Tuesday, March 1, 2011

God is always up to something!

Ephesians 3:20 (NLT)- Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.

  oh my !! My story is evidence of the truth of His Word.  It is my God at work in a moment that I shall never forget.

It was Jan 11,2007 when I had surgery for uterine and ovarian cancer.  During my treatments that followed, (February) I received word that my father had died.  I flew home for that time and my mom drove me back to the airport 10 days later.  On the way home from the airport, she was instantly killed in a weather related accident.  I got home only to hop right back on an airplane and head home for that.

At the end of April, the Lord began laying on my heart to move to the Los Angeles area.  When I was a little girl I had always said I would live there one day because I loved the mountains and the ocean.  But you see, now I am quite a bit older and I had pretty much given up on that dream.  I couldn't figure out why the Lord pressed upon my heart to move to California at that time.  I had just gone through some tough moments and was finishing up some treatments.  Why would I leave my doctors and my friends to move so far away?  Yet, the Lord did not change His mind.  I packed up and began my move across the country to California.  To be honest I was not excited about it....the timing was just too scary for me.  All the way to LA I talked aloud to God.  One thing I kept on saying to Him was "Well, Father, I guess this seals the deal on me never getting married, after all I'll never find a good Christian man in Los Angeles!"  But at the same time, I wasn't angry, I just felt like this was something I was surrendering to Him.  After all, I would rather be single than be married to the man that God did not choose for me.

I was scared!  Scared for my physical health, scared for my finances....you name it, I was a little nervous about it.  Yet, in my heart I knew that this was a God thing.

I arrived in Los Angeles and began driving around looking for a church.  I saw this one church that was part of the denomination I was raised in.  But, this church from the outside just looked dead!  I did not want to go to that church.  I kept driving around, looking but God kept bringing me back to this church.  Again, I was not sure what God was up to and at times wondered if I was correctly discerning His voice.

I attended that church.  My second or third Sunday there, I met this man.  He had stood up in church to announce that he and others met for intercessory prayer during the second service and it was open to anyone.  I love to pray so I thought I would check it out. (At this time, I wasn't even thinking about who this man was...I knew nothing about him) I went to check it out and guess what.  I was the only one who showed up that day for the intercessory prayer, other than the man who announced it!  We began to talk a little and learned we shared a heart for the same ministries (evangelism and discipleship).  We prayed and it ended.  Over the next few months we began to spend more time together.  August 19th, 2007, we knew we were in love.  We got engaged Dec 24, 2007 and we were married March 1, 2008.  Today we serve the Lord in a different church and we continue to grow closer to God and closer to each other.

Who would have guessed what God was up to?!  Certainly not me!  But one thing is for sure....just when you think you've got it all figured out, God surprises you!  What a wonderful man He gave me.  Happy Anniversary Baby!~  Thank you Father, that you constantly are looking out for me, and You've got it all under control.  Help me to trust you.

To God be the Glory!  I dedicate this song to My Heavenly Father and my dear husband