About

My name is Julie Black and I’d like to give you a little background into who I am and why I started this website. I hope you enjoy and thank you for your interest in Faith Based Heart!

Growing up I definitely did not have the easiest childhood. I came from a very wealthy dysfunctional family. The scars I endured growing up really effected my teens where abusive relationships and alcohol almost took my life on more than one occasion. At eighteen I had a moment of clarity that could have only come from God. I remember looking around and seeing things from a higher prospective, it was almost as God was saying to me, “This is not what I have envisioned for you, you are made for so much more.” I remember tears swelling in my eyes and the pain I had been suppressing for many years finally came into feeling once more. The numbness I had been accustomed too was gone and I was in a state of utter surrender. That day I left a very unhealthy relationship, packed up my belongings and began the journey into sobriety and counselling.

At twenty I felt God tell me that I was going to be married and have a baby… the timing was odd considering I didn’t even have a boyfriend. Yet I trusted in what God was revealing to me and I was advised by the Holy Spirit to have a sit down with my biological father and release him from my life. I am going to side way here for a moment– this was a fundamental building block in my faith. See growing up when I had gone to authority figures about the abuse that was going on in my life no one believed me. I was told I was crazy and mentally unstable and that unfortunately only furthered my depression and trauma. My biological father molested me when I was a young child and was verbally abusive growing up. The things I witnessed and experienced throughout my life where not easy, yet money remained a crutch for most of my life. It essentially bought happiness and an alternate reality. So I was damaged at best, my thought processing was stunted. God intervened at just the right moments to gain life back into a very empty soul. Had I not felt these promptings who knows where I’d be today. So for the second time I listened and met with the guy who was paying for all my living and school expenses… To tell him I could no longer accept his money. That I have to move forward and being that he still can not admit what he has done to me I no longer can have him in my life. I can recall that day like it was yesterday even though it took place over eight years ago. The nervousness I felt over my life. The changes that would be occurring. Yet through God’s faithfulness,  a few weeks later I met my husband Kyle. And a few months into dating I was pregnant (although I know this isn’t God’s design), He knew my sin before it occurred and prepared me in the best ways He possibly could. He released my biological father so that I could heal and become the mother He envisioned for this sweet baby while giving me a spouse who would value me, love me, and see my worth even when I struggled to see it myself. God gave me a family!

God saved me without a doubt. His love remained unfailing and brought me back to the person He ALWAYS intended me to be. He continues to shelter me. Being a wife to such a wonderful man is only more evidence of God’s love for me. He blessed me with someone who’s caring and sensitive. Who values me as an equal to himself. Who provides the physical needs but also the emotional needs to ensure our family’s growth. Through motherhood I found unconditional love. Pure love that is to always be protected. I am an advocate for children, for they are the helpless. For their worth should always be praised. They are true gifts from God and their worth should be celebrated as such. I love how individual and unique my boys are. I feel such joy watching them grow and explore the world around them. Knowing that God has healed my heart and prepared me all along for motherhood is a true honor.

The name, Faith Based Heart resignated to me because without faith I would not be here today! As the seasons of life go up and down my faith remains constant. I know many have gone down similar roads and their faith may seem out of reach. So I have felt a calling to share my testimony and journey to inspire, motivate, and encourage those around me. God has given me a unique story. One that is full of redemption and blessing. It may not always be easy, yet though faith anything is possible and I am evidence of God’s miracles. So I hope you enjoy as I share the ups and downs of life while always giving a faith based perspective!

Hugs,

Julie Black