There are so many ways that God has chosen to bless our family time and time again. In the last 6-9 months, he has been chipping away at the undesirable priorities, habits, character flaws. It has been one of those seasons where God is put us through the fire to clean off all of that gunk to be able to bring us to a place where he could bring us closer to himself. As hard as it can be sometimes to do the right thing, to unwaveringly choose God in the day-by-day, minute-by-minute things, I have tasted a bit of the sweetness of the results of doing so. One of the benefits my family was able to experience in direct result of the changes we have made was inviting four young women from Life Action Ministries to stay at home during their stay in Manchester. Our church invited Life Action Ministries to come do a revival service called a “Summit” last month and as a result they requested church members to open their homes to house team members for the duration of the event. They have several different revival conferences but we were lucky enough to have them here for an eight day summit which meant the team would be staying with our church for a full two weeks. I will get into the actual Summit on another post, but for now I will attempt to effectively put into written language how these four women blessed our home.
God’s provision through his infinite grace.
On January 24th, 2014 my husband and I, along with our three boys, finished up the home preparations required for having house guests. You’ve got it. Bathrooms shined, laundry caught up, carpets vacuumed, pictures and fans dusted. Our kids graciously gave up their bedroom which they share to give our guests a private place Continue reading
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