TR- that's pretty wild about your wife and daughters! i do believe God works in unusual and very personal ways sometimes in order to build our/others' faith in Him! i'd love to be going (preferably by way of rapture as part of the "alive & remain" group) to be together w/ my hubby in Heaven instead of w/ him in Kansas on Friday!!!....or today...yes, i vote for today!!! :yes: :flyup: This happened some 47 yrs ago and I just now remembered Just something that I casually spoke tongue in cheek! I really wasn't experienced in His ways or voice back then. But while in the military taking a casual walk off base the Lord used my lips and voice to announce a miraculous event. Walking with a non believer late one evening on our way beck to base on a calm and beautiful Mississippi evening all of a sudden I blurted out that when we reached a certain yard that a large tree would "uproot" and fall right in front of us. I panicked concerned that I would like a crazy person and that God would be shamed, we kept walking. This 30 ft tall did as it was spoken! These were not my thoughts nor did I have time to process these words before hand let alone after the fact! God still speaks to us all! TR wow, TR! amazing! our Lord will use His willing vessels! ....(and even sometimes those who aren't His children like the guy in OT that wanted to make money i think by cursing the Israelites as hired to do and instead God blessed them thru his words (Balak?) i feel like such a failure sometimes-like this evening- because i give in to my own feelings and say and do what i feel like instead of allowing the Holy Spirit's fruit of self control to rule...i get so upset about our daughter's rebellion against the Lord (and us) and all the struggles that her mental illnesses put us through, that i end up being a rebellious daughter myself to the perfect Father I am so blessed to be adopted by! i don't let Him speak to and through me and I get in the way of the good He wants to and planned to do in and thru me. i do pray we all be humble vessels willing to hold and pour out all God's goodness...it's going to get more and more difficult the longer we are here, but i believe He will do such amazing things in the hearts and minds of unbelievers to help them be drawn to Him and become our brothers and sisters in Christ- and i know He wants to work thru us and let us be a part of what He is doing! God's love and patience with each of us amazing! During those early days the Lord was busy building my faith. As my first prayer before the Lord was for Faith, Wisdom and Patience! I don't brag on myself, but rather on Him and His works! May the Lord God Almighty bless your humble spirit! May His wisdom flow from your lips and spirit! Once He says "I forgive", it's a done deal! PS: I appreciated your spirit and your hearts position before the Lord! TR thank you so much, TR, our Savior has blessed me thru your testimonies, prayer and words- He knew I needed the encouragement
