Hi, I'm Sherri — and God is so for you it's ridiculous.
That's not just something I say. It's what I know. And I know it because I lived the other version first.
I wasn't raised knowing how good God is. I grew up knowing religion — rules and doing your best and hoping it was enough. And when life got hard, I didn't run to God. I ran the other way.
Substance abuse took me places I never thought I'd go. It cost me my marriage. And even then, even in the middle of all of it, God never stopped working. Family and friends kept praying. And something started to shift.
Jimmie and I found our way back to each other. It didn't make sense. People said so. But we decided to try, and on our wedding day, something happened that changed everything. We both knelt down and asked Jesus to save us. Right there. And He did.
That was 1976. We've been together ever since.
Once Jesus came in, everything started to change. Wrong thinking. Old wounds. The lies I'd believed about myself and about God — He started peeling them back one by one. I began to see that God isn't an angry judge waiting for me to mess up. He's a Father who adores His kids. He's the one who drew me back. He's the one who never left.
Out of that, Jimmie and I started Connect Ministries, built on a simple idea we call “The Ministry of Showin’ Up”. Wherever believers go, Christ goes. And where He goes, things happen. I'm a speaker, author, and the woman on the deck in Kansas City, Missouri. I've spoken at women's events, churches, and conferences — and my message is always the same: God is for you. Not just in theory. Right now, in your actual life.
My new book, Sitting on the Deck, is the most personal thing I've ever written. It's a devotional, a journal, and a coloring book all in one, because I believe meeting God can happen in the middle of your ordinary day, not just in a church service.
I'm married to my best friend Jimmie. We have three kids — Jessica, Jason, and Amanda — two wonderful sons-in-law, and nine grandchildren who are the joy of my life.
If you're wondering whether it's too late for your life to mean something — it's not. I'm proof.
