God's Love Is Amazing!!
"This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!"
God truely is an awesome and wonderful God. Let me tell you what He
did for me. I grew up, the youngest of 6 children, in a Christian home
surrounded by love and discipline. I had always done what was expected of
me. Everyone thought that I was the model Christian girl. Boy, did I have
them fooled! At the young age of seventeen, I had everything going for me.
I had just graduated from a Christian school and I was engaged to be
married to a wonderful Christian guy from my youth group (yes, I know we
were too young!). But I knew something was missing from my life.
One night at home, I was playing a song on the piano called, "The
Blood Will Never Lose It's Power". As I was singing that song, the Lord
spoke to me through the second verse. It goes, "It soothes my doubts and
calms my fears". I had to stop because I knew in my heart that I had SO
many doubts and fears. I sat at my piano and cried. My mom walked in and
we began talking. I knew that I had never trusted the Lord as my personal
Lord and Savior and told her so. Being the wonderful mother that she is,
she did not tell me what a good daughter I was. Nor did she remind me of
all my accomplishments as a "Christian". She didn't tell me that I was
mistaken and that I was indeed a Christian. She quietly opened her worn
Bible and began showing me how much God loves me and how He was willing
to take care of all those doubts and fears.
That night I gave my life completely over to the Lord. When I told
my friends what I had done, they were shocked. Some even felt betrayed,
feeling that I had been dishonest with them all those years. But it didn't
matter, I knew what a change God had made in my life. For the first time,
I was at peace.
After my husband and I were married, he went to college and studied
to become a minister. When God blessed us with children, Jeremy and Kristen,
we immediately gave them back to Him and asked for guidance.
Years of following and not following the Lord has brought us to this
point in our lives. We have just moved to Jacksonville, Florida from
living in Okinawa, Japan for three years. With my husband being a Chaplain
in the Navy, I have learned that home is not only where the Navy sends you
but where my heart is also. And my heart is with my husband and children.
What the Navy doesn't realize is that the real Commander In Chief who dictates
where our home will be is Jesus Christ.
So whether or not I understand His leading, I know that God has a purpose
in our being in Hawaii. My part is to wait and lean on Him as He directs
our path. The assignment in Hawaii will be hard (I can hear you saying, "yeah right!") :-) , not only on me but our children as well. This will be our first move without one of them. We'll be leaving Jeremy behind as he continues his college education. Fortunately, he will be close to grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Just not us. :-( And then Kristen will complete her senior year in Hawaii and then will be joining Jeremy at the University. I know that I will indeed learn to lean on Jesus. But with His strength to hold us, we can make it.
God continues to work in our ministry but most importantly in our
lives. My prayer for you is that if you do not know this One that I call
Lord, I urge you to look at the link on this page. If you are a Christian,
but have wandered away from Him, pray and seek His face. He never leaves
us nor forsakes us. Then please e mail me and let me hear from you.
God's grace is indeed amazing.
Blessings and peace to you, my friends.
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