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My daughter is profound. She always has been. The depth of her answers and reflections on spiritual things always astounds me. She just gets it.
Yesterday at Bible Study I got called into the office. Not because I was misbehaving in class, although the Ooooohhh's from my daughter would have made you think so. Instead, Pastor Bob was at church preparing for a funeral so he called me into the office. It was our first face to face in 27 years, and once again, he saw me crying. This time they were happy thankful tears!
When I returned to class we were talking about 1 Cor. 2:9 and could we relate to more than we can imagine or conceive. Well, at that moment I was doing just that. I shared how my marriage was saved my being obedient to God's word.
This is where my daughter gets profound. You see I was only focusing on my marriage. She says "Mom, it created a legacy of obedience." A LEGACY! She and Sam had a room full of teens for three-four years that were exactly like her parents. A youth group that was high, drunk, and children of divorce. Mike and I are children of divorce, even our grandparents were divorced. Had we divorced, Heather would have been a child of divorce and when she and Sam hit their hard patch she would have thrown in the towel and her children would be children of divorce. Thus my saying I will Do the Word of God, Mike saying He will Obey the word of God, began a legacy of marriage. When she and Sam had their testings so many years ago now, Heather and Sam chose to stand on the word of God. When Matt and Syrena hit their hard patch, they also chose to stay together. This meeting with Pastor Bob and his willingness to speak truth to my heart instead of taking the easy way out and saying, "God does allow for divorce" set in motion a Legacy of Love.
See I told you she is deep!
However, as it is written: No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him - but God has revealed it by His Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 1 Cor. 2:9,10
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Feb. 8, 2007 - Yeah for leaning on God !!!
Posted by Canadagirl
What a wonderful legacy to be involved in ! I think it is wonderful you have dc who are now calling you blessed. God Bless my friend.
In Him,
-Mary
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Feb. 9, 2007 - What a Legacy!
Posted by breadoflife
Thank you so much, because of God using you my marriage has been saved. If weren't for you and Mike being at the couples retreat in 1993 my marriage could of been over. Instead God used you and Mike to help us stay on tract. Thanks to you guys we added three more children to our family because we were able to see what God had planned for us.
Thanks
Toni
Edited by breadoflife on Feb. 9, 2007 at 9:50 AM
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Feb. 9, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by sahmto4orMore
Sweet!
Now i've got that Nichole Nordeman song going in my head......"I want to leave a legacy....."
One of my favorite songs.
Staying together and working it out is a hard choice, but oh so worth it! May your legacy in this continue for many, many generations.
tracy
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Feb. 10, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by psalm518
We've never met, but I love you. What an awesome testimony for generations to come. It must be such a fulfilling blessing to have a friend in a daughter. I have to say that I am a little envious :) but I pray God will provide Christ centered wives for my boys that I may share those moments with. Chris and I were just talking the other day about how the Lord has truly has broken the chain of abuse, addiction and divorce with our family...Chris should be a monster according to the world. I feel amazed sometimes when I see his faithfulness, gentleness and wisdom. He will be the first in his family not to divorce. In the beginning years I didn't know if I would make it...divorce was never an option for me, I do not come from a broken family. However, Chris' insecurities bred a thorn of jealousy which often led to very trying times. I was a virgin when we married, but he had never known a faithful women and just couldn't grasp it. He was deeply in love with Jesus, and I remember he would stay up for days at a time begging God to take this stuggle away...this thorn in his flesh. It didn't happen overnight, it was a process. It actually took a man (his very good friend) to stalk me, proclaiming his love for me, wishing his wife were dead because I was "what he always desired in a wife"...for Chris to finally understand that I was the Lord's. His nightmare coming true, yet I still loved him and together we chose righteousness...making us stronger than ever.
We are pursuing the position in Utah. We don't know what will come of it, there is now a process they want us to go through. Bob Coy is the Pastor of C.C. Ft. Lauderdale, I think Malcolm is in Merrit Island. We have had some issues with C.C. Pastor's over the years, this makes me unsure. But, it has always been with very small, struggling, territorial C.C.'s . One day I will share with you. God has used Chris as some what of a "Jonah" in exposing sin and truth in mighty ways and most often when it was dreaded by Chris (the Jonah part) but the Lord has never failed us through it all. Have a blessed Saturday! Angelle
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Feb. 10, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
Here is a link to my new blog. Thanks for all of your words of encouragement.
www.homesteadblogger.com/littlebitty
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Feb. 11, 2007 - OUTSTANDING!
Posted by Clanclave
I have to admit, my marriage would have dissolved less than one year after having married had we not made the choice to make right with God and put our marriage on God's rock. It has been rock solid since and I have nothing but God to thank. We've had our trying times since, but nothing to shake that foundation. My DH comes from a family of divorce (multiples for some of his family members too) so it was such a blessing when he took my word when I said divorce isn't an easy option and I take marriage so much more seriously. We can only thank God for the strength to endure. You truly are a legacy when you can show the next generation how to get through trials. God shows us the first marriage in the book of Genesis and He teaches us how to endure (and enjoy) marriage WHILE growing all the time. It's such a beautiful thing!!! Thank you for sharing and what a wonderful daughter you have to look up to you in that manner! You two are so blessed!!!
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Feb. 12, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by friends4tea
I'm so glad you were able to keep your marriage together.It's definitely a testimony to others, especially your kids - even if they are grown up and married. =)
Hoping all is well with you,
Leah
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Feb. 12, 2007 - Lavender Oil
Posted by babymakers
About that report they released on lavender. Someone else already sent me the link and I read it. I responded to that report by saying this earlier on my blog (BTW Thanks for sharing)-
Thanks for the link but I think their suspicion is a bunch of hogwash. They are putting lotion on their children! They didn't even address the many, many, many, chemicals in the lotions and body washes. There is an agenda out there to nullify herbs and natural medicine to make a lot of money for these big companies. I feel like we are in Nazi Germany sometimes. You can't trust the media.
I say all that to say this...do NOT worry about the lavender. People have been using it for centuries. God made herbs for medicine. Keep the lavender and ditch the lotion!
I do really appreciate the link though. Thank you for caring enough to share it. These companies just get me going!!
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