About

Hey there! I’m Audrey, and I’m so glad you stopped by!

I grew up in a Godly home and was taught the Bible from before I could even speak.  I made a profession of faith when I was six years old, and I was baptized shortly thereafter.  On my eleventh birthday, my parents sat down with my younger sister, brother, and me to tell us that we were leaving everything behind and following the Lord through a door he had opened to do ministry on the other side of the country.  For the next two years, we labored through difficult ministry, and I began to seriously question my salvation–had my understanding of the Gospel and response been enough, or had my profession years before lacked sincerity and true understanding?  For nearly three years straight, I laid awake for hours each night, crying and praying.  I wanted assurance; it was clear that my own efforts were not enough to save and comfort me.  One night after the Lord had brought us back home from the mission field, His Spirit graciously brought me to Acts 2:21:

“‘And it shall be said that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (NASB)

My eyes were opened: the gospel to which I had responded so many years before had failed me.  I am utterly incapable of meeting Jesus halfway, and as I strove to do so, I found myself with my face in the dirt, over and over again.  My parents had seen me struggling and constantly pushed me to the Word, knowing that only its power could bring me the peace I needed, and I am so grateful for that.  What they had spent the past two years learning on the mission field finally clicked with me.  Ever since then, I have sought to continually pour myself into the studying and knowledge of God’s Word.  It is the only source of Truth.

One year after we returned home from the mission field (2013), my dad accepted a pastorate position at a small Baptist church about three miles from my childhood home.  My family and I continue to serve at that church, desiring that Christ would be proclaimed from the truth of the Father’s Word, and that the Spirit would send out people from among us that the Gospel may be known to the ends of the earth.

The driving force behind the creation of this blog is the idea that theology matters.  When we understand our desperate need for Truth, the Spirit works in and through humility to bring us closer to the Father.  My goal in writing is to encourage and exhort my reformed sisters who, like me, have a burden for seeing the Lord glorified by every tribe, tongue, and nation, both at home and afar.

So who am I?  I am a follower of Christ, wife to Jonathan, and PK/former MK. I enjoy traveling, playing whatever musical instrument I can get my hands on, watching movies, and laughing. Half the the time I’m just wishing I was in Iceland.

If you have any questions or comments about anything I’ve written or just want to chit chat, email me at audtaycar@gmail.com!

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Preach the Gospel, die, and be forgotten. -Count Zinzendorf

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