This past week has been filled with unexpected surprises and opportunities to witness to and encourage others, but it has also been a test of my ability to forgive when someone I love has been hurt. While I was out running errands Wednesday I got wore out and decided to have lunch at Cracker Barrel and take time to rest and relax but while I was waiting to be seated I spotted my friend and retired minister Margaret Hockett and our mutual friend Jean Hodges. I hadn’t seen Margaret in nearly a year or more and can’t remember when I last saw Jean, they asked me to join them and I jumped on it! These are 2 wonderful christian woman and we spent lunch catching up, talking about God’s blessings and just enjoying each others company. The crazy thins is this, twice I almost skipped lunch and just headed home but I felt God calling me to rest and I’m so thankful I listened because my visit with them truly blessed me. As for my hip I’m healing well and walking better every day and after much debate between yoga and weight resistance at the gym I have decided to go with weight resistance because it will tone and strengthen me and my bones as long as I don’t push beyond what the trainer says is safe. By now most of you have heard about the living situation my sister is stuck in with our biological mother Lila, it’s not healthy and I’m very worried about my sister. We have talked about ways for her to stay calm and not let Lila get to her (it’s real bad) and one of the best things I have found is to pick up my bible and read, even if I have to reread the same verse over and over I have found that you can’t stay upset when reading God’s word. My sister is going to try this and she will also start bible study with our group on Tuesday, she has told me several times how much she loves our (now her) church and she always comes away feeling so calm and at peace!! Props to our Pastor and glory to our God!! I never thought that I would live to see the day my sister would be sitting in church with the family and my heart swells with the gratitude I feel toward Jesus for answered prayers and for allowing me to minister to her. If there is one thing I want you all to think about this week it is this: God’s timing is PERFECT. When we ask God “What’s taking so long? or why haven’t you answered my prayers? or Why haven’t they got saved yet?” just remember that God’s timing is PERFECT!!! We want what we want when we want it but there is so much to be learned from waiting on and trusting in God’s wisdom. The next time you (o.k me too) want God to hurry up just take a deep breath, sit quietly and wait for God to do what God will do.
Psalm 27: 14
“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”
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