Writer in me: I have recently realized how much I love to write things that encourage the people that I consider my friends. I know that some of my work has been passed on and I am always thrilled if it encourages someone whether I know them or not.
Life has taught me many things. Things I've wanted to learn and alot I haven't! What I've come to realize in the past five years, is that only God can truly fill the voids in my life. I write from a perspective of one in a personal relationship with God. I love Him and I experience His love for me in all I see around me.
I live in Georgia with my husband of 37 years. I have three children and their families that live here also. I also have a stepson and family that live in Anchorage Alaska.
My husband and I have lived in alot of places since we've been married. He was born and raised in Illinois and I was born in Oregon and raised in Nebraska. Since we have been married we have lived in Illinois, Arizona, California, Oregon, Alaska, Washington, Mississippi, Tennessee and now Georgia.
I had my first piece published this past year in a local devotional book for women in the Chattanooga area. It was the first time I had ever submitted something, so I was pretty excited.
My passion is ...
God
My parents always told me ...
to wear clean underwear
My childhood ambition ...
to have 4 children
My favorite memory ...
the year my parent's made my Christmas presents, I think I was six
Why I write ...
Because I have to!
What I am reading/watching/listening to ...
a worship music collection
My first job ...
washing dishes in a restaurant
My best moment ...
the moment I gave God contol of my life
My inspiration ...
God's love for me
Eternal Separation ......They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Rev 20:10 I was sitting here thinking about what hell would be like, when there was a quickening in my spirit and the question was,”Do you know what I consider hell to be?” No Lord. “I consider it to be the fact that I gave My Son as a sacrifice so I could spend time with You and still so many people reject Me. It breaks my heart that I won't be with My Creation, that they choose other things over Me. That is My definition of hell. Separation.” There are so many theories circulating in ...
More..Barbara Dobbelaire
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia US
Member since: April 2008
Articles Written: 26