| Gender: | Female |
| Born: | March 22, 1975 |
| Location: | Saint Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Connection: | No connection |
| Relationship: | Married |
| I'm looking for: | Platonic friends |
| Denomination: | PCA |
A little about Michele R.
"Never doubt in the dark, what God told you in the light." ~V. Raymond Edman
Some of Michele R. Recent Blogs
My Testimony
I have a rather lengthy testimony in my profile, but I'd love to share it here on a wider scope. It humbles and embarrasses me when I read it, but it is what I have been given:If you would have asked me seven years ago if I were a Christian, I would have insisted so. After...
My favorite verse of scripture...
Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen...
"D-Day"
If you scan back over all the bad days in your life, which one would rank the worst? I don’t mean bad really…we all probably average at least one bad day a week (if we’re lucky). I am talking about that one day in your life that if you could undo it, you would in a heartbeat; a...
"Who are you?" SURVEY
In an effort to restore some lightheartedness and fun to my blog, I thought that I would propose a survey. It is difficult to scan the profiles of everyone on Faithvine that you come in contact with, in fact, some are very hard to find. Copy and paste the questions from here onto your reply...
Circumstance vs. Humanity
It has been one of the greatest honors of my life to be directly used by God to save innocent lives. Before my current ministry of loving, shaping, and treasuring my babies as a full time mom, I spent over a year on the front lines in the largest battle between life and death, good and...
More About Michele R.
| Interests: | Cooking, Politics, Religion/Spiritual, Volunteer/Community Activites, Wine Tasting |
| Favorite Sports: | Baseball, Bowling, Football |
| Favorite Movies: | The Green Mile, BraveHeart, The Fifth Element, The Notebook, Shawshank Redemption |
| Favorite Music: | Third Day, Nicole Nordeman, The Beatles, Mercy Me, Bonnie Raitt |
| Favorite Books: | Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, anything by John Grisham, Chronicles of Narnia |
| Overview: | "Never doubt in the dark, what God told you in the light." ~V. Raymond Edman |
| Relationship: | Married |
| I'm looking for: | Platonic friends |
| Height: | 5'7" - 5'8" (169 cm - 173 cm) |
| Weight: | |
| Hair Color: | Brown |
| Eye Color: | Blue |
| Languages: | English |
| Overview: | I have been married ten years and have beautiful twin daughters that are a year old. |
| Children: | 2 |
| Denomination: | PCA |
| Church Home: | Memorial Presbyterian Church |
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| Skills / Gifts : | play saxophone/gifts of faith, helps and mercy |
| Favorite verse / quote: | Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior. ~Habakkuk 3:17 |
| My faith story: | If you would have asked me seven years ago if I were a Christian, I would have insisted so. After all, I opened Christmas presents every December, as well as eating Easter candy in the spring. It wasn't until the summer of 2001 did I realize that I had been a Christian like Fazoli’s is Italian food…in name only. When the Lord began to woo me, I wasn’t really lost or in a crisis, just stuck in my existence with a God shaped void in my heart, though I couldn’t put my finger on it. I smoked pot every day, went to work, watched TV, and lived my life without any purpose whatsoever except for anticipating my next worldly pleasure. I thought that my life was pretty full, or at least as full as it could be. I don’t think I have ever been so wrong in my life, and that is a huge statement. I am embarrassed to admit that there were a series of books which pushed me toward the Throne of Grace, and it wasn’t the Bible. Here’s the embarrassing part; it was the Left Behind Series. My sister and mother-in-law gave me the first eight of them for my birthday that year, and they sat on my dresser collecting dust all spring. When the heat of summer kicked in and I found myself out of reading material one weekend, I cracked the first binding. I was quickly sucked in to the world at its end, and began to ponder if that was actually going to happen. I grew up hearing (vaguely) about Christ’s birth and resurrection, but the only context that I had ever heard about the Second Coming was portrayed as from insane wackadoo zealots with absolutely no credibility. However, the book quoted scripture, and to verify the quotes I dug out my husband’s Bible and looked them up. I would read the passages, and then the ones preceding and following them. By the time I had made it to the forth book, I had read more scripture than I had ever heard (much less read) in my entire life, and amazingly, it made sense to me. It spoke to me. By the sixth book I had bought my own Bible. Still though, I held on to my stumbling block. I believed that I was already a Christian. All of this floating in my mind was just spiritual growth…I was expanding my faith. In every other chapter of the series, another lost soul would say the “sinner’s prayer” and be added to their numbers, but I was holding fast. I would hear a small voice within me urging me to say it, and I would protest with myself (I wrongly assumed that it was myself) “That’s not for me…I am a Christian!”. Pages and chapters passed, and it wasn’t until I was into the seventh book, did I submit; I agreed with God that I completely sucked, and that I needed him. I asked Him to come to me. Dwell with me. And please God, change me and my stubborn, calloused heart. And as He had promised, He did. In the next two months, I did not grown leaps and bounds. I felt inept at praying, and had a hard time knowing where to begin reading the Bible on my own. I had disliked all the churches that I had ever darkened the door of, so my only spiritual advisor was my sister-in-law Kris, who I had previously deemed “self-righteous” due to her ironclad convictions about issues like gossiping and abortion “rights”. Then one Tuesday morning I watched two fully loaded planes purposely hit the twin towers. As those buildings collapsed to the ground, so did I. I cried out in horror, and for the first time in my life, truly began to pray for someone other than myself. I did not care about my articulation of words, or even if it made sense. It was the bend in the road of my relationship with the Lord, and my prayer life with Him. I wish that I could say that on Wednesday September 12th I stopped smoking pot, and that on Sunday I had my butt in a pew, but I did not. (I did start listening to Christian Radio [KSIV] soon thereafter, and I heard the scriptures taught from some wonderful men of God.) It was almost two years later, after many brushed off gentle whispers in my ear by the Holy Spirit, did I break down in the shower one morning, and beg Him to take this addiction away from me…to help me to be obedient to Him. After that shower, another joint never found my lips, and Sunday my butt found a pew. My epiphany came that morning as I realized that I couldn’t do anything on my own. It’s a lesson that I am graciously and patiently re-taught over and over again, by the King of Kings Himself; because I, Chely, am a daughter of the King. |
| Professional Area: | Other |
| Job Title: | Professional Mom |
| Company: | Tired but Happy, LLC |
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| Current Status: | Other Self-employment |
| Websites: | http://www.rafterjumpon.com/whos_on_board.php5?keyword=Chely%20Adams, http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/a/abigailandreagan/, http://community.faithvine.com/blogs/micheleroach |
| Overview: | I am a stay at home mom with my twin baby girls, and it is my dream job! |
Michele R.'s Board
Cindy R. on 01/22/2008, said:
I love you, Chely. But you forgot to mention in your Bio that you have the patience of a saint. You are a Blesssing to your entire family but a breath of fresh air to the Roach side. Thank you for all you do to make this world a little happier(with out even trying to) And I can say with all honesty...Jerry done real good :)
Always,
C.C.