![]() Thank you, Lord! As a 58-year-old woman I feel stronger and wiser each day. Sometimes when I desire to be in a better financial state or be living in a better home or even be rich, I think about Jesus and the life that Jesus lived. I have learned that I have to take one day at a time. Through disappointments, regrets, pain and love, I have endured hardness as a good soldier. I have learned that weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning. What’s next for me? Well, the leading of the Lord is my guide. Thank you, Lord! As you can see, life goes on. I am presently a senior under the Master of Divinity program at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. This is an astonishing feat in a game that demands the utmost in speed, strength, stamina and skill. He represented Fiji from 1989 until 2007. Oh, by the way, I did not mention that I am a college graduate with two bachelor degrees. I can do all things through God who strengthens me Waisale Serevi is arguably the greatest rugby 7s player ever. Being a child of God, there is nothing that I can not do. I had several jobs and I was also on welfare at different times too. Today’s confession of faith is: I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. I would have never thought that I would have gone the way that those situations locked me into. So many times life throws stumbling blocks into our path. I am still humble and I believe that the Lord took me through my adventure for a reason. My daughters are grown and I have five grandchildren. I have survived from that sadness and oppression. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 But he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Presently, I am a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ. This seemed to compensate for the ending of that marriage and that season in my life. My two daughters and I were without heat and electricity during those difficult times in my life. Life was hard financially and things were cutoff in the home. I prayed a lot during that time period of my life. There were women in the home when I was not there in that drug atmosphere during that time. At first the drug issue was a part of my life, but when I became saved my ways changed and my companion’s life did not. In the second marriage, I came to know the Lord and our relationship went south. There was fighting and an adulterous situation was present. In the first marriage I was young and ignorant. I had two wonderful daughters to raise while I went through mental and drug abuse situations. But God and the mercy and grace factor stepped in. When I think back to that part of my life I know that it could have been worse. Philippians 4:13 says, “I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me.” As I reflect upon my life as an African American woman who may have been a statistic of domestic violence myself during 1977 to 1983, I give God the glory, honor and praise for my deliverance.
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