GIVING. PRAYING. FASTING
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of music and the desire to see people set free in the presence of the
Lord. This twenty something pescatarian enjoys a healthy lifestyle
which enables her to truly make her body the temple of the Holy
Spirit.
Here’s a quick look at our time together.
LW: Casey, you’re a southern girl so I didn’t expect to hear you are
a vegetarian?
CJ: I was praying to God about some things I wanted Him to change
and I really wanted Him to increase my level of stewardship and at
that time He brought it to my attention that I wasn’t even stewarding
what I was putting in the inside of my body. So it would be difficult
for Him to give me more when I don’t really steward what I have very
well. So it’s a form of discipline… it is more of a lifestyle fast. I think
in church we want to talk about the spiritual and mental health but
your physical health is a part of your honor to God. You can’t carry
His Spirit around in a beat up box and we won’t be able to do it for
a lifetime or for as long as we probably could have if we were able to
steward our bodies better.
LW: Casey, I was reading your bio and there’s a line there where
you say “Singing is a language unto itself.” Tell us a little about
that.
CJ: For me, singing has always been something I did in private. So
when I’m walking around the house or cleaning or just kinda in my
own space I would hum … even when I was a little bitty girl my mom
says before I even had the words to articulate I would just hum when I
would get nervous or hum before I went to sleep. I began to understand
how in Jeremiah, God literally rejoices over us with singing. So if God
can use it as a language towards us then I most definitely can use it as
a language towards Him. There are a lot of things I cannot articulate
in spoken word that somehow forms together when I hum or sing.
LW: How did you make the leap from elementary school teacher
to fulltime music ministry?