Hi Everyone!

I am a 33-year-old woman from a small town in North Carolina.  I've joined BeliefNet because, well, I have been struggling for a long time with many things.  There are some tremendous changes taking place within my spirit, and in turn I need to make some major changes in my life.  I know God is dealing with me and that I am at the beginning of something amazing. I have begun attending church with my family again after being out for many, many years.  Satan led me to believe that I could never be forgiven for some of the things I've done, that I didn't deserve to be loved by anyone, and these beliefs took me places I never should have been.  But I think I'm finding my way, slowly but surely. 

What else?  I work at a university, where I am also attending Graduate School.  I own my house (a cabin in the woods), I have a cat, and a circle of friends and family I can always count on. I was married briefly about ten years ago to a non-believer, and have had many relationships before and since that one, but each one leaves me feeling a little more empty.  I find it very hard being a single Christian woman.  I want to be close to God, and I need to get there.  I know now that He is the only truth, and a relationship with Him is the only thing that will ever complete me.  And now...I just need to begin that relationship.