So I'm sitting here listening to the guy who led me to the Lord preaching ... it's his radio broadcast from his church. And I find myself devastated. Not because of anything except I have realized how far I have fallen. How much I have lost. How little I know about how to get it back. I am so crushed.
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Our "Son"
Nick after Marine Corps Boot Camp Granduation
About Me
- Caroline
- I'm 40 years old, married to Rich for going over 10 years (1997). He is 10 years younger than me and I guess that makes me the BOMB too! (sorry Hoddie! :) ) I love reading, poetry, and am learning sumi-e painting. I am also trying to get back into photography which has always been a passion. We have 5 furry babies (feline) who I adore ...
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Rich"s Princess
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Nick & RJ
RJ & Dan
Ok, I'm afraid ...
2 comments:
Dispair and devastation are just another ploy of the enemy to keep you from the Father. The amazing thing is you are already back. He never left you, and He never will. He was just waiting patiently for you to accept His help. There is nothing you have to do, nothing you have to fix, nothing you have to measure up to, just be you and allow God to be God in you. You may feel far away and out of touch from "the stuff" of the Lord, but you are certainly not far away from The Lord. The other amazing thing is that God has been ordering your steps even when you weren't openly listening for his voice.
When you called the other night, it only took a second and I recoginzed your voice and as we talked quickly realized something exciting was happening with you. It sounded like the Caroline I once new. You know what God's voice sounds like, because you were close to him, talked to him often for a very long time, and even though it may have been a long time since you heard His voice, it will only take a second for you to recoginize it.
Be careful to recoginize the voice of the Father, and refuse to listen to the voice of the deceiver and condemner. God doesn't condemn, He restores. He has already used you in such an incredibly mighty way in the last week and a half. Through you, He has started something that He put on our hearts a year ago and we have made no progress in seeing it come to pass, but in a week you have managed to get the ball rolling in a way we never could. We think in time, God thinks in eternity. You don't have to know how to get back, because when you called out, He picked you up and carried you back! We love you - hang in there and remember the enemy isn't happy and he is trying whatever he can to get you to give up.
Wow. I've been there. In some ways I am there right now, little to anyone else's knowlege.
Trust that God will always welcome back the prodigal son, no matter how far he (she)has wandered.
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