May 29,2011
Tonight I had invited our church bible study group to come and have bible study at our new home. (12 of us in all!) For the past five months we have not been able to attend Sunday night Bible study because I found it too difficult taking two babies out at night. This group also came one Sunday night end of December when we first had Tyrell.
What a blessing it was to be with this small group once again!!
They started going through the book of 1 Samuel and we finished chapter 3 tonight. Brother Duncan is a high school teacher and when he teaches the Bible he likes to teach verse by verse through the Bible.
After the group left I sat here thanking the Lord for my church family. I was reflecting on the past three and a half years since Brian passed away. I will admit I did pray and tell the Lord this is a group of believers I would have loved to have around for support after Brian passed away. Do not get me wrong I praise God for each one that was there for me at the time. We had Jim and Anna Mensie from Placencia who came out faithfully ever Sunday and stayed till Monday just to be there for Cory and myself. Joel and his youth from Belize city coming out every Wednesday night to minister to us as well. So many others that brought meals and came to visit was a huge blessing. As I was reflecting on this the Lord brought to my mind that even through these trials that Cory and I went through He wanted us to draw closer to HIM not depend on others as we should depend on HIM. The first year after Brian passed away there were many trials and false accusations that came against Cory and I. I know we spent many a night crying and praying for the Lord to intervene. Having Jim and Anna and Joel and Denise as mentors even thou it was from a distance they did help us keep our focus on Jesus instead of circumstances.
I guess the reason I wanted to share what was on my heart tonight was because no matter what you are going through I know God our Father wants us to rely on HIM and not on others. Yes we are to bare each others burdens and that means we cry and laugh with each other when we are going through trials or blessings in our lives. My security needs to be in HIM not in my children, husband, family, friends or anyone or anything else. It is not easy being the person needing to make the decisions for the household on my own but then again I am not on my own I do have my Lord and Savior. He is so faithful and I know in my weakness He is my strength.
The group from the States came to build our home end of March and it is amazing to see the finish product to the point of being able to have Bible study out on the deck. When Tim Springer worked on the design of this house he said the deck would be big enough to have a table out there for brunch, BBQ’s or bible studies. What we talked about is all coming together and WHAT A BLESSING THIS IS FROM THE LORD!! A big thank you to each one that helped make this happen. Praising the name of the Lord!!!
