I love finding stories of ordinary men and women who may not have been great or "successful" in the eyes of the world, but had a great love for God. Their lives show us that no matter who you are or where you are in life, God can use you for His kingdom. While our situations and backgrounds may differ from theirs, we can meet on common ground by faith in Jesus Christ. For the present-day believer, their lives serve to encourage and inspire us in our own journeys of faith.
While we can look up to these people and desire to emulate their faith, we must also remember that they were imperfect people as we all are. No human being can be placed on a pedestal, because perfection belongs to God alone.
Through their strong faith and their failings, we are ultimately pointed to Jesus, because these stories are really not about these men and women, just as our lives are not about us. Praise God that through Jesus, we can rest in the hope that just as we see how God worked in the lives of imperfect people through His Holy Spirit, He is working in ours to sanctify and mold us into the image of His Son.
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" . . . looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."
Hebrews 12:2
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This blog highlights various stories from different times in history, but they all serve one purpose: to point readers to Jesus. I pray that by God's grace this would be the purpose of our stories as well.
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I also enjoy sharing some of the lessons that the Lord has been personally teaching me, so you will find some of those posts along with the biographical ones. My hope is that you would be encouraged and blessed through reading it.
Hi, I'm Isabella!
Thanks for stopping by! If you're reading this blog, good chance you're a history lover like me. Or maybe you like biographies or just blogs in general. Maybe none of those things apply to you, but whoever you are, I hope this blog encourages you in your story.
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At first, I didn't plan to have an "About" section for myself (what are you supposed to write anyways?), but when reading other blogs, I always feel a connection to the author and their words when I know a little about them. So here it goes...
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​I'm just an ordinary Arizona native, second oldest in a family of eight kids, homeschool graduate, book worm, violinist, and lover of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
I love travel and have had a heart for international missions since I was a kid. God opened the doors for me to go on my first mission trip to Ethiopia shortly after I graduated high school, and a few years later to Ireland. One of my favorite parts is embracing the culture and the people, but that always means I leave a piece of my heart behind each time. I recently spent a month in Austria serving at a Christian conference center and fell in love with the country and its people.
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I've played the violin since I was eight, and while I love playing in the symphony orchestra, my favorite moments with the violin are when I'm playing in church - whether that be in Arizona, Ireland or Austria.
After graduating high school in 2019, I felt the Lord directing me on a different path than college, and since then, it's been an adventure letting the Lord lead each step. He's done far more than I could have imagined or accomplished in my own strength or abilities. While it has not always been easy taking the unpaved path, it has strengthened my walk with the Lord and trust in Him in ways I would have missed out on otherwise. I call it my "road less traveled."
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Missionary Lilias Trotter sums it up well:
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"When God delays in fulfilling our little thoughts, it is to have Himself room to work out His great ones."
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How true I have seen this to be! God is good!
​My dream day would look like taking a walk out in nature and later bundling up in a blanket surrounded by big trees with a good book in hand - and maybe some dark chocolate too! :)
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