Morning Pastor John!
I had the sweetest weekend with all of you. I literally am making a list in my journal of all the experiences I had. One of those of course was praying for Debby to get the holy ghost. I have never really felt those feelings before. Not that strong and deep. When I began seeking the holy ghost I watched the video of Stephon seeking the holy ghost. Sister Roxie sang ” Jesus” on that disc. That was the first time I felt the spirit move and knew it was the spirit. I watched that disc over and over for a few years. I still watch it. Junior really got touched on that disc too. Watching Stephon seek the holy ghost( disc is from 2008) I felt really connected to him because I was seeking God too! ( I was seeking in 2011). I remember when he did not get it and how sad I was for him. I just really felt great compassion and really connected. Well when I heard their group was coming, I was excited to meet them. I was hoping to see Stephon. While we were praying for Debby Stephon came up next to me. We had the sweetest moment praying for Debby, both filled with the spirit. I was thinking about that this morning. How good is God!
Here we are, both of us received the holy Ghost, and were praying for another to receive it. That doesn’t really explain the feelings but it’s just so sweet. Cathy Bartow, Michelle and I, were talking this weekend. We were talking about how amazing it is how God takes one here and one there from Australia, from Hungary and knits us together. Like a big quilt. All different but all made one. The prettiest part of our quilt is the history of each patch. A blanket of testimonies of how Jesus changed our hearts. I just wanna wrap up in us and stay there.
God is so good to us. I really don’t think I can even take in how good God is. Jacob singing with all his heart, Brother Jimmy testifying, Brother Greg testifying, Meeting Zoli, Praying for Debby with Stephon, Having a sweet moment to sit with sister Barbara on the couch, Countless really sweet hugs, Playing with Gods children, Feeling free enough to speak in tongues in front of Y’all.
I literally have at least 10 more moments on my list. I am so glad God made me a part of this quilt.
Love Beth