Welcome to from the Inside Out!
My name is Kelli… or Momma if you are one of my 4 little Lightlings running around here! I am the heart behind the words here at from the Inside Out and He is the life giving pulse behind them all, for with out Him they cease to breathe. From the Inside Out is my soul’s sanctuary to inhale and exhale His grace upon my life, through my life. With each word I seem to find a little more of myself… stringing together to form nothing above ordinary, just simply and humbly me… .
A 30 year old woman captivated by grace, magical undeserved favor.
I am a wife of nearly 11 years to Rick my beloved and amazing husband, a mother of 4 talented and funny children I call my little Lightlings, a home-keeper living at the moment in the deep south of Louisiana.
From the Inside Out comes from deep with in my heart… from a passion planted in the soil of my soul many years ago when the gospel was revealed to me through the Spirit and my eyes were opened to this high and holy calling of biblical womanhood. I was taken by it’s beauty and liberated by it’s command or song upon my once meaningless life. As I have grown in my love for the gospel so has my love for my husband, my children and my home grown and with it understanding has blossomed.
I believe with all of my heart as the quote by Susan Hunt says, that I am, as a woman of God… “to be devoted to caring for God’s people” and “for the wife and mother it begins at home“. I have such a passion to not only believe the gospel, not only embrace it but to radically live it out right where I am, at home… striving to advance the kingdom of God with a holy vision… from the inside out.
I am a domestic missionary, my home is my mission field. My husband is my spiritual leader, my head. My children are my disciples. My calling is high, holy, and crucial as John Piper would encourage and I have the influence to change the world… for His name to be magnified and multiplied among the nations through simply living out the gospel at home by loving and caring for His people… from the inside out.
My prayer is that He will use this little sanctuary of thoughts to encourage and liberate both my friend, in our calling to work from the inside out, to radically embrace the gospel, to embrace true biblical womanhood and reject the feminist agenda. That we will be challenged to live a godly life in Christ Jesus, that our hearts will be strengthened, comforted, and filled with such a zeal, through God’s Spirit, for a holy vision of our life as a wife, mother, and home-keeper working…
I feel refreshed in reading your post. I too believe my biggest mission field is my home. I live in a place where many people don’t agree with this thought and it makes me so sad. Thank you for being willing to share your thoughts and ideas, it is encouraging to me.
Loved your blog! Look forward to more.
I found your blog thru A Holy Experience . . . because we share a name– even the unusual spelling of it! But as I see here, we really share SO much more! Blessings on your journey, Kelli.
(Come visit me sometime?
http://jasonandkelliwoodford.blogspot.com/)