I’m Hallie Finney, and here are some fun facts about me.
Fun Facts
- I grew up in Memphis with my mom, dad, brother, and sister. We got our first dog when I was in high school. Before that, we had fish. Now my parents have a couple of dogs, 2 or 3 horses, and maybe a cat. I don’t live there anymore.
- I broke my leg when I was little (maybe 5 or 7??). Apparently, I wanted to get off the seesaw, so I stuck my leg out to catch myself on the pole next to me. Unfortunately the seesaw was still moving…at high speeds. So my leg broke. My mom says I thought it would be broken forever. I got to go to Disney World when it healed. All those warning signs on the rides that advise you to stay seated until the vehicle has come to a complete stop were a little ironic, given my recent injury.
- When I was 12 or 13, I spent three weeks in New Zealand and Australia with about 40 other kids as a Global Ambassador to help promote world peace. The following summer, I spent another 3 weeks in Europe for the same purpose. There still isn’t world peace, but I sure do love Italian food!
- An incredible, godly man asked me to be his wife on January 31, 2004, and on July 10, 2004, I married him.
- I graduated from Crichton College in 2005 with a degree in Psychology and no debt, thanks to my generous parents.
- My husband and I moved to Nashville in March 2007 so he could work for Dave Ramsey.
- In 200-, my husband and I got pregnant and had our first baby (date TBA).
The Real Story
The facts above are all true, but they don’t tell you the most significant part of my life. Something happened my sophomore year of high school that radically changed my life. Jesus Christ became my Lord and Savior, and my life has never been the same.
I grew up going to church, but through a string of events during my second year of high school, I came to personally know Jesus. Asking him to forgive my sins and cleanse me from all unrighteous was the first step toward a relationship with God that has influenced every day of my life. I began to read the Bible and to talk to God daily in prayer. We’ve grown rather close over the last ten years.
The fact that I’m a Christian does not make me perfect; it’s really more of an acknowledgement that I’m not perfect. I’m a sinner, always have been and always will be. I’m working on it, but I’m stubborn and selfish so it’s a slow process. My sin separates me from God, because God is holy. Because God loves me so much, he sent his only Son to die on a cross as a sacrifice for my sins. Jesus, though fully human, was perfect, sinless. But he died with my sins on his shoulders. Fortunately his death isn’t the end of the story.
On the third day, God raised Jesus from the dead! Jesus’ death and resurrection have satisfied the debt my sinfulness has created. Once I chose to accept this gift, I was saved, forever cleansed of my guilt and shame! Now I’m free to have a relationship with a God who loves me infinitely more than I can ever imagine!
As a public profession of my faith in God, I was baptized; I was buried with Christ and raised to walk a new life, pure unto God.
I’ve submitted my life to God, and I’m trying hard every day to do things his way and to see life from his perspective. It ain’t always pretty, but it’s real and it’s the best thing about my life. God is my reason for living, the source of my joy and strength and hope in good times and bad. And I’m striving every day to be more like him. And I’m hoping that with each passing day, I can more fully understand the love of my Savior.
“Though the mountains move and the hills shake, My love will not be removed from you and My covenant of peace will not be shaken, ” says your compassionate Lord. (Isaiah 54:10).
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will have the power to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord! (Romans 8:38-39).
