PECULIAR PEOPLE


I am so thrilled that you have joined me on this journey as I attempt to share what God has done in our family over the past few weeks.  The event that prompted the birth of this blog.  The event that changed our lives forever:


While sitting in church on  Sunday morning, and singing along with the congregation...."Your Grace is Enough for Me".....(God was already preparing me for the day ahead!), I received a call that our
house was on fire.  As I immediately gathered the children and headed for home, something really miraculous happened:  The Holy Spirit got into the car with us and carried us to our home.


In my head, I knew this was something really terrible, something to fear, something to cry about, something to dread.  But, in my heart, none of those ideas took hold.  And moreover, they had no place in the hearts of my kids either.


In John 14:27, Jesus said, "My peace I give unto you....Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."


I have been in church my entire life and I know all the right words to say.  I know what a "good" Christian "should" say in times of trouble.  Please believe me when I tell you that this is nothing like that.  I can honestly tell you that the peace the Father gave us at that time has puzzled many of our friends and family.  We were even able to find a sense of humor in the midst. ( My daughter made note that she sure was glad we didn't clean the house yesterday!)  We knew that ALL things worked together for good to them that love the Lord, and that any time God acts in our lives, we will always come out better.  So regardless of what we were about to see, we knew we would somehow come out better.


Throughout that day, and the weeks that followed, family and friends have been brokenhearted for our loss, and yet....we are not.  Not one time has any of the children cried, complained, blamed God, or even whined about it.  We have been called "peculiar" because of our attitude.  All I can say is that
God gave us a peace that the world does not understand.  A peace that even I cannot understand.  I felt in my spirit from the very beginning that this was God's doing.  He was up to something.  And I can trust this path the Shepherd has chosen.


Over the next few posts, I am looking forward to sharing the miracles God has already done through this life-changing event. I pray you will be encouraged.