a journey...

after reading someone else's blog it has inspired me to write something about my journey through life so far.
listening to other people's life stories i have always thought mine was less interesting. it turns out i was wrong. you see EVERYONE has an interesting story to tell about their journey and experiences in life. after all we are complex beings and that alone makes us interesting.

so...lets start at the very beginning, a very good place to start...(i love Sound of Music by the way).
on the 12 April 1981 (now you all know how old i am) in a place called Hilbrow (it was still nice back then) in Johannesburg, Angelique Wilson (that's me) was born. we didn't stay there long, about a year later we moved down to Cape Town. ever since i can remember my mom and i moved around a lot. even through primary school we moved a lot, but always managed to stay in the same primary school from subA to standard 5 (haha...there's some old school for you). besides the moving around i had a reasonably happy childhood. i gave my heart to the Lord when i was nine, but with no solid foundation and discipleship i got lost.
my teenage years were quite eventful. i struggled to find my identity in which i was totally mislead. i did things that i thought made me look 'cool' and at the same time feeling like a complete...when you don't have a life in Christ you are LOST! i don't blame my parents for not teaching me the ways of God. 'you err because you do not know the scriptures', but now as a parent i have realized that the most important thing about being a parent is that we have a responsibility to teach our children the precepts and ordinances of God and to teach them that who they are is the way God made them to be. that their identity is in Christ.
i have been in some very interesting places and situations, but it took just one of those instances to make me realize that i was desperate for change. i know now that up until that moment Jesus was working in my life to get me to that place. and ever since that moment i have been loved, accepted, rebuked, blessed, tested, put through refining fire...and you know what (it might sound a little crazy) i wouldn't have it any other way!
i am thankful for all the experiences i have gone through in my journey so far. my disappointments have become His appointments.  

something new...

wow! here we go! something i have not done before. putting my thoughts online. this is a stretch for me as i am quite a private person. i hide all my writings away. oh well maybe it is a good thing. you never know until you try. 
i have always wanted a motto in life i think that will be it...you never know until you try. it doesn't make sense to me when someone says 'i don't like it' and they haven't even tried it. like with food how do you know what it tastes like to say you don't like it if you haven't even tasted it? ok...i will admit i will not put sheep eyes in my mouth or suck the insides out of a grilled prawn head...bleh! the thought of it makes me...come to think of it i guess that is the way some people feel about certain foods, but then again some people are just fussy!...


hey! this was actually fun. i think i can blog 'ordinary things' that i ponder about. chow for now.