My name is Brooke
Phillippe. I grew up in a Christian family. My father was in the Navy
so for the first 5 years of my life we lived overseas. My father got reassigned to a military base
in VA Beach, VA. When we moved back to
the states that is when I accepted Jesus into my life and heart. I was 7, but I can remember the excitement of
that day when I finally got to tell everyone that I loved the Lord. It is the same exciting feeling I get
everyday just knowing that he is near. When my parents decided to move back to
TN I was 13 and was not happy with that decision. I didn’t want to leave all my friends and
start over in middle school. But looking
back now, I see how God’s hand was in everything and how he protected me. Even though I didn’t know it at the time I
see my childhood friends now and all the struggles they went through and I
praise the Lord I did not have those struggles because I know if we had stayed
in VA Beach my life would have turned out very differently, but God had a plan
for my life.
The Lord has blessed me in so
many ways, I am overjoyed to think about it.
I work in a school system that allows teachers to talk to students about
God and church openly, we have a prayer group at school and when you walk in
the door there is a huge banner that states, In God We Trust. I know that my Savior put me where I am for a
reason. Part of the fun is figuring out
what those reasons might be. I know that
when a door gets shut he will open a new one.
My favorite Bible Verse is Joshua 1:9 Have I not
commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be
discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you
wherever you go.
As a
Christian I am reminded that life is hard but we have a Savior with us at all
times. Like the Bible says in Matthew 7:
24-25 Therefore
everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a
wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams
rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because
it had its foundation on the rock.
I have been a
member of ISBC for 4 years. My husband
Jon and I joined after we were married.
In November, we are happy to say that we will be welcoming our first
child into the world.
~ Submitted by Kathy Neal
ISBC Women's Ministry
Communications Coordinator
