God is Still in Control

Well, since I noticed today that there have been 644 views to my profile, I thought I should post SOMETHING for people to read. Hmmmm. What can I say?

I had the most marvelous 50th birthday any woman could ever ask for. My life was all joy and contentment. We were happily living in Virginia, which is BEAUTIFUL and filled with sweet, loving people--even the UNSAVED ones! LOL! Just a few short weeks later that contented life was turned upside down, inside out. I assume anyone who would come here and read this blog would know the reason. But, in the event there is someone who does not know; our General Overseer of The Church of God unexpectedly retired. A mandatory Presbytery Meeting was called for early June. My husband was selected to serve as Interim General Overseer until the General Assembly. I've read the transcript and listened to the tapes and I'm fully convinced in my heart and mind that God performed several little "circumstances" and events and that it was definitely God who dictated the outcome of that meeting.

Since that time my husband and I have NEVER faced such threats, evil spirits, hatred and vengeance in our lives. The enemy sure wasn't happy about the outcome. (Neither were we, to tell the truth!) My current favorite Biblical passage is Ephesians 4:29-32: "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you." I can testify that, although there have been many attempts by the enemy to destroy us, God is FAITHFUL, He is TRUE, He is our Deliverer, our Defender and our Victory! The Word of God has never been so dear to me as it has the past few months. God has spoken to me directly from the Word of God over and over again. He has performed miracle after miracle. He is SO GOOD!!!

My desire is to be faithful till death. I just want to please the Lord, whatever that takes. My favorite song for many years has been "I Will Not Offer Anything That Costs Me Nothing." It seems the Lord is calling for a huge sacrifice on our part, but like the songs says, "And if I'm called into sacrifice, it will be worthy of my Christ." Our sacrifice is nothing compared to the sacrifice our Lord offered for you and me. We're fully aware that we're unworthy to be in the position we've been put in. We know we have nothing in ourselves to offer. But after wrestling with the Lord for a very long time we're committed to just submitting to what we've been called to do and to "place before Him nothing less than [our] very best." Therefore, we will be selling our home in Virginia and moving to Cleveland, Tennessee. I'm trusting the Lord is preparing a place there for us and when the time is right He'll lead us to that perfect place. He knows what is best for us. "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths" (Prov. 3:5,6).