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One day, a girl was sitting in the balcony of a large hometown Baptist church.
Although she was about 36 years old, she was more like a girl than a woman.
She'd been a Christian for about 6 years, and she'd grown alot. But she was still kind of afraid of people and depended wholly upon God.
Her husband and her son were not with her. They had decided to stay home. Her husband had been a preacher, but had decided he'd had enough of God. The husband did not make the boy go to church any longer, and the girl had little control over her 9 year old son any more. The girl's daughter was in childrens church downstairs.
As the preacher talked, God began to speak to the 36 year old girl. He said He had a work for her to do. He said, "Do you accept my mission for you?"
She bowed down at the pew, even though everyone else in the balcony and downstairs was standing. She said in her heart, "Yes, Lord, whatever it is, I accept it."
When she stood up, people in the full balcony looked at her funny. Then the minister asked people to come to the altar if the Lord was beckoning. The girl ran down the steps of the balcony and rushed to the front of the church. She told the pastor that God had called her to full-time Christian service.
He said, "Doing what?"
She said, "I don't know for sure, I think I'm going to be working with children, and women maybe."
So she stood before the church and they came and shook her hand and they laughed at her as they left the building. She was a nobody. Who did she think she was? "She's seeking attention," someone said loudly. "Now she thinks she's called to the ministry," the pastor was even heard to say to the associate pastor.
Then one Wed. night, about 10 years later, God directed the woman (she had grown up a lot in those 10 years) to go back to that big hometown FBC church.
So she did. That was May 23, 2007.
By this time, she had re-married and moved back into the town, but attended church in another town.
She was friendly; God took all of her anxiety away. She stood in the foyer waiting for the people to finish the church supper and people spoke to her and she was friendly back to them.
At church she stood up to testify and they handed her a microphone. She spoke of a building, one city-block away from that church, that would make an ideal halfway house/shelter.
The people believed God had spoken to her. They offered to help her. They prayed for her and hugged her and asked her when she would be bringing her husband and children and coming back to their church. Can you imagine?????
The same woman who they had practically chased out of their church, and they were inviting her.
In fact, the woman is taking her daughter and her 2 year old son to that church this morning. The woman's husband is away at guard drill and cannot attend.
The woman feels loved and accepted and is sheltered in the arms of God.
She knows that God is big enough to carry her through anything and everything.
Wednesday night, the woman dreamed of a beautiful, glistening whale jumping up out of the ocean. In her mind, she believes that whale represents the Father. God is in control, and He will be the director of the halfway house/shelter ministry of FBC Milan.
The woman is me. And her daughter and son are Michelle and Caleb
Although she was about 36 years old, she was more like a girl than a woman.
She'd been a Christian for about 6 years, and she'd grown alot. But she was still kind of afraid of people and depended wholly upon God.
Her husband and her son were not with her. They had decided to stay home. Her husband had been a preacher, but had decided he'd had enough of God. The husband did not make the boy go to church any longer, and the girl had little control over her 9 year old son any more. The girl's daughter was in childrens church downstairs.
As the preacher talked, God began to speak to the 36 year old girl. He said He had a work for her to do. He said, "Do you accept my mission for you?"
She bowed down at the pew, even though everyone else in the balcony and downstairs was standing. She said in her heart, "Yes, Lord, whatever it is, I accept it."
When she stood up, people in the full balcony looked at her funny. Then the minister asked people to come to the altar if the Lord was beckoning. The girl ran down the steps of the balcony and rushed to the front of the church. She told the pastor that God had called her to full-time Christian service.
He said, "Doing what?"
She said, "I don't know for sure, I think I'm going to be working with children, and women maybe."
So she stood before the church and they came and shook her hand and they laughed at her as they left the building. She was a nobody. Who did she think she was? "She's seeking attention," someone said loudly. "Now she thinks she's called to the ministry," the pastor was even heard to say to the associate pastor.
Then one Wed. night, about 10 years later, God directed the woman (she had grown up a lot in those 10 years) to go back to that big hometown FBC church.
So she did. That was May 23, 2007.
By this time, she had re-married and moved back into the town, but attended church in another town.
She was friendly; God took all of her anxiety away. She stood in the foyer waiting for the people to finish the church supper and people spoke to her and she was friendly back to them.
At church she stood up to testify and they handed her a microphone. She spoke of a building, one city-block away from that church, that would make an ideal halfway house/shelter.
The people believed God had spoken to her. They offered to help her. They prayed for her and hugged her and asked her when she would be bringing her husband and children and coming back to their church. Can you imagine?????
The same woman who they had practically chased out of their church, and they were inviting her.
In fact, the woman is taking her daughter and her 2 year old son to that church this morning. The woman's husband is away at guard drill and cannot attend.
The woman feels loved and accepted and is sheltered in the arms of God.
She knows that God is big enough to carry her through anything and everything.
Wednesday night, the woman dreamed of a beautiful, glistening whale jumping up out of the ocean. In her mind, she believes that whale represents the Father. God is in control, and He will be the director of the halfway house/shelter ministry of FBC Milan.
The woman is me. And her daughter and son are Michelle and Caleb
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