My First Blog Post

Hello everyone! This is my first blog post, so I figured I would introduce myself. My name is Travis, I am a Husband, my wife and I have been married for 15 years. We have 3 kids that God has truly blessed us with (I will go further into that story in later posts) and I am truly grateful to be their dad. We live in Pennsylvania, but have lived in several other states over the past 15 years, to say that we have had a hard time setting roots would almost be an understatement.

I am a Christian, and like many Christians I have spent a lot of my life struggling trying to figure out exactly what that means, I am learning that it is not the cookie cutter image that we are given when we are growing up. I fell away from reading my Bible for many many years, and because of that I strayed away from the path that I knew I should be walking down (Matthew 7:13-14). This had and has caused a lot of strife in my journey, I allowed myself to become a slave to my addictions, and they ruled my life.

The biggest reason I am starting this blog is to document and share my journey with you, in hopes that it will help you break the chains that have ruled your life, it is not I but God who can lead you to the breaking of the yoke that is a burden. Matter of fact He has already BROKEN that yoke! Galatians 5:24-25 says "Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's leading in every part of our lives."

Are you ready to nail your passions and desires of your sinful nature to the cross? I know this is a question I am asking myself quite seriously now, especially since I am putting it down on "paper" for all to see.

I invite you to follow along on this journey with me, and to grow with me as I figure out just exactly what and how I am doing this blog. I pray that God will use this platform to not only grow me spiritually but to also help reach out to those who may be searching just like I am.