Classic Mary Moments: Miracles!!!

Monday, August 9, 2010

Miracles!!!

Several months ago, Bro. Jimmy preached a message at our church about miracles. At the end of his message he called up a lady in our church for us to all pray for a healing miracle in her life. As all of use woman gathered around her, the power God was moving and at some point I stopped praying for this woman and started praying for MY MIRACLE. There was something my life that I longed for so much, so deeply, I just couldn't stop the tears from falling. As I thought about my miracle, I just couldn't stop myself from leaving the woman we were all praying for and making my way up to the alter. I sat at the alter and sobbed and sobbed and sobbed...my miracle! My Miracle! MY MIRACLE!!! I felt such a desperation in my heart...

This right here is MY MIRACLE!!!

To see this same little 9-year-old girl praying back through to the Holy Ghost and surrendering her life to God...THATS MY MIRACLE! Thats all I could think about. She was the cause of my heart-wrenching cries. Later on in the service, Pastor said that while we were praying for miracles he wanted to called up everyone that needed a job to come up and get prayed for...I was FOR sure in need of a job at the moment but I had honestly forgotten about it. I went up, but it wasn't a desperation in my soul. It was like all the other things in my life that I think would be miracles were forgotten.

Gone were the thoughts of prince charming showing up at my door. Gone were the thoughts of becoming a well known published author. Gone were the thoughts of some day waking up skinny!!! In that moment all I could think about was the miracle of my girl. I remember the moments we shared when she was living with me...the she dressed, the way she talked...the way she lived for God. I can remember at the alter at Conqueror's Conference, as we hung on to each other sobbing...thats what I remembered. I realized that more than all those other things I desire so much in life, seeing this girl saved is what I really, really want, ABOVE ALL ELSE thats what I really want. If I had to choose between those other things, I would pick her soul...My Miracle!

For the first time, in a long time, she came to church tonight. On the outside, I know that all one could really see was a worldy girl, with jewelery, tight clothes, ripped jeans and funky hair...but ALL I could see was MY MIRACLE...a little girl that I love. It hasn't happened yet...BUT I'm WAITING!!!

But if we hope for that we see not,

then do we with patience wait for it.

(Romans 8:25)

The Votaws!!!

He has preached all over the US, China, Taiwan, the Philipines, Vietnam and many more Asian countries. He preaches in underground churches in communism countries. He converted a man on death row in prison to Christ and 3 hours before that man died he baptized him in Jesus name. He prayed the first man in Vietnam to kill and americn soldier through to the Holy Ghost and Baptized him in Jesus name. He has converted trinitartin preachers all over to the Oneness doctrine...BUT ABOVE all else...I thank God that I TOO am ONE OF THOSE souls he reached out too...he gave 7 years of his life to New York City!!! I thank God that he answered the call!!! It wasn't until his 6th & final year as pastor there, that our family came into church...we were there for 9 months before we came to AZ and then right after that the Votaws left NYC for the mission fields of Asia...I THANK God that someone had a burden for NYC!!!

Sis. Kathy!!!

This is the woman that invited my Momma to a Pentecostal church!!! She told me that she was actually new in the church herself and that she would see my mom in the front yard of our house playing with us kids and she just wanted so badly for my mom to have what she had just recieved herself. It may have been just one person that she was witnessing to at that time, but that one person has had an affect on her own five children and now its her Grandchildren that are still recieving the blessing of Sis. Kathy's witness. 25 years ago, it wasn't just my mom...I may have only been two at the time, but it was ME she was winning too! I thank God she wasn't afraid to be a witness and that she didn't give up on my mom. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. (Acts 2:39) When you decide to live for God it doesn't just stop with you!