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Some more about our tripWhen you get together with a bunch of God's servants, something wonderful happens--He shows up!This last year was draining and full of hard work and sometimes disappointment. The enemy was giving us evil reports right-and-left. I am sure most of us can relate--the "noisome pestilence" that rings in your ears about "doom and gloom". Of course, we were able to keep most of it at bay, but we were weary. The denomination we are a part of does not have any official recognition or encouragement for stay-at-home moms, quiver-fullness, or homeschooling. I have sometimes felt left-out, or even estranged because of it. Even so, my husband and I kept serving and giving of ourselves, since we knew that these folks also had a deep desire to serve and love God, and that is really what we are, at our core. This last week God moved on their hearts to pour out encouragement to us beyond measure. They doted on our children, they prayed for us, and they gave us words of prophecy. It was just the touch we needed at just the right time. I cannot begin to explain how bolstered I feel right now. It is as if all of their hands are under us, lifting us up. One of the prophecies given was that I did not have to answer to anyone but God for the calling He has on my life--I really needed that. Another one was that God wanted us to be in a spirit of repentance--that was right-on, too. A dear lady laid her hands on my tummy and was swept away at the anointing over this little baby growing inside of me--and the baby answered by thumping up and down! My husband and I, after my two miscarriages, almost gave up on having another--what we would have missed out on! Then two of our other children received a mighty touch of God, the two that are just now entering into young adulthood (some call them "teen-agers"). Our daughter received such a dose of the Holy Ghost that the other ladies were asking her to pray for them, just to get some of the overflow. Our son received prayer and hasn't come down from it yet--wants to spend all day studying the Word! This was an answer to prayer for me. I need to emphasize here something that we all need to hear from time to time, "unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it". I know that homeschooling is a wonderful, God-given idea, and it will even work for the pre-christian, simply because it is based on His principles and His ideas. But, for those of us who are looking to populate a new generation of God-followers, sold-out living testimonies, you CANNOT do it without the power of God. You can read all the right books, use all the right curriculum (or not), but it will fall flat without the Holy Spirit. Christianity is not like any other religion, where it is a set of principles or ideas, but it is a real, living relationship with the God who created the universe. On that basis, it doesn't do one much good to read the writings of some dead prophet, unless you know that the God of those words is still living and can bring those words to life to you everyday. This takes faith, and I'm sure those of other religions have to exercise this type of faith as well, but I am so excited that God meets that faith--that Jesus really does walk and talk with His followers, and that the Holy Spirit guides and directs, and in real, tangible ways, not just "some day". In the living, breathing Christianity that we live, God is more active on our behalf than we are on His. We don't have to beg and plead and deny ourselves to hear from Him, we just believe and rest. The time we spend in prayer and seeking His face is not in vain, it is part of the reward. Heaven is a place in which one's greatest desires are fulfilled--but not the boring, empty earthly desires we are now enslaved by. Heaven is filled with HIM! And once you get to know God, in His fulness, you don't need anything else, neither do you want anything else! Just think of the most wonderful person you have ever met, one that you could count on for love, encouragement, and direction, multiply it times a kazillion, and then you will have just a glimpse of who He is. I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise will continually be in my mouth My soul will boast in God my Savior The humble will hear it, and they will be glad Oh magnify the Lord with me Let us exalt His name together Psalm 34:1-3 Sherry Leave a Comment { Last Page } { Page 26 of 84 } { Next Page } |
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