Awaiting the King The Personal Blog of Theresa C. Shell

About Me

Hi, I’m Theresa.  I’m a ’stay-at-home’ wife, intercessor, discipler of women, and an avid student and follower of the Lord, Jesus Christ.  Though I gave my life to the Lord at age seven, the complexities of secular life and an unhealthy attraction to the dark side of the supernatural led me to experience a great deal of New Age and occult cultures before being miraculously brought back to Jesus.  I was baptized in water on July 4, 2004 but still suffered from physical and emotional torment.  Then, after diligently seeking what I felt was a loosing battle to KNOW the Lord, I was baptized in the Holy Spirit on March 1, 2008, and by May of ‘08 found myself free. Indeed, I’ve been truly born again!

I have a BA in English (with a Linguistics emphasis–I especially love phonetics), a minor in Theatre, and a teaching certificate in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages).  I dropped out of an MA program to follow God’s call on my life, and have learned more from the Holy Spirit than I ever did in school.  Because of my language background I may include brief language tutorials occasionally–especially since it drives me crazy that some pastors/teachers enthrall followers using linguistic terms that, in many cases, aren’t proving anything .

I’m also outside the “normal” realm of Christianity.  I don’t use commentaries (not that I don’t approve of them, but it seems like too much work to me to ’sort’ through, especially since I need practice in hearing the Lord directly), so everything I write will be straight from my own prayer, sweat, and Bible searching unless I state otherwise.  I also have no denominational ties and believe that the multiple sects of each protestant, catholic, and orthodox Christians have equal chances of salvation so long as they love Jesus first and foremost and work out their salvation with fear and trembling.  It alarms me to recognize that so many Christians in every ‘kind’ settle for Jesus having a small piece of their lives, when He Himself says that He IS life–He is the only bread we need.  I hope to encourage and walk along with those who fervently desire to walk in Truth, even as our Lord shakes and refines the different branches of His body to destroy every lofty thing and to pull close the hearts that love Him without cause.

That said, please recognize, that although I have a strong fear of the Lord and desire for Truth, I am not by any means infallible.  My writing here will also be unedited.  It is my prayer that those who read this site would be eager to consider what I have to say and even more eager to search the scriptures as did the Bereans.