Time With The Lord
* * This is my Testimony* * *hardly ever went with us. My sister and I used to go, but as we got older,
she didn't want to go anymore. As wonderful as my dear parents were, they were just not much
on church going. I always felt something was missing. After I married, in the Catholic church, I
started going a lot. Searching. Wondering. I was thirsty and didn't know how to quench it.
I know that there are many Catholics that are doing great in their Christian walk. This is
not a slight against the Catholic church. It is just that God in His infinite wisdom, had
other plans for me. I had never owned a bible of my own, but used to
spend hours looking at my sister's big bible full of beautiful pictures. But I never read it much.
So, in 1978 or so , I bought myself a bible of my own. I still have
that first little bible. I couldn't understand some things and felt I needed some kind of study,
but didn't know where to turn. One day I received a bible study through the mail.
It was questions that could be answered after reading certain scripture. So I did it and mailed
it back. I received quite a few more, and really enjoyed it. I was finally studying the
Bible. And it felt wonderful to read God's word and to get to know Him this way.
But still something lacked. God was moving and working things out. I was planning on taking on one
or two children to baby-sit, and was going to put an ad in the paper. Before I
got my ad in, I received a phone call from a lady who told me that she
was in a store and had mentioned she needed a sitter. The clerk knew me and told
her to call me. She did, and the very next day I started taking care of their
2 little girls. That lasted about 4 years, and then they eventually moved back to north Louisiana.
But, during that time, she told me about the church they attended. I visited, and really felt
good there. My children enjoyed Sunday school. And I even taught Sunday school for a few years.
To this day I am still a member of Community Bible Church. The fellowship is wonderful.
I need to backtrack here a bit. God knew what I would be going through and
knew that I wouldn't be able to do it alone. Things were rocky in my marriage,
and it looked bleak. God didn't choose to make things perfect at that time. He had so
much stuff to work out in me. It took years. But in the meantime, I prayed
that Jesus would forgive me for I knew that I was a sinner. I gave Him my
life and He has never let go. And He never will. He has been my only
hope many times over the years. The strength I have now is from the tests and
the trials He allowed me to go through. My faith in Him and my love for Him
is stronger now than it ever was. If you have never given it all to Jesus,
friend, let me challenge you to do so. There is nothing , I mean nothing, that can even
come close to the awesome love and fellowship He gives. One of my favorite scriptures is
Proverbs 3: 5&6. "Trust in the Lord with all of your heart, and lean not on your
own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths."
I hung on to this promise through rough times in our marriage, with my children,
illnesses and just plain daily struggles. He is my everything. Without Him I have nothing.
I thank Him for all that I have and for all that I am. And I thank
Him at this time, for the wonderful friends He has set before me.
is going wrong. School, family problems, severe health
problems, etc. Meanwhile, Grandma is baking a cake.
She asks the child if he would like a snack, which
of course he does. "Here, have some cooking oil."
"Yuck" says the boy. "How about a couple raw eggs?"
"Gross," he says. Grandma asked, "Would you like some
flour, then? Or maybe baking soda?" "Grandma, those
are all yucky!" To which Grandma replies: "Yes, all
those things seem bad all by themselves. But when they
are put together in the right way, they make a wonder-
fully delicious cake!" God works the same way. Many
times we wonder why He would let us go through such
bad and difficult times. But He knows that when He puts
these things all in 'His' order, they will always work
for good! We just have to trust Him and, eventually,
they will all make......"Something Wonderful!"
...We should pray as we breathe, always...you how or when I started receiving it. If you are interested in
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