REbuild: Lorrie Balding
Growing up in the rural South, my foundation was built on people pleasing and painting a perfect picture of my life for everyone to see. In April 2002, my Christian journey truly began, because it was at this time that this foundation was shattered. I found myself as a single parent, raising an 18-month-old little boy, with no family in Miami, no real friends and beginning the painful struggle of a divorce. Everything I knew, everything I had known, was no more. It was during the next year and a half that God began to REBUILD me. He forced me many, many times to be still. I tried to busy myself to dull the pain, but He constantly forced me to be alone and quiet. It was in those times that He spoke clearly to me and allowed His messages to sink in. God was placing support and friendships in my life that I knew would last a lifetime. What I considered the worst time in my life was tuning out to be the greatest thing that ever happened to me. God had rebuilt a new foundation in me based solely on Him. Soon after, Pastor Bill baptized me and the rebuilding continued. As I was beginning to feel like a whole person again, God once again blessed me by placing my future husband a few pews over. Our first date was the UBC Thanksgiving breakfast and give thanks I did! A year later, Pastor Bill made us husband and wife and now we’re expecting a child. God continues to REBUILD me daily and for that, I thank Him.
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