Tag Archives: God’s plan
Sometimes the power of a story takes time. We all have a story. Where we came from, who our family is, where we went to school, and on and on. Each experience influences who we are and who we become. For some, that story has things we keep covered; shame, guilt, unforgiveness are some of the things kept out of view. After all, airing our dirty laundry serves no good purpose; therefore we can create the image we want others…..
I’ll go….. That is an old hymn I grew up singing; the words were just words in a hymnal with little to no real meaning….until they were no longer just words on a page. Just as the disciples left careers, homes, and families to follow Him, sometimes that is the requirement. To leave all that is familiar for something unknown, and unfamiliar; an act of obedience. Our lives had been relatively normal as far as the Christian faith. Phil had…..
Open My Eyes…. That I may see…. Glimpses of truth Thou has for me… Place in my hand the wonderful key…. That will unclasp and set me free. All morning in my head I had been hearing the lyrics, “Open my eyes that I may see.” As I settled into the car, I began to sing those lyrics. I knew that song by heart; every verse of it. Phil joined in and there we were, driving down the Interstate belting…..
July is a special month to me; it was July 22, 1966 I became a mother. I was also sixteen; to say it wasn’t the best of times is an understatement. Yet, here I am fifty-six years later celebrating one of the greatest blessings of my life. Where would we be without her; after all, in reality “we” began with “her”. Would there be fifty-six years of marriage to a wonderful boy who became a great man? Would there be…..
We never know whose life we are going to impact, and we never know whose life is going to impact ours. We never know the time or the place where one life may be transformed by another. Maybe it’s a story told, an experience shared, a lesson learned. We may not know, but God knows. We were new to Grand Prairie, and I had a new position in Grand Prairie ISD. I was a counselor to pregnant/parenting teens which…..
