Bekah's Story
Sorry I was not able to post anything this past week. It was quite possibly the busiest week I have had since I have been off at school. But I am back now, and I am so excited to share Bekah’s story with you.

Bekah and I went to school together up through middle school (and if you remember Leah from my last post, this is her sister!) And though she grew up seeing her dad’s tattoos (then her brothers’ as she got a little bit older), she had a fear of needles that partially kept her from getting inked. But this past year and a half or so Bekah wanted a tattoo; particularly, one of a passage that has gotten her through these past couple of years that have grown her significantly.

She says this growing time in her life really started in July of 2010 when she went to the International House of Prayer for an internship. It’s there that she says she surrendered her life to Jesus Christ, seeing that to do so requires a believer to give his or her ALL to the Lord. One passage that especially spoke to her in this area was Psalm 62. This psalm relates God to an unshakable rock or fortress who offers rest and hope to believers through the salvation He alone provides.

And Bekah says verse 8 really stands out to her as it reads, “Trust in [God] at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.” She sees three things in this verse that believers should do as a testament to Jesus Christ being the Lord and Savior of their lives; these things are: 1) trust God, 2) pour their hearts out to Him and 3) see Him as their refuge. These keys are what she has tried to apply to her life these past couple years as she has waited on God to reveal what His purpose is for her life.

As of just this past Sunday, Bekah is in South Carolina, helping her brother with a ministry he is a part of. There she is teaching guitar lessons among other things and just enjoying this time in her life.

Plans for future tattoos for Bekah also revolve around concepts in Scripture. She is considering getting text that reads, “I have given you a new name” (in reference to how God makes us new creations at salvation) or “my beloved one” (to remind her of God’s love for her) or something of the like. I just hope that whatever she gets that she will let me do a post about it!

I hope you all enjoyed that story and maybe were challenged by it. Shoot me a comment to let me know what you think! I hope to see you all back here next week for a different kind of story behind the ink. [SPOILER: it involves a professor here at Cedarville who has a tattoo; he’s super cool, so you won’t want to miss that one!]