This is me- Jamie. I figure you are reading this because you know me. But you may have stumbled over this searching something on some kind of search engine as well. So, let me introduce myself.
I am a sinner saved by a man full of grace. This grace is a gift. Not given to me for any kind of accomplishment I made, not given to me because I do all the ‘right things’, not because I am a ‘good person’… but because He died for the sins of the world. He died so that I may have an intimate relationship with Him, full of communication, appreciation, and dependence. He has given His life in order that I can have a ‘new’ life with Him!
This “Him” is no ordinary man or regular ‘Joe’ on the street. He is far more powerful, loving, and committed than that. He is everything a man desires to be and more than he could ever imagine. He is perfect, He was willing, and He loves me.
I have grown up on the church my whole life. At age 7 or 8, I was saved in a Sunday school classroom and by 17 years old I really began to realize what this relationship I signed up for long ago meant. I grew up in a great home, with the Christian foundation, fully involved with church. During those ‘funky teen years’ I really struggled with being content with who God made me and standing firm in what I believed. But by my senior year of high school I began to care a lot more about the decision I made long ago.
I got heavily involved in church, began to volunteer with the student ministries in my church, and trying to get fed as much as possible. After graduating high school, I had made the decision to attend New Tribes Bible Institute (a bible college) where my whole thought process and views had changed. It’s been a year and half since I have begun with one more semester to go. And though I have gone through most of the bible, I still see such a need to continue to study it.
God has been renewing my mind the last 2 years. He continues to remind me how I am so helpless without Him. That without Him, there is no meaning in life. And without Him, I have no purpose. He gives me purpose and meaning and best yet, He gives me hope for the future. [I'm still trying to fully understand all this.]
Even though I have been saved for a very long time, I am just now seeing growth in my life. Through continual renewing, I see that I have a purpose here on earth. I think that these last 2 years, God has been preparing me for this purpose…
In Acts 20, Paul knows that he is going to face harships and afflictions and God has prepared him for that. And Paul says to the church leaders in Ephesus: “However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace.”
I believe that God has given us all this task. I’m not saying that all belong overseas or in full time ministry. But what I am saying is if a believer is not, than that believer needs to be apart of the task here at home. How will that look for someone? Email me…. I would love to talk. 
