WHEN I LEFT CHURCH YESTERDAY MORNING, I FELT MORE BLESSED THAN USUAL. WE HAD SUCH AN AWESOME AND INSPIRING SERVICE. I KNEW MORE THAN EVER THAT GOD HAD HIS HAND FIRMLY OVER ME. I FELT SO VERY ALIVE AND HAPPY. IN FACT, I FELT THAT WAY ALL DAY AND STILL DO THIS MORNING. WE SERVE AN AWESOME GOD AND HE HAS BEEN MAKING THAT POINT VERY CLEAR TO ME.
ONCE WE LEFT CHURCH, JIMMY TOOK GINA TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT. WHILE WE WERE IN TOWN, I SAW A FRIEND OF MINE STANDING OUTSIDE THE PLACE WHERE SHE WORKS, ON BREAK. I HAVE BEEN KNOWING THIS PERSON FOR MANY YEARS. I REALLY LOOKED AT HER YESTERDAY. SHE LOOKED WORRIED. SHE LOOKED TIRED. SHE LOOKED AGGRAVATED. SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS DEEP IN THOUGHT. SHE DIDNT LOOK VERY HAPPY AT ALL. EVEN THOUGH I HAVENT TALKED TO HER IN QUITE SOME TIME, I PRETTY MUCH COULD TELL THAT HER LIFE HASNT CHANGED MUCH SINCE THE LAST TIME WE SAW ONE ANOTHER. MY HEART WENT OUT TO HER. ALTHOUGH I DIDNT SAW ANYTHING TO HER, I SAID ALOT TO MY GOD.
I THANKED HIM FOR MY DELIVERANCE. I THANKED HIM FOR MY PEACE OF MIND. I THANKED HIM FOR THE BLESSINGS HE HAD JUST GIVEN ME IN CHURCH. I THANKED HIM FOR MY HAPPINESS. I THANKED HIM FOR MY LIFE. AND AS USUAL, I THANKED HIM FOR HIS FORGIVENESS, HIS MERCY, HIS GRACE AND HIS LOVE.
I ALSO PRAYED ALL THE SAME THINGS FOR HER. FOR MY FRIEND WHO STOOD THERE LOOKING SO WORRIED AND ALONE.
MY POINT IN ALL THIS TODAY IS THAT MY HEART GOES OUT TO SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I KNOW RIGHT HERE IN OAKDALE. FRIENDS AND FAMILY. PEOPLE THAT I LOVE. ALTHOUGH I DIDNT SAY ANYTHING TO HER YESTERDAY, I SURELY WILL MAKE IT A POINT TO APPROACH HER THE NEXT TIME I SEE HER SOMEWHERE. I HAVE A VISION OF THAT VERY SAME PERSON SITTING NEXT TO ME IN THE CHURCH PEW ONE OF THESE DAYS. UNTIL THEN, I WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY. I HAVE SUCH A BURDEN ON MY HEART FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WHERE I HAVE BEEN. I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT HAPPINESS DOES EXIST. THAT WORRY IS OF THE DEVIL AND THAT A LIFE WORTH LIVING IS VERY EASILY ACHIEVED!
ONCE WE LEFT CHURCH, JIMMY TOOK GINA TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT. WHILE WE WERE IN TOWN, I SAW A FRIEND OF MINE STANDING OUTSIDE THE PLACE WHERE SHE WORKS, ON BREAK. I HAVE BEEN KNOWING THIS PERSON FOR MANY YEARS. I REALLY LOOKED AT HER YESTERDAY. SHE LOOKED WORRIED. SHE LOOKED TIRED. SHE LOOKED AGGRAVATED. SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS DEEP IN THOUGHT. SHE DIDNT LOOK VERY HAPPY AT ALL. EVEN THOUGH I HAVENT TALKED TO HER IN QUITE SOME TIME, I PRETTY MUCH COULD TELL THAT HER LIFE HASNT CHANGED MUCH SINCE THE LAST TIME WE SAW ONE ANOTHER. MY HEART WENT OUT TO HER. ALTHOUGH I DIDNT SAW ANYTHING TO HER, I SAID ALOT TO MY GOD.
I THANKED HIM FOR MY DELIVERANCE. I THANKED HIM FOR MY PEACE OF MIND. I THANKED HIM FOR THE BLESSINGS HE HAD JUST GIVEN ME IN CHURCH. I THANKED HIM FOR MY HAPPINESS. I THANKED HIM FOR MY LIFE. AND AS USUAL, I THANKED HIM FOR HIS FORGIVENESS, HIS MERCY, HIS GRACE AND HIS LOVE.
I ALSO PRAYED ALL THE SAME THINGS FOR HER. FOR MY FRIEND WHO STOOD THERE LOOKING SO WORRIED AND ALONE.
MY POINT IN ALL THIS TODAY IS THAT MY HEART GOES OUT TO SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I KNOW RIGHT HERE IN OAKDALE. FRIENDS AND FAMILY. PEOPLE THAT I LOVE. ALTHOUGH I DIDNT SAY ANYTHING TO HER YESTERDAY, I SURELY WILL MAKE IT A POINT TO APPROACH HER THE NEXT TIME I SEE HER SOMEWHERE. I HAVE A VISION OF THAT VERY SAME PERSON SITTING NEXT TO ME IN THE CHURCH PEW ONE OF THESE DAYS. UNTIL THEN, I WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY. I HAVE SUCH A BURDEN ON MY HEART FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WHERE I HAVE BEEN. I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT HAPPINESS DOES EXIST. THAT WORRY IS OF THE DEVIL AND THAT A LIFE WORTH LIVING IS VERY EASILY ACHIEVED!
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