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THE FOLLOWING WAS SENT TO A FELLOW FACEBOOK FRIEND WHO WAS LOSING HOPE AND GIVING UP ON THEIR FAITH...SO I JUST SHARED A BIT OF MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY (ONE OF MANY)...I WANT TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU TOO, ONLY GOD KNOWS YOU MAY NEED IT TOO!
I just want you to know that God is still in control and is listening to all your prayers and requests...the Bible says if we draw near to God, He will draw near to us. Let me share my brief testimony because I too have had my ups and downs and at one point I also felt like throwing in the towel and giving up and that God didn't care or wasn't around, I felt alone! On November 26, 2002 my baby boy was born prematurely because of my wife's preclampsyia and had to deliver, well we knew the chances..he passed away three days later; in July 2003 my grandmother who practically raised me passed away, one year later in August 2004 my aunt passed away, also in August 2004 my wife and I took in a two day old baby boy, two weeks later we had him and his then 3 year old brother, two weeks later we then took in their two sisters ages 8 and 9 at the time, we were planning on doing the foster-adopt thing; on Fathers Day 2006 after I just returned from a mission trip, my father-in-law passed away and five months later in November 2006 my grandfather passed away, to make matters worse the four children we had hoped to adopt permanently were removed from our home in August 2007 after three years under our care and placed back in the same environment they came from. After we lost the kids I felt lower than I ever had felt before and part of me wanted to blame God and say that he let this happen and didn't help us get them back...but deep down I know it wasn't the right thing to do or believe, it was then I had to rely on Him more and trust Him wholeheartedly with all my life. You see I wasn't always a preacher or always walked with God the way I should be but at church camp (INDIAN FALLS CREEK) in August 2007 I felt and heard God calling me to preach...so I surrendered to preach and one week later all my kids were gone! While we had all four of the kids my wife was going to school (OBU) for her teaching degree. We found a note left by our oldest daughter that read, "Mom, one day you're going to be a great teacher!" and "Dad, I hope you go all over the world and preach and tell everyone about God and Jesus" Wow that really humbled me and broke my heart! What got me through that and what still does is my faith and dependence on God!
Also these verses...Romans 8:28, Isaiah 40:31 and Proverbs 3:5-6. I might not know your situation or even know what you've been through but we do have a great God who is all knowing, all present, all seeing, all powerful...He is ready to help us and provide for us time and time again!!
"The one who lives under the protection of the Most High dwells in the shadow of the Almighty." Psalm 91:1 HCSB
BROTHER BEN
I just want you to know that God is still in control and is listening to all your prayers and requests...the Bible says if we draw near to God, He will draw near to us. Let me share my brief testimony because I too have had my ups and downs and at one point I also felt like throwing in the towel and giving up and that God didn't care or wasn't around, I felt alone! On November 26, 2002 my baby boy was born prematurely because of my wife's preclampsyia and had to deliver, well we knew the chances..he passed away three days later; in July 2003 my grandmother who practically raised me passed away, one year later in August 2004 my aunt passed away, also in August 2004 my wife and I took in a two day old baby boy, two weeks later we had him and his then 3 year old brother, two weeks later we then took in their two sisters ages 8 and 9 at the time, we were planning on doing the foster-adopt thing; on Fathers Day 2006 after I just returned from a mission trip, my father-in-law passed away and five months later in November 2006 my grandfather passed away, to make matters worse the four children we had hoped to adopt permanently were removed from our home in August 2007 after three years under our care and placed back in the same environment they came from. After we lost the kids I felt lower than I ever had felt before and part of me wanted to blame God and say that he let this happen and didn't help us get them back...but deep down I know it wasn't the right thing to do or believe, it was then I had to rely on Him more and trust Him wholeheartedly with all my life. You see I wasn't always a preacher or always walked with God the way I should be but at church camp (INDIAN FALLS CREEK) in August 2007 I felt and heard God calling me to preach...so I surrendered to preach and one week later all my kids were gone! While we had all four of the kids my wife was going to school (OBU) for her teaching degree. We found a note left by our oldest daughter that read, "Mom, one day you're going to be a great teacher!" and "Dad, I hope you go all over the world and preach and tell everyone about God and Jesus" Wow that really humbled me and broke my heart! What got me through that and what still does is my faith and dependence on God!
Also these verses...Romans 8:28, Isaiah 40:31 and Proverbs 3:5-6. I might not know your situation or even know what you've been through but we do have a great God who is all knowing, all present, all seeing, all powerful...He is ready to help us and provide for us time and time again!!
"The one who lives under the protection of the Most High dwells in the shadow of the Almighty." Psalm 91:1 HCSB
BROTHER BEN
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