(Well, what were you expecting me to look like... an old lady? You did! You really thought I'd look like an apple witch because of the name of my website, didn't you! LOL!)

My name is Sandra Purdue and Christ Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I’m a Southern Baptist who believes that the entire Bible is the inspired Word of God; therefore, I believe every Word in the Bible, not just the good parts. It seems like eons ago, surely before the hills were made, when I was still a babe in Christ, I had no idea that God's Holy Word--the Bible--was supposed to

be my instruction manual for life; I didn’t understand what the Lord expected of me upon accepting the gift of Salvation.

In church, I heard that I was to pick up my cross and follow Jesus, but I didn’t know how. “What in the world does that mean?” I would ask myself, scratching my head. "What are they talking about abiding in the Lord?" I wondered.

I had so many questions about Jesus back then and since I didn’t know where to find the answers in the Bible, I looked to other Christians, even my pastor for the answers. Unfortunately, they were either too busy to answer my questions, gave me ill-defined answers, or they didn't know the answers themselves. Though I quickly became frustrated with this whole Christianity thing,  I still participated in Bible study, which was headed by the pastor at the church, and continued to attend church. Right after Bible study one evening, when I asked the pastor what Revelation 12 meant, he looked at me and shrugged his shoulders.

To top it all off, the first person that I tried to witness to asked me a question that left me stumped. Going to the pastor, I asked him that same question and barely got a response. He might as well have grunted his response, I probably would have understood that better back then. Confused, disappointed, I quit going to church.

*** Yes, I know what you're thinking: "You could have purchased a book that would have answered your questions about God." Sure I could have, but for some reason, the thought didn't cross my mind until years and years later. (Hey, I never said I was bright, okay! So just get off my back already! LOL!!) ***

So anyhoo... where was I... Oh yeah, over the following years, up until the last five years or so, I hid from God.  Rather than give all I had and all that I am, warts and all, over to Christ so that He could be King of my life, I tried to take care of everything myself. I constantly worked like a dog so I could make the money that I needed to buy everything I wanted and needed. My daughter and I barely knew each other. I was always stressed out.

Now, here comes the crazy part... and this is the honest truth, cross my heart: Right after I got divorced, because I was divorced, and my life wasn't exemplary, even though I wanted to go to another church, I didn't go. Want to know why? Doesn't matter --I'm going to tell you anyways: I didn't attend church because I believed that my life had to be perfect before I went back to church.

On and on I went for years, working like a dog, coveting this and that, caring more about the things of this world than God, hiding from God, until something happened one day that forever changed my life.

I was injured on the job, or so I thought.

When I went to the doctor and she sent me in for an MRI on my neck, a startling discovery was made: I had severe arthritis in my neck, I had advanced Degenerative Disk Disease in my neck, and I would never get better. The prognosis I was given was poor... as time goes by, it'll only get worse.

Because I could no longer work a traditional job, I was angry, bitter, and I felt like a MAJOR loser for a while. Wondering how this could possibly be happening to me, I went looking for the answers in my Bible. Since I still had the same questions that I had years ago, I looked for those answers too.

As I read my Bible, I compared myself to what God expected of me and I’ve got to tell you that what I saw wasn’t pretty. No one likes what he or she sees in the mirror of self-reflection, do they? When I realized that I was covetous and greedy, that I wasn’t worthy to be a child of God, I was so terrified of being rejected by God, of being cast into hell for eternity after I die, that I gave everything I am and everything I had to the Lord right then. At long last, I began to allow Him to tell me what I would do with my life.

In the process of getting to know God, I learned that you don't have to be perfect to attend church. The belief that your life has to be perfect, that you have to be sinless to attend church is from the pit of hell itself. It's a lie straight from the mouth of the king of lies. We go to church for fellowship, to learn about God, to hold each other accountable in Christ. No Christian is perfect, even me, but I know that the work that Christ began in me will be completed in His time, not mine, not man's time.

Fast-forward a few more years to the present time. Armed with my passion about the Lord, my writing skills, and an active imagination, my goal is to reach out to other believers, new or otherwise, and encourage them in their walk with the Lord.

If you’d like to share your testimony and have me post it on this site, feel free to send it to me in the body of an email at: sandra @ bossychurchlady.net, (without the spaces in the address).

More About Me

Soon, I'll be finished with my book called THE BOSSY CHURCH LADY’S OFFICIAL GUIDE FOR TODAY’S NEW CHRISTIAN: The Ultimate Handbook for New Christians. (If you don't know why I would write a book like this, read my testimony above again, but slowly this time, so you'll see the answer.) Not only will this book teach new Christians how to walk closer to the Lord, and experience spiritual growth, but this book will also equip new Christians with the necessary armor and weaponry to be an effective warrior for the army of God.

Another book I'm writing, The End Of All Things As Told By Jason Shaw is almost finished too. If you go to the sign up page and sign up for my newsletter, you'll be the first to know when the books are finished.

Announcement! I have a new granddaughter named Dixie!

Dixie	Great Grandma Dixie holding lil Dixie.
Little Dixie on Easter in her bunny outfit.	Another pic of Dixie in her bunny outfit.
She is growing so fast! In three days, on the 14th of May, she'll be 2 months already!