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.