WORD FOR LIFE: LEAVING A CHURCH IS NOT GOODBYE

WORD FOR LIFE: LEAVING A CHURCH IS NOT GOODBYE: In the past many years since 1996 I have attended faithfully three churches.  Since I am a person who likes to stick to one thing and not ...

LEAVING A CHURCH IS NOT GOODBYE

In the past many years since 1996 I have attended faithfully three churches.

 Since I am a person who likes to stick to one thing and not flit about here and there I had no idea why God would move me from my first church to my second.

But I found out a few months later when my daughter was saved in the second church and my outreach began there.

 I got comfortable in that second church, then, lo and behold,He told me time to go.(was there for many years)

 NOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo not again but I knew it was time.

 The third church led me to my second husband and a new understanding of God I had not seen before.

 But NOW, NOW,NOW,NOW, when I was so very sure I was to be at this little church for the rest of my days,He said,time to move.

 Nooooooooooooooo I resisted.One month,two,then three,till I could no longer bear to even hide it any longer,I had to go.

The thing with God is He always has somewhere for you to be.

 I love allllllll my past churches so much,i love allllll my pastors and will always pray for them and love them and their families.

I love all my friends and brothers and sisters in Christ in all my churches.

The move never has anything to do with any of them.

God has a reason.It is one of the hardest things to do especially if you are a stubborn and resistant lady like me. I never wanna move and just am happy to be in one place.

But I know that I know that I know why He moves me.

All the details are not clear yet on this move.

I am in my fourth church now.

I miss my old one and the people but am fast making new friends too.

and I know He has His reasons for this and I will not question Him any longer cause I am getting too old to wonder why or how anymore.

I just want to obey serve and love Him more.

Is this not the weirdest thing ever>?

But you know I left my grandchildren in Canada to come to my third church and wondered if I was out of my mind.Then I met my second husband and knew why God had moved me here.Our life here with my daughter is creating a second chance at redeeming my time in my country,serving Him here too.

Now as I venture with my husband into this fourth church I

wonder what is ahead and cannot wait for the blessings He has in store.

I WILL NOT LOOK BACK WITH SADNESS BUT JOY.
AND WHEN I DO VISIT MY OLD CHURCH IT WILL BE WITH GLADNESS OF HEART AND LOVE FOR ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST.

WORD FOR LIFE: Taste and See that the Lord is good!

WORD FOR LIFE: Taste and See that the Lord is good!: It is rainy and gray in the part of the world I live in today. Seems like David's spirit was like this weather many times over in God&#...

Taste and See that the Lord is good!

It is rainy and gray in the part of the world I live in today.
Seems like David's spirit was like this weather many times over in God's word.
 In psalm 31 he cries out for strength and mercy to endure the many enemies he has around him.
 However what fascinates me more is  that he also calls for help in  that he wants to rejoice in God.
I know he says he will choose to rejoice in God but how often do we claim that while shaking inside?
 How many times have we gone through a terrible time while still feeling that ray of hope inside us?
 Maybe we were angry at God or confused or just wondered why about things yet had this small light in us that kept us from stumbling and falling completely.
 Throughout the psalms I get this sense that David expresses all his fears and negative thoughts but always stands on God's promises no matter what.
 He may be trembling inside and really wondering if anything makes sense yet he still pens hope in God.
This is like a little child who is afraid of the dark or monsters yet feels safe in a parents arms.
 Thank God for His hand on us and His arms around us, even when we think they are not.

 Like the child who wakes up at night and calls for his dad or mom to comfort his bad dream or fear, we call out to our God who never really has left the "room"