Here I am on the other side of my sickness and I wanted to share real quick about my week. Saturday afternoon found me with a very sore throat and all I wanted was to feel good! I DID NOT want to be sick. I KNEW God had another plan and so I found myself in bed and "missing out"on fellowship, Church, and time with the kids. I went to the Dr on Monday and YES ... I had strep! So, I got the necessary medicine and off to bed again! I was home alone and not looking forward to it at all! BUT, God meet me where I was and as I was asking Him to meet me there, I found great comfort in my time at home with HIM. Phyllis has ALWAYS been a great encouragement to me and as we talk and share, I am encouraged to ask God to comfort me in this time of physical weakness. A verse was brought to my attention and I want to share it here with you all. Isaiah 30:18 "...the Lord still waits for you to come to Him so he can show you His love and compassion. For the Lord is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for Him to help them." Today, I can say that I am thankful for being sick and for His love and compassion that He showed to me. It gave me time alone with Him and time that is now very precious to me.
Thank you all for your prayers and I am asking God to show me His future for me here. No answers yet but someday He will give them to me!
Love to you all,
Eve a
Friday, February 13, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
God is doing a work in ME (Phyllis)!
Dearest Loved Ones,
I am able to say with a full assurance that "God is doing a work in me...." My favorite singer/ songwriter, Sara Groves, has penned a song that captures my emotions in THIS moment.
It goes like this, "God is doing a work in me--He's walking through my rooms and halls--checking every corner--tearing down the unsafe walls and letting in the light--and I am working hard--to clean my house and set it straight--not let pride get in the way--to catch an eteranl vision of--what I am to become...." I do not know what He's doing long term, but it is a BEAUTIFUL thing that He's doing now! As I interact with the children, with Pastor Shekar and Irene, with Eve a and EVERYONE else along this journey, I feel as though I am entering new rooms within my very soul. I must confess, they are not all in order, but I am "catching a vision of what I'm to become." I see possibility, opportunity, and my house screams, "Potential!" Whether or not that means ministry here long term, I'm hesitant to say at this point, but ministry for a lifetime? Of THAT, I am sure. I am SO thankful that God USES us.....ANY of us...ALL of us....who are willing. To coin the phrase of a dear friend, "God does not call the equipped, He equips the called..." My, how I see that! I am, by NO means, what I would consider a spiritual "Great," but by GOD'S power working IN me and THROUGH me, I am given the extreme privilege of serving.....WHAT a gift!!!
I am SO grateful for all of you who have posted and been praying..."Thanks," hardly seems adequate, but it will have to suffice for now as words fail me.
I was reading in Jeremiah 31:3b the other day and it reads, "...I [God] have loved you with an everlasing love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.." I KNOW my God as a faithful God. He always has been and He always will be.
In HIS service and by His love,
Phyllis
I am able to say with a full assurance that "God is doing a work in me...." My favorite singer/ songwriter, Sara Groves, has penned a song that captures my emotions in THIS moment.
It goes like this, "God is doing a work in me--He's walking through my rooms and halls--checking every corner--tearing down the unsafe walls and letting in the light--and I am working hard--to clean my house and set it straight--not let pride get in the way--to catch an eteranl vision of--what I am to become...." I do not know what He's doing long term, but it is a BEAUTIFUL thing that He's doing now! As I interact with the children, with Pastor Shekar and Irene, with Eve a and EVERYONE else along this journey, I feel as though I am entering new rooms within my very soul. I must confess, they are not all in order, but I am "catching a vision of what I'm to become." I see possibility, opportunity, and my house screams, "Potential!" Whether or not that means ministry here long term, I'm hesitant to say at this point, but ministry for a lifetime? Of THAT, I am sure. I am SO thankful that God USES us.....ANY of us...ALL of us....who are willing. To coin the phrase of a dear friend, "God does not call the equipped, He equips the called..." My, how I see that! I am, by NO means, what I would consider a spiritual "Great," but by GOD'S power working IN me and THROUGH me, I am given the extreme privilege of serving.....WHAT a gift!!!
I am SO grateful for all of you who have posted and been praying..."Thanks," hardly seems adequate, but it will have to suffice for now as words fail me.
I was reading in Jeremiah 31:3b the other day and it reads, "...I [God] have loved you with an everlasing love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.." I KNOW my God as a faithful God. He always has been and He always will be.
In HIS service and by His love,
Phyllis
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