ROBERTS FAMILY

Not long ago I had a dream about a river I'd have to cross. The water was so troubled, but I knew that the help that I needed was in the water. If I wanted help, I'd have to step into the water. When I woke up, the Lord gave me a song. Brad and I recorded it at home and it's not done bluegrass, but it means a lot to me.

Sometimes we have to go through some difficult situations, but going through them only makes us stronger. Remember to trust in the Lord and when He tells you to do something, be willing to step out.

I made this music player at MyFlashFetish.com.

All About Tereen

Hi, I'm Tereen. I have three brothers and four sisters. My mother raised eight children on her own, so I learned at an early age what love and sacrifice is all about. As a child, Mother wasn't able to take us to church, but she did send us to church. She taught us gospel songs and told us stories from the Bible. She helped us memorize the books of the Bible and study for our Sunday School lessons as well as our regular school lessons. Mother worked two to three jobs while we were growing up to support all of us kids, so she didn't have a lot of time on her hands, but she did an awesome job of raising us. Our clothes may not have been the latest fashion, but we always had clean clothes to wear. We always had food on the table, and even a little extra whenever one of the neighborhood children would come over hungry. I don't know how she did it, but she always managed to give us everything we needed. We didn't have much, but we had each other and we had love, everything we needed. I know she did without a lot, and at the time I didn't realize how much she sacrificed for us, but I know now how blessed I am to have the mother that I have. I have no doubt that her faith in God is what brought us through.

As I got older, I got out of church and started running around a little. I found myself in places that I knew I shouldn't have been, doing things that I knew I shouldn't be doing. After quite a few years of this, I began to feel the want/need to go back to church. Brad and I started checking out different churches. We'd go for a few Sundays, then it may be a month before we would go back again. We visited some nice churches, but we hadn't found what we were looking for. Then Brad's cousin Phil and his wife Brenda started working with us and started coming over and witnessing to us. They would play gospel music and wanted to get a band together. After a few practices, they started playing out. At their second show, Phil sang "God Walks the Dark Hills". I had heard Phil sing this song before, but this night, something was different. As I was listening to the words, tears started flowing down my face. I couldn't stop them no matter how hard I tried. When we went home that night I told Brad how Phil's song had touched me. I had to go to work that night and I talked about it all night long. I just couldn't get that feeling out of my mind. When I got home from work, I had Brad call Phil and Brenda to find out where they were going to church because I wanted to go. We went to church that morning and found just the place that we had been looking for. I gave my life to the Lord and I have no intentions of turning back.

Mother taught me about love and sacrifice as a child, but it doesn't compare to the sacrifice that Jesus made for me and the love that He has for me. He has done so much for me that I could never tell it all. He answers prayers for me daily. He even healed me of cancer in 2004. But the greatest thing He did for me was to die so that I might live. I praise Him for all that He does.

God has a plan for me. He blessed me with a mother that would bring me up knowing about Him. He blessed me with a husband who also was raised knowing about Him. I was blessed with two healthy sons, and a healthy, beautiful granddaughter. When He started drawing me in, He even sent reinforcements to make sure that I would find my way. He brought my husband and I in together so that we could be a support for each other. He even sat my mother at my side in church. I've prayed for Him to give me the words to help others and He gives me poems and stories to share, and He has even given me a few songs. He gave me the newsletter and web site to do for the group and I'm able to reach out to people that I'll never meet. I don't play an instrument and I sing very little, but the Lord has blessed me with the ability to reach others with my words.

If you don't know the Lord, I pray that you seek Him. He'll bless you beyond measure if only you'll let Him.