Who am I?

Good Morning!! 5.8.15

As you may know I am Starla (Vining) Conroy! As I was laying in bed last night I was asking God "what do you want me to do?" And boom! Here we are! You see I have so much to say! Many of you who know me might know how much I love to write! I have pages and pages full of my thoughts!  God told me that I didn't need to keep them hidden any longer because this is His gift to me. A gift I need to share! I pray that this blog will impact someone's life! All Glory be to God.

I want to first tell you my story. 

   I was born on 8.30.93 in Starkville, Mississippi (Hail State). My lovely parents are James and Tina Vining. They also provided me a brother (Trace Vining) on 3.6.98. I was raised all my life in church; my Nanny would take me or my family. I was saved and baptized at the age of 12. I knew what it meant to be a Christian and I loved the Lord! Soon I entered the terrifying world of High School where the world seemed so much bigger. P.S. It was there that I met my sweetheart Shane! In high school life got harder, the demands to fit in and be popular were so high! My friends all started going separate ways and I soon began to fade away in my walk as a Christian. I stopped going to youth on Wednesday nights and really didn't want to go on Sunday's. Don't get me wrong I loved God but my love for softball, boys, and my friends was so much more! The more I fell away the more I sinned. I graduated high school in 2011 from West Blocton High. I made different friends and then went on to play softball at Marion Military Institute. Softball was the most important thing in my life at the time! The demand that athletes face day to day is definitely challenging. My first semester of college I had no idea what I was getting myself into. It wasn't long before God took away the thing that was being put before Him, softball! In December of 2011 I had to have knee surgery for patella femoralis and decided that my career as a softball player was over. I transferred to Shelton State in the spring of 2012 during this time I wasn't the best person. I was a bad friend, and I intentionally sinned all while proclaiming to be a Christian. *If you knew me during this time I apologize for anything I may have done wrong!* During my first semester of college I was depressed, I went through a bad breakup and it really got me down. I didn't understand. I kept searching and searching for the right guy to make me happy again and it never worked. I was broken though many didn't even know, but God started showing me that there is hope. He showed me that I was searching for happiness in the wrong things. I then started putting my life in Gods hands. If I couldn't make myself happy and be able to stand alone with God then a guy would only make me happy for so long. It was then that God led me back to Shane. We started dating in the Spring of 2012, together we made mistakes but we both found God. I learned that in my life from High School on was a life of a lukewarm Christian.

      "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of My mouth. (Revelation 3:15-16 HCSB)

      At that time in my life God wanted to spit me out of his mouth. I was saying I was a Christian but my actions said differently. I was simply a fan of God, cheering Him on whenever something good happened, but only for a second. Once I realized this I rededicated my life over to God and changed completely! On 8.30.12 Shane asked me to marry him! He had surrendered his calling into the ministry! We helped each other in our walk with Christ and had a great support system. On 8.3.13 we got married! Our lives changed forever in February when we went to El Salvador on a mission trip! It was there we met the most amazing people and truly humbled ourselves! God showed me that he put me in this world to help the helpless! We have been so wrapped up in God ever since! There's so much more we can do but it starts with change! We are all here for one reason and that's to share Gods love! I do believe that if you are a follower of Christ and are putting things or people before God that he will take them away! 

I pray that this encourages someone! I am not perfect but I am a forgiven child of God and a follower of Jesus Christ! He loves you so much! His love is unending! 

***** please feel free to leave comments, email me, tell me what you think!! 

God Bless, 

   Love His daughter, 

                Starla Conroy