In 1989 my husband and I both gave our hearts to Jesus. We were young in the Lord and going to church, learning how to live our lives for Him. One year later tragedy struck our family when my husband broke his back. The situation was devastating to us and we didn't know how it was going to change our lives. We thought these kind of things didn't happen to Christians. We wondered, as baby Christians would we be able to really stand on the scriptures that we heard and read about many times? It was time to put the word that we had been reading into action!
Well, it didn't take very long for things to start falling apart once the finances stopped coming in. We even tried to get assistance and after many hours of waiting and filling out applications only to learn that we were denied, because we still had our vehicles and home so we didn't qualify. They said they could help us with food but it would be several days before we received anything. We left there that day empty handed and I remember the ride home was quiet and I felt helpless and rejected. We knew then we would have to depend on Jesus and Jesus only!
After that the days were long and the nights even longer. I spent many nights going before the Lord praying that my husband would be healed and that we would get a break through. We prayed and cried out to the Lord, we stood on the word even when in the natural everything was falling apart around us. Even so God provided for us and our three little boys. We never went to bed hungry. (spiritually or physically) The next few months were rough no outings of any kind, no eating out and no new clothes for any of us. We lost our cars, our credit was ruined and we decided to sell our home before losing it too. We thank the Lord for our Beloved Pastors, our church and family that stood with us for such a time as this.
One Sunday morning I was getting ready for church and had one pair of hose that I had worn for quite a few weeks. I was so careful not to rip them. As I went to put them on I put my fingernail through them. I tried to wear them so that the runner wouldn't show, it didn't work and I had to throw them away. I went to do my hair and I couldn't believe it but I was out of hairspray. (right before church) I tried to put a little water in the bottle to make it stretch, that was a mistake it made my hair sticky and it looked terrible. It seemed like everything that I had was running out and at that time we had more important things to spend our money on. That was it! I sat on the edge of the bed and cried like a baby! Well after a few minutes I wiped away my tears and pulled myself together. I went to church any way, with matted hair and no hose. Talk about a humbling experience for a lady, I felt so awful going to church that way. The service and the word were so uplifting that I forgot about my problems for at least 2 hours...
After service was over we drove home and I was trying to think of something to make for lunch. I had had three very hungry little boys to feed and I was trying to make the food stretch. We pulled in the driveway and there were several bags on our porch. As we got closer we knew the bags were full of groceries and all the necessities that our family needed to make it one more week. Everything that we were out of was in those bags. As a woman there are certain things we need. God saw fit that day to supply those things for me. When I went through the bags I found a pair of hose and yes, even HAIRSPRAY! I had not spoken to anyone but the Lord of our needs. We were so Blessed and Grateful that I cried then I shouted for Joy!
We matter to the Lord and our needs are important to Him. The Lord has proven himself to our family time and time again. Over the past 18 years we've stood on the promises that the Lord has for all of us. The Lord healed my husband, and has restored all that was stolen from us. Be Encouraged Today, Jesus Loves You! He is the Great I Am. Forever Faithful To Jesus! Debra, UIPWC of Louisiana
Reflect on these Scriptures:
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved" Psalm 55:22
"I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread" Psalm 37:25
" I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal
thee..." 2 Kings 20:b
" A faithful man will be richly blessed." Proverbs 28:20 NIV
