telling me about the Glory of Jesus. How important He was and how much He loved me. I would always say I know and I promise I will pray. Empty promises spewed out of my mouth just to get her off my back. She knew I needed prayer and for Jesus to become real to me.

My Husband told me about a new church in the area. Well now that we had 4 kids lets get serious about this God thing and see what this church was all about !!

As we checked the kids into their “worship” rooms My husband and I head to the “adult” church. On the way we could stop at the bookstore or  grab a cup of coffee ahhh yes how nice this church offers such things.

Service begins with the band and all the sudden the music and light are flashing and I feel like I am in the middle of a concert . WOW ! who knew church could be so much fun !!! A stage full of talented people who can play instruments and people who had some serious vocals. I finally found it …. I was hooked. Oh how I loved my Sunday worship.

That lasted for a few years go to church raise my hands worship the Lord who saved me and go home. Once our Sunday "church" going routine was over for the day we could then be done for the week with worship until next Sunday. No need to remember what the pastor preached on we heard it for an hour were all good for the week. No real reason to apply it to our lives from service to service.

Until I finally realized that brought me no joy whatsoever. We fell away we stopped going to church, God was no longer being worshipped on Sunday or any other day for that matter.

Kids were growing up and life and its distractions become more important. Kids had sports, lives, husband worked as I stayed home to take care of all the things and people who lived in it.

Years would go by no church, no worship, no God . Plus who had time for God when I was raising 4 kids and had a husband who worked crazy hours. Not super mom cant do it all.  So away went God and everything that went with that kind of lifestyle.

We had moved a couple times since then and still no God no worship. Older kids left the nest and then there was 4 instead of 6.

Same thing life, sports, kids, jobs .

Until one day I walked in to my home office and I had a crazy off the wall thought. It was I think I need a bible. WHAT ??? why would I think that ? What am I going to do with that ? In reality I have a bible why do I NEED another ? I walked upstairs to my husbands office to let him know I was off to Barnes and Nobles to get a bible. I dont even remember waiting for his reaction I just left. I went and got myself a pretty little bible.

I came home to my family so excited to show off my new bible. They looked at me like I was an alien who was speaking a foreign language. I was so excited that I was going to read this bible from cover to cover !

As I sat and cracked open the spine of my new bible I started to read the first chapter in Genesis . AND UNDERSTOOD NOTHING. I thought well I tried i dont understand I am done. There God I tried to hard =DONE  . left the bible on my desk and left the room .

The next morning I woke up to that bible still sitting right where I had left it. Well I did what any other practical person would do and I jumped right on Youtube to figure out how to read this book and not only that but to understand. I started following anyone and everyone who spoke about God and I was finally leaning about all the things I wanted to learn . Well Praise God I am on my way !

ohhh , wait another feel good message telling me that I am worthy and God loves me …. ok well I’ll keep going on my own I will teach myself .

By the grace of God I found someone who kept telling me I had “work “ to do and A LOT OF IT.

Ohhhh really now you have my attention. The times she told me that I had to do this and this and wait this too. The times I was convicted and brought to my knees in tears of how I was living my life and how YES, YES I had A LOT of work to do.

Thats is when He ( Jesus) became real to me. The transformation of my schedules, what was most important to me and how could I feed this hunger of mine to spend in my quiet time with just me and God.

I pray, I repent and yes I definitely  HAVE COUNTED THE COST OF WHAT THIS WILL COST ME . To be a sold out hand raising , Jesus follower. Now I understand to read different translations look up commentary and know who the true followers of Jesus are. I like to call them the truth tellers. The ones who fully understand the scriptures and can dissect and feed my hungry soul. my cup is overflowing with the knowledge I received  and I want to share it with everyone.

Many of us get caught up in our busy schedules and lives and we tend to forget how important it is to carve out time for worship and pray. Even when we may get in our Sunday “church” day its just all part of the “routine”. By Monday we have forgotten what the Pastor preached about and didn’t even think about how we would apply it to our lives to live by the following week.

I lived most of my life that way. I went to church on Sunday and by Sunday night I was back living like I never even went to church that week.

Focusing on the important things in life. What am I making for dinner, what will I wear to work, what are the kids schedules this week,  etc on and on.

Until I took a class. Thats is when He ( Jesus) became real to me. The transformation of my schedules, what was most important to me and how could I feed this hunger of mine to spend in my quiet time with just me and God.

AHHHHH and then it happened. Getting up earlier, modifying my day so that I could study and read and APPLY His word to my life and following His teaching.  Time alone with God while there are no distractions no one needing me and my phone placed out sight until I am done in my quiet time with Jesus .

I am so excited to share in all the things I have learned with all of you . Let me be very clear ….Its gonna be hard, its not going to “feel” so good at times , it may even bring you to your knees at times. But can I tell you it’s worth everything to me to know that I live for Jesus and my relationship with Him is a true blessing.

Stay tuned….so much more to come. I am excited about this journey with you friends !

No matter where you are in your walk with Jesus there's a place for you here .

Where we become worshipers instead of wanderers.