STORIES WRITTEN ON THE FLOOR 2025 CREATED & WRITTEN BY MELISSA BOSS

“Behold, I am doing a new thing, now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. “Isaiah 43:19 ESV

MY STORY-HIS GLORY

I want to start off in prayer before I share my first post.

PRAYER

Father God, I thank you for who you are, I thank you for what you are doing in and through me in this season of my life. I thank you for igniting this fire within me to win lost souls through the power of your holy spirit. Thank you for bringing this vision of reaching your children through my redemption story to bring life, hope and encouragement to all of those that are lost, confused, addicted, are stuck in a victimized state of mind, and do not know who they are and what their purpose is on earth. Thank you for getting me out of the way so that you can shine through the words flowing from within my spirit. I pray that your name BE magnified and that you get all the glory in every story that is shared on this blog. Thank you for WHO you are FOR YOU are doing a new thing in and through me. Teach me to be sensitive to your voice and your leading in this NEW endeavor. I pray all of these things in Jesus’ name AMEN.

HE CALLED. I ANSWERED.

Something good came from COVID19 pandemic. As I was walking my dog in Athens, GA and I was listening to Maverick City, the LORD through his holy spirit spoke to me and said, “If you write it, I will bless it.” My reaction in between the shock was a mixture of love and confusion at first because I had been writing to the LORD in my journals since I got saved in 2017. In faith, through the thick tears that automatically fell down my face and me not feeling worthy or equipped for this, I said, “Yes, Lord.”. In that moment, I hit my knees in worship to the LORD after accepting this calling to write. And, in that moment, I was filled with the Holy Spirit. I would love to tell you that I took off right away, delved into writing led by the Lord and wrote a book, but no. I was confused about who I was in Christ. I was so full of fear, anxiety and insecurity from my past that I did not share what the Lord gave me daily. I became selfish and kept it all to myself. I did write, but I kept it in secret. Occasionally I would share but then I would withdraw after sharing driven by fear. I was a mess spiritually, mentally, and psychologically. Why would he ask me to do this. I told myself that I would fail before I even tried. This cycle went on for few years until I came to complete exhaustion. His yoke is easy, and his burden is light! Right!? We see this in the Holy Bible. This is true. Why do I feel so heavy I asked God. The LORD pushed me down to my knees and convicted me to ‘let go and let him.’ This previous “control freak” was super prideful and internally thought… I’ve got this LORD. I hear you. I am writing it down. What else do you want from me. What’s next? I came to place that I was so desperate to go deeper in the Lord and not fully knowing who I am in Christ Jesus, I almost quit so many times. The LORD just wanted my heart. He wanted a relationship with me. I was focused on my performance to impress him and less on establishing a real relationship with him before CLi. I allowed the voice of the enemy to hold me down in bondage and in captivity that kept a wall up between me and the LORD. I pursued God with a fire in my soul like I previously did with substances. God expects obedience. Long story short. I once was an addict and now I am a new creation in Christ Jesus. I have made a lot of poor choices and God loved me in my pain. He accepted me right where I was in a dark pit of hell and filth from the world. I will never forget the day that I called on his name back in 2017 in my bathtub. I wanted to die BUT GOD came, and he saved me. The words that came out was not mine but his. I accepted Jesus into my heart in that moment. I ran 10 miles after getting out of that tub. I got lost in the wilderness. When I returned back home, I was literally running to get ready for church as fast as I could. Keep in mind, I had not been in church in 30 years! I did not acknowledge God, and I even cussed out Jesus or I called him “the universe” at some point. Suddenly, I could not wait to meet the one that just gave me this gift of peace when I was in such a hopeless state of mind. Within a week, God carried me into a treatment facility, and that is where my journey started with a blanket over my head from shame of my mistakes. God loved me in my mess anyway and gave me a way out. I am honored to share that I celebrate 7 years this year in September on my daughter’s 7th Birthday. Today, I am honored to say that the LORD has blessed me with two beautiful children. Today, I see The Lord is doing a new thing! He has opened the door back open for me to work in my career field as a Licensed Veterinary Technician. In addition to this praise report, I am honored to share that I was not allowed to quit even though I tried…… several times and I am now graduating from an 18-month college level course at the College of Athens and will be obtaining my Christian Leadership Institue certification on Monday June 30th.

STORIES WRITTEN ON THE FLOOR!! What is this all about?

‘Stories Written on the Floor’ came to me while me and my littles were in a women’s battered shelter back in 2024. I was spiritually, mentally, physically, emotionally and psychologically in a very broken and dark place. The LORD was knocking on the door to my heart calling on my name to be with him once my littles went to sleep that first week over and over again. I wanted to respond in anger, but I couldn’t even lift my own hands up to praise him or hold my fist together to be mad at him. I remember saying that I give up on my plan God. Finally!! What is your plan? He said, ” You’re ready now. If you write it, I will bless it!” Again, I wrestled with God in my own strength that night for three hours on the floor (similar to Jacob in the Bible) and then I finally surrendered, and he gave me this title after I accepted his help on the floor. Today I can say this confidently now, I know who I am Christ Jesus, and I know that I do not need to earn Gods love. I am not enough; however, God is enough. And this is enough. The same spirit that raised Jesus Christ from the dead lives inside of me. I am two days from graduating and I can say I am not the same person I was last year. I fear the LORD and I want to obey him in ALL my ways moving forward. Through the spiritual disciplines Iearned through Cli, I learned how to fast and pray. Let me tell you the truth. It was not easy to do this without the support of many and some deep intense time in prayer with the Lord. PRACTICE MAKES PERMANENT. I heard this during our large group sessions, and it stuck with me. Thank you, Paula. Sacrificing food dusk to dawn gets better. I had to ask myself what my motives is. If it is because I am doing it to get closer to the Lord, then it was fruitful. If I was doing it to share with others and put myself out there public like im a powerful person, that was always burdensome. My whole entire life changed overnight it seemed after my first real fast. The results: My relationship with Jesus became closer and because of this, it overflowed in every area of my life. The Lord found me on the Floor and gave me this title, an instruction to write this and share. So here is the beginning of “Stories Written on The Floor.” I am excited for what is to come. I give all Glory to my LORD and savior Jesus Christ. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Let us magnify the LORD together!!

Melissa Boss

6.28.25