| I'm an AuntFor those of you who were aware, my oldest sister was pregnant. She was only 7 mo along, and started having high blood pressure problems about 2 weeks ago, and due to that, was hospitalized, then sent home on complete bed rest, went in for a check up, and then less than 24 hours later was given a C-section, and now I'm an aunt. :D I just haven't finished the quilt I was working on for him. Momma and Baby are fine. In other news, I haven't been updating recently, and one big update I did want to do was on my trip to WYR, where I got to meet a bunch of wonderful friends that I only knew online. For those of you who have blogged about it, or have read other blogs, there isn't much I could say that would add to the experience, except my own personal testimony, which only mirrors everyone elses. I came looking, and I went away with something. The Lord really really blessed me on that last night, and I experienced Him in a way I never knew was possible! I have sooo much to be thankful for, and I have only been experiencing a thirst for Him that I never knew existed. Very recently, I had discovered there was a church here in Ocala FL, pastored by Bro. Joseph Underwood. I started going to Wednesday night services before WYR, and I believe that the Lord enabled that to happen for a reason. The Lord laid it on Bro Joseph's heart to start having wednesday night services again, and he didn't know why, but he said, Lord, even if it is just for one person. The first night they started having services again was the first night I came by myself. He knew that is who it was for, so I feel responsible for the church having the wednesday night services again. LOL...and it is absolutely WONDERFUL!!!! The Lord has allowed them to be such a blessing to me. Then, I started bringing other family members on wednesday nights, as we have our own services on Sundays. Then Bro. Joseph discovered that we could sing. LOL...now we are being requested to sing at some special services he is going to be having. :D The services were good, but it seemed like a typical wednesday night low key services. Well, two weeks ago I brought my younger brother Isaiah with me to the service. The Lord really did a work with him at WYR, and I just can't believe what has happened to him!! Well, at the service, I don't know what was going on, but the next thing I knew, we were just pulling, me, Isaiah, Bro John, and a few others, and the Lord really came down, and just was there. I've never been in a wednesday night service like that before!!! I felt like a little slice of camp was right there in that little corner building in the little plaza. It was just incredible! Well, Isaiah had asked me if the services were always like that. I said no, they weren't. Last wednesday, I was having a hard time focusing, but I got a lot out of it still. But right towards the end, it happened again. I felt the sweet spirit of the Lord was just sitting there, just there. I just kinda stood there and worshipped and basked in His presence. I just KNEW it was Him because that is the same Spirit that was there after the services, when I'd just sit when everyone but a handful left, and me and Ruth Weber and Ruth Spencer would just sit there and pray and worship, and the Spirit was just so sweet and wonderful. Well, that is was happened that wednesday night service. Isaiah said "I thought you said it didn't happen often!" LOL..the joke was on ME!!! But the Lord is wherever you invite Him. It would take me HOURS to just begin to tell you the works that He's done for me, in drawing me closer to Him. He's got a long ways to go yet, before I'm complete, but as long as He keeps filling me with Him, keeps drawing me closer to Him. My focus has changed so much. What has been a blessing to me is that my radio/audio in my car no longer works. I don't have the distractions like before. Where Bro. Branham talks in "The Greatest Battle Ever Fought", the devil likes to give you distractions, and clogs up your chanels...first the outside realm, with sight, (books, TV, Videos, computer), hearing ( talking to friends, music, etc) taste, smell, feel (various examples I won't go into), and then all of the emotional realms (memory, reasoning, affections, conscious, and I'll think of the fifth one in just a minute lol), and how it affects the deep inside which would be one outlet that is controled by either faith or doubt (unbelief). When satan clogs up all the other outlets, then getting faith through is nearly impossible, and how it is like you just need to take a good scrub brush and just clean out the other chanels until there is nothing blocking God's ability to reach to the deep inside of you, to your soul. Man, the more I talk about Him, the more excited I become. Many thanks to Ruth Spencer and Bro Trevor for putting up with me talking back and forth. I've shared so many new revelations on different things. One on love, and how God loves us, (THAT was an awesome conversation), and various other ones. It just amazes me how much the Lord has given to me, but still how much more so there is of Him to come. I'm barely scratching the surface!!! I just came to realize just last night how much more I've been in the Word and listening to the tapes just since WYR. It's more than I have been in the past previous 6 months!!! He's drawing me closer, and I love it, because I love to talk about Him, and I love His presence, because He is just so wonderful!!! I love the Lord, for He heard my voice, He heard my cry for mercy. I love the Lord because He turned His ear to me. I will call on Him as long as I live. The Lord is Gracious and Righteous. Our God is full of compassion The Lord protects the simple hearted He has become my salvation! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! |
