Good morning Pastor John,
Jesus is so good! I woke up and the house was quiet. I love that time in the morning. I feel much better today so I began to pick up the house a little and I saw my sweet husband’s Bible sitting on our kitchen table. It is full of papers and topped with the tracts he will carry with him to place here and there while out in town. It brought the sweetest feelings. Jesus has given me so much more than I even knew to ask him for.
I remember, years ago, seeing those who would go to church on Sundays, held a steady job and just seemed normal, and oh how I wanted to be like them! To me, that was the top tier. I would have given anything to be like them.
When I saw my husband’s Bible this morning, all I could see was how much more Jesus has given me. A real life in God. That is so wonderful to me! I have a REAL life in God. I do not go to church on Sundays and live an empty life carrying around a Bible that I do not read and do not understand. I have been given a real life, with Jesus teaching me and grooming me to be what his Father wants me to be. I have been given a REAL pastor. A man that God chose and taught and loves. I have been given a real husband that God chose to lead and help me be what Jesus wants me to be. I have been given a real family, full of brothers and sisters, full of elders with wisdom and experiences from God. Whew! Sometimes this just hits me so deep. I would have happily settled for that other life but God gave me so much more. He loved me so much more!
Beth
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And we have been blessed by Jesus adding you to the body here, Beth! God knows how to build up the body of His dear Son, and we are very thankful for the things He has done.
Pastor John