New Year brings new joy

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

New Year brings new joy
Current mood: blessed

This year is going to be one of the best I think so far. But to get to this new year we have to start back a few months....

My grandparents were here and for a while now I have known that I needed to actually join the great church that I had been attending for a while. So what better time then when my grandparents are here? So after the service, during invitation time, I walked forward and told the Pastor that I wanted to join the church. He was so happy. I know he had been wondering for a while when I finally would. The congregation accepted me with a hearty Amen and my grandpa closed the service with prayer. I know he had a hard time as he was so filled with emotion. My grandparents have been able to witness a lot of spiritual growth in me recently. I grew up in church and went regularly but then hit my rebellious teenage years and it took me a while to get back. A time in my life I am not proud of but I guess it brought me to where I am today in life.

So I have been attending this church regularly and participating in a lot of church functions. Its a really small church but they have a lot of fun together and they are just awesome people!
We had been trying for a while now to get pregnant and each month I was disappointed when "aunt scarlet" would come to visit. I finally decided that this was something I had to turn over to God. He is the one who gives life after all. So, realizing that it wasn't my timing but His. I finally told Him, that I would accept whatever it was he had in store for my life but if my fate was that I wasn't ever going to be a mother I needed His help to accept that because there was no way I could accept that on my own. So everynight I prayed that God would give me the desire of my heart - to be a mother - and the desire of my grandparents hearts - to one day hold my baby. Two months later.... we get a positive on the pregnancy test! God is wonderful and faith is the most important thing anyone can have. When you put ALL your trust in Him, He really comes through and works miracles in your life. I honestly thought that I would never be able to have children, it was just a strong feeling I had.

So, Sergio decided he was ready to move forward too. He got saved in July, lead by the Pastor at his home and now was ready to take the next step and get baptised. One Sunday night he went forward and Pastor presented him to the church for baptism and another hearty Amen. So the very next week we were all set for the baptism service. About 15 mins to the end of the service and a very cold Nita walked in - she walked the almost 3 miles to church. She sat down and got warm by the fire and at the close of the service she too went forward for baptism. It was such a beautiful night and December 30th, on my 2nd year anniversary my husband and friend both got baptised.

So 2008 brings two new believeing members to our church and a new baby.
Thank God for His many blessings in my life!!

When you put God first everything else will fall in line in your life. That is a guarentee!! Try it and you will be suprised and what will happen.