Hi my name is Michelle Sears. I’m an association pastor, mother, wife, employee, and faithful follower of Jesus Christ.
Childhood
I grew up in an alcoholic household and I learned some very destructive life skills. I lived a very destructive lifestyle for most of my childhood and young adult life.
My parents weren’t abusive, they just didn’t raise me with a solid, productive, intentional way. I was allowed to do pretty much whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted to.
I was made to go to bible based gatherings but not with my parents. They would have us go with others. They weren’t against it, they just didn’t go themselves.
I had this one aunt who brought me to church on every Sunday morning that I was there and I remember this lady who taught children’s church and she radiated with love for the Lord. I wanted it but at the time I didn’t know what it was or how to get it.
Teenage Years
By the time I was 15 years old I had done most of the sinful things listed in the Bible. I didn’t know it then but I definitely know it now. I was living a very destructive lifestyle with no end in sight.
I was going here, doing this, acting that way, and no one was making me do anything different. I dropped out of high school in 9th grade and moved out of the small town I grew up in.
Life was one big mess after another and I wasn’t interested in slowing down.
Young Adulthood
By the time I turned 22 I was living in complete denial to the direction I was heading. I was angry, disappointed, and totally UN-regretful for my bad behavior.
I had a boyfriend at the time that was interested in being my lifelong partner and I was interested in having fun. What was he thinking? That man would later become my husband, but I’ll get to that.
I finally made a good choice and got my GED and moved back home and starting attending a community college. During that time I came across a personal development cassette tape series (Yes, cassette tapes) by Brian Tracy and I fell head over heels in love with personal development.
I spent 12 years working on making me the best me that I could be. For the first time in my life, life appeared to be moving in the right direction. I made it my mission to prove myself to the world by becoming the next internet millionaire.
I drove myself in the ground trying to amass a fortune! I was going after everything I thought I want to be, do, or have and life started spinning out of control.
But God…
I read this self-help book that I’d had on my shelf for at least 5 years entitled The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale and my life changed forever.
God met me right there in all my mess and He radically changed my life. He showed me how much He absolutely loved me and how much I could trust Him. God became so real to me that I broke under His presence and He started rebuilding me the way He originally created me.
I now know that I was created for a purpose, that I was designed by an awesome God, and that He has great plans for me. Plans that will benefit His kingdom for good and bring great glory to His name.
He deserves it. He loves us so much that He sent His one and only Son to this earth to save us from ourselves. Thanks be to God for indescribable gift that is unmatched.
My Future
God has a great future planned for me and I’m so thankful to be walking with Him and I want other to find this freedom as well. Only God can set up free completely. He alone can change us from disaster to masterpiece. I desire to tell women about His transforming power and how they to can get to know Him for themselves and experience His unchanging love in their own lives.