Tuesday, April 12, 2011

A tiny piece of what God has done for me

I come from a home of eight children. I have seen abuse of many kinds. Between home and being bullied at school, I didn't see much blessing in my life. I remember going to Sunday school when I was very little and hearing of a man called Jesus who died for me. Only God knew why back then but the thought of someone dying for me was more like a fairy tale to me. But I hung onto the thought.


Many nights when my dad was drunk and nasty I remember crying to God asking if He would take me with Him and I didn't understand why life was so unfair. I witnessed my dad beating my brother when I was five. It was the first time that I felt real hatred for someone.


I became a person that I didn't like and over the years I have made many mistakes and done many things that I am ashamed of. When i first moved to PEI, it was to find work. God had bigger plans for my children and I. We began going to King's Way church when I was pregnant with my son Noah. I was intimidated at first because I never felt comfortable in church before and found it really hard to trust anyone.


Then one Sunday I was surprised by a baby shower that Mrs. Linda Ledford had planned for Noah and I. I was so overwhelmed by the love that I had felt that I cried through the whole thing. God had brought me to PEI to be a part of His church.


That was in the year 2000 and since then God has humbly shown me that His way is the way I want to live. God has magnified my love for Him so deep that I can barely think of Him without tears. I have come to love everyone in God's family so much that I couldn't think of my life without them. And when someone new walks through the doors at church, God gives me a whole new feeling of overwhelming hope that their souls will be saved by His love and grace.


If he could take a wretch like me with no reason for life and change me into one who only wants to live and love for Him, than it is possible for Him to change anyone.
I love you O'Lord!

Fishers of Men

Being called children of God
we have an important job to do
we need to be workers for God's harvest
we are not supposed to make Him wait
let's go tell His word today
His people need to hear it
we are meant to say, yes Jesus

Fishers of men we are all supposed to be
it's our fate, now let's go tell His word
obeying is personal, faithful, and spiritual
The more we wait, the more people are dying
without hope of His love and His grace
let's show them the way

I'm here pleading that it's not right
for us to sit and wait
They need to hear the goods news today
before it gets too late
we really need to go and say
come meet our dear Jesus
for His way is the only way
For fishers of men we are all supposed to be