Down The Road I Saw The Significance

James 1:2-3 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing OF YOUR FAITH DEVELOPS PERSEVERANCE.

       OMG! Tested? Someday when you read my autobiography, you’ll get it. Trust me, when I went through the darkness of post-partum depression, it was nothing more than a miracle, as the light returned.

       I can’t tell you about all of those in the same situation, to whom God has sent me.  I became their cheerleader and mentor.

       Consider it pure joy? St. James ? I know you were martyred. All I can say is that seeing the Risen Christ gave you super strength. I totally related myself to Job.

       It wasn’t until 10 years later that I began to see the significance.  I suppose I was lucky, because my illness ignited an entire shift in my paradigm. Here was the paradigm of my mindset during my youth:

*Get a good education

*Get a good degree/career in case you need it.

*Get married

*Be a housewife ,as was my mother/grandmother

*Men ruled the household

*I worked as an Elementary Art Teacher for 3 years.

*Had the first child and planned on staying home.

*Farm life/ not seeing much of a farmer husband/ being in the house with 2 babies/no girlfriends/ post-partum issues begin

YEP….I DID NOT CONSIDER IT PURE JOY!

    Jan. 1979…I was hospitalized for two weeks. However, it took years for God to TRULY TRANSFORM MY MIND….and teach others how to do the same. With my God, counseling and medication, I began to live in a new realm.

       With the encouragement of my husband, and a WWII survivor who suffered from serious PTSD, My life began to take on an entire new paradigm.

       Here’s how my suffering created Fearless Faith Sue:

*I began to get involved at church and in our Farm Bureau Group and made friends.

* Oct. of 1981 I began to teach Art at Little School in the Prairie Preschool.

*86/87..  I was not only the school Art Teacher, but also had my own Preschool Class.

*87/88   I became the K Teacher at the preschool. God spoke to me very clearly to get recertified for elementary.

*88/89   I return to Jonathan Alder as a part time  Art Teacher.

*I’m certified for elementary…become a 30 year K Teacher.

*’98 GOD BEGAN TO TAKE ME ON AN AMAZING SPIRITUAL JOURNEY

*2014 retired from teaching. 30 yrs. in Jonathan Alder Schools…7 years at Little School.

Jan.9,2016 I began a personal blog.

Feb. 2017 Sandy sanders and I begin as devotional bloggers.

GOD HAS BIG PLANS FOR US.

A TOTAL SHIFT IN THE PARADIGM OF MY  YOUTH. My illness pushed me forward to “Become.”

HEAVENLY FATHER: I pray that all who are going through tough times claim the following: James 1:2-3 is all about God wanting to take you to a higher place and create a new spirit within you.

You can only imagine the amount of little souls that I touched through the Holy Spirit. In the Name of Jesus, I pray. Amen

Sue Cutler

Fearless Faith