MOST OF YOU KNOW

Most of you know, that I lost a son,in 1995, and that God has positioned me, to where I am able to invite other “Mom’s” to my beach house for a weekend of healing and fellowship.
This is what God has revealed to me about myself…..
I was attending the funeral of a young man, when the lady behind me,in line, discovered through our conversation, that I had lost a son. With tears in her eyes, she revealed to me, that she had just lost a son, this past year.
I knew, immediately who had orchestrated this meeting…..
If we make ourselves available to be used by God, He will use us!…..
She needed someone who had already gone down that road, and someone who could offer her hope!
Well, I automatically invited her to the beach weekend, but it got me to thinking, and this is what’s so neat,folks……
I realized then, that long before I was born, God knew that He would need someone for just such a “Mom’s” mission, and He would need someone with a strong, sturdy faith from childhood. Someone who had been given a grandmother who instilled in her a sound, stable faith, built on the word of God and His promises. (Sounds like Grandmother Bouterse fit the bill,too!)
God would need someone who had endured emotional, and physical set backs as well. Having had Epilepsy, since I was 5 years old, I guess that made me a pretty good candidate!
Add to that, the heartache of my parent’s divorce after 40 years of marriage; my sister’s death at age 56;my husband’s massive heart attack, and near death; the absence of one son from our home for 2 years;the death of our oldest son, and my brain hemorrage…..
Yes! I’d say God was equipting me quite well!
He needed someone who was grounded in the word!
He knew I had heard and received the word as a child.
He knew I would recognize the word at my Aiken church!
He knew I would feed on the word, at my Beaufort church too!
The sheep hear the shepherd’s voice, and recognize it, when they hear it again! Yes, He needed someone who could give some hope to these Mom’s, and not lose sight of where the real hope comes from…..
My hope cometh from the Lord!
He created me, the way He knew I would become, and I think it gives him pleasure to see the fruit it produces.
Fourteen years ago,I would never have thought anything so beautiful, could have come from such a tragedy, but by God introducing these Mom’s to me, He has taken this “Stinging Nettle” time in my life, and turned it into a
“Bouquet of Peace Lillies”!
What a Mighty God we serve!
Becky