Have you looked in the rearview mirror lately? I am not talking about the car you drive to work, but rather your life and the journey you have been on. Have you considered all that you have seen? What you have done? The people you have had relationships with? The good stuff and the bad stuff? Well of course you have.
I grew up in a great home. My parents truly loved me and taught me to love God. They always brought me to church where I was taught to worship and trust God.
When I was older, I met my wonderful husband. I consider him to be a true soulmate. When we met, I thought: God you are so amazing.
As our relationship grew, I really enjoyed being around him. I was quickly infatuated, and we got engaged, married, and started a family pretty quick.
His job moved him 600 miles away to another state, but we were excited because we felt it was God's doing. However, once we got there, things did not go as I expected them to. We suddenly realized that we were a new family in a new place with no family nearby for support. Even the church we found before getting here fell through. They closed the doors and the Pastor went back to his home state. We were officially on our own. I admit I was scared at times.
Having our new church disappear overnight was our first big challenge. But God was still working. We found a church close by that we decided to try, and we have been there for over 16 years. It has been a wonderful blessing to me and my family.
The second big challenge was my husband's job. Six months after moving us to a new state, he lost that job. Here we were with no family to lean on, and since we were now in a mortgage, leaving and running back home just was not possible.
2 kids, no family for support, no close friends to cry on their shoulder, no income but a new mortgage and a car note... What were we going to do?
I started to learn to trust in God like never before. Our church helped out where they could, I developed new close friendships, and we fought our way through.
God proved He had my back...
SEE PART 2 TOMORROW
Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in. He paid with Christ’s sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you. It’s because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God.
PRAYER:
Daddy God, I love and adore you. I thank you, God, for my journey. I am a better person because of the journey I have been through. Lord, I am truly thankful for family and friends that have stood by me in prayer when I need it most. God, you are so amazing. I would not be the woman I am today with out your loving and caring spirit. Thank you for this journey that life set before me. Thank you for walking it with me. Amen!!
Be blessed!
Trudy B.
