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Blessings my siblings in Christ...
This may seem ordinary to you but I have to take the time to just tell Jesus thank you and share with you the blessings of God. If you need to witness the hand of God or if you feel discouraged in your personal situation then please read on. I only pray that out of this ordinary testamony...You too will see the hand of God.
I lost my home in 2000 because of a divorce. I have literally lived homeless since then. I was not in the streets, but I lived in a homeless shelter then a motel. I had nothing to my name. No transportation...nothing. I sent my kids away to live with relatives while I got myself together (which seemed like it was not going to happen). I was saved, Holy Ghost filled, fire baptized, anointed and appointed and all of that but I was going through a season. Seasons are hard. And seasons can last a long time and no one on the planet seems to understand.
In addition to being homeless, I didn't have a job, no money, and not many skills to market. Yet God kept me. During this time, I did not turn back to drugs or drinking which God had delivered me from in 1995. During this time one of my sons told me he was gay. Of course being a christian mom, I spoke the truth to him and that was hard for me at times and harder for him to hear. Our relationship became strained and he felt rejected.
Last year I finally found a job and moved to the motel. This same son began to come against me everywhere. On my job, at his school and even among family members. All because I wouldn't go along with his chosen lifestyle. This child is 17 years old. Several times I thought I was going to loose my job because of him. He quit school, he began to seek information on how to live gay, he was caught in the woods near his school having sex with another boy, started doing drugs and drinking. My words did not hold any weight because I was in a season myself and in his mind who was I to tell him right from wrong when God was obviously punishing me. (that is often a misconception when someone is going thru a difficult time). I became so sick, bleeding 21 days out of the month. Terrible pains in my right side and migraines to top it off.
During this season there was time I simply couldn't pray, couldn't read my bible and didn't go to church. Yet I did talk to God. I had faith and I simply believed that no matter how much more I had to endure, my change would come. that is the hard part. Waiting on God to move!!!
Well, this month God did move and my siblings this is only the beginning. I KNOW there is more to come. I met a wonderful, God-sent woman who is a realtor. She and I connected instantly and she is renting me a new home. I am so excited because I have never had any home so nice as this one ever. I paid her today the deposit for it. Today I also brought a car. Not a new one but a nice, dependable one. I didn't want a car payment and I was able to pay 2,000 cash for it. I had surgery just this past Wednesday to remove fibroids in my uterus. I had a hysterectomy. I was back home to recover the next day. In fact as I type this I have been home for 4 days. I am sore but the pain of the disease is gone. My pear size normal uterus had grown to the size of two grapefruits and hard as a brick.
And guess what? my son, the one that said he is gay, is going to church today. He told me how he prayed yesterday and asked God for favor to come out of a situation and God brought him out and he said he has to keep his promise to God and go to church. I know that don't mean instant deliverance but he is making a step to God and when we make one step God makes two.
I literally held on by a shoe string for almost 5 years...but look at God. From the spirit of God that is in me, I speak to the spirit of God in you and encourage you today to not give up. To keep the faith, no matter how hard the situation is or how impossible it looks. Don't give up on God.
This may seem ordinary to you but I have to take the time to just tell Jesus thank you and share with you the blessings of God. If you need to witness the hand of God or if you feel discouraged in your personal situation then please read on. I only pray that out of this ordinary testamony...You too will see the hand of God.
I lost my home in 2000 because of a divorce. I have literally lived homeless since then. I was not in the streets, but I lived in a homeless shelter then a motel. I had nothing to my name. No transportation...nothing. I sent my kids away to live with relatives while I got myself together (which seemed like it was not going to happen). I was saved, Holy Ghost filled, fire baptized, anointed and appointed and all of that but I was going through a season. Seasons are hard. And seasons can last a long time and no one on the planet seems to understand.
In addition to being homeless, I didn't have a job, no money, and not many skills to market. Yet God kept me. During this time, I did not turn back to drugs or drinking which God had delivered me from in 1995. During this time one of my sons told me he was gay. Of course being a christian mom, I spoke the truth to him and that was hard for me at times and harder for him to hear. Our relationship became strained and he felt rejected.
Last year I finally found a job and moved to the motel. This same son began to come against me everywhere. On my job, at his school and even among family members. All because I wouldn't go along with his chosen lifestyle. This child is 17 years old. Several times I thought I was going to loose my job because of him. He quit school, he began to seek information on how to live gay, he was caught in the woods near his school having sex with another boy, started doing drugs and drinking. My words did not hold any weight because I was in a season myself and in his mind who was I to tell him right from wrong when God was obviously punishing me. (that is often a misconception when someone is going thru a difficult time). I became so sick, bleeding 21 days out of the month. Terrible pains in my right side and migraines to top it off.
During this season there was time I simply couldn't pray, couldn't read my bible and didn't go to church. Yet I did talk to God. I had faith and I simply believed that no matter how much more I had to endure, my change would come. that is the hard part. Waiting on God to move!!!
Well, this month God did move and my siblings this is only the beginning. I KNOW there is more to come. I met a wonderful, God-sent woman who is a realtor. She and I connected instantly and she is renting me a new home. I am so excited because I have never had any home so nice as this one ever. I paid her today the deposit for it. Today I also brought a car. Not a new one but a nice, dependable one. I didn't want a car payment and I was able to pay 2,000 cash for it. I had surgery just this past Wednesday to remove fibroids in my uterus. I had a hysterectomy. I was back home to recover the next day. In fact as I type this I have been home for 4 days. I am sore but the pain of the disease is gone. My pear size normal uterus had grown to the size of two grapefruits and hard as a brick.
And guess what? my son, the one that said he is gay, is going to church today. He told me how he prayed yesterday and asked God for favor to come out of a situation and God brought him out and he said he has to keep his promise to God and go to church. I know that don't mean instant deliverance but he is making a step to God and when we make one step God makes two.
I literally held on by a shoe string for almost 5 years...but look at God. From the spirit of God that is in me, I speak to the spirit of God in you and encourage you today to not give up. To keep the faith, no matter how hard the situation is or how impossible it looks. Don't give up on God.
