I know some of you may think I have dropped off the face of the earth. It has been a while since I have had a post. To update you on my mom, she is doing good. She will not have to have treatments. What a blessing.
We are having our revival this weekend. Tonight during the invitation I went to the alter to pray. I was praying for God to make a change in my life. I told Him I want to make Him number 1 in my life. For so long, having a baby has been number 1 in my life. I told God that I wanted to make Him first, even if that meant not ever having children. I went back to my seat and the invitation went on. We had our closing prayer, and when the preacher went to the back of the church, a man told him he had something to say. He got up there and said he felt there was someone there who was lost and needed to get their life right with God. Bro. Tony spoke and said he was feeling the same thing, but the fact that that man came forward only confirmed his feelings. We sang a couple of verses of Just as I Am, and nobody came forward. They were about to close again, and one of our deacons came forward and said he really felt there was someone who needed to get right with God. He asked that we sing another verse. After two more verses, the person finally came forward, it was me! I had been standing back there fighting saying it isn't me, they aren't talking about me. I kept praying, God, if it is me, let me know. I can't explain it. I just felt like I was being pushed, and my heart was about to beat out of my chest. I have heard of others say they had been in church all of their lives, and they thought they were saved, but later in life they realized they weren't. Well, I am now one of those people. I thought I was saved, but the last several years, I have been putting wanting a child first in my life. After I prayed for God to be number one, even if it meant not having children, I was finally able to open my heart. After the service Sue came up to me to tell me that she was praying for whoever needed to come forward and my face popped into her mind. She said she just gasped when she looked up and I had come forward. The last two nights Bro. Tony has said, delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. I realized tonight that I had let the desires of my heart keep me from delighting myself in the Lord.
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5 comments:
what an amazing story. thanks for sharing and being so bold. it would have been easy to stay there in your seat, but you chose obedience. i admire that!
What an awesome experience and testimony you now have. I was much like you, I had been baptized and thought I had completely given my heart and soul to the Lord, but when I came up out of that water from being baptized, even as an adult, I took sin back with me that I refused to give to him. It wasn't until about 7 years ago that I completely surrendered my everything to him and oh my what a weight was lifted from my shoulders. I felt like I could have taken flight and flown I was so free. Thanks for sharing this wonderful experience with us!
God Bless you Melinda. I am so happy for you. Yes, Putting God First is what life is all about. Letting go and letting God is a daily commitment, and some days it will be an hourly or minute by minute. I trust that you and Eric will have so much so offer your church family and your earthly family. May God bless every area of your life as you seek to follow His leadership. Debbie
Melinda this is AWESOME. I wish I could have been there this week with you all. I love this:
"Bro. Tony has said, delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart."
This REALLY spoke to me this morning. Your experience has blessed me today! Hugs!!!
The wonders of God's amazing grace and how it truly changes the way you live! God uses you. As Max Lucado wrote in his book "Come Thirsty": "God has work to do and He uses our hands to do it. God gets into us. God gets his fingers into our lives reclaiming the territory that is rightfully his. Your tongue he claims it for his message. Your feet he requisitions them for his purpose. Your mind he made it and intends to use it for his glory. Your eyes, face and hands through them he will weep, smile and touch. As a glove responds to the strength of the hand, so you have responded to the leading of Christ where you say, "I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me." Gal 2:20 As Proverbs 19:21 states: "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails." The Lord prevailed for you last night and we are excited for you. May God continue to bless you and Eric in your walk with Him.
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