"Glad tidings of Good Things"

One year ago me and my husband were facing lots of trials that were springing up all around us from our past. I personally believe that we were under attack because of our faith and new life in Christ.  There were huge temptations we both faced.  I stayed in prayer but could not seem to fight off these attacks.  This led me into a writing frenzy.  I can't explain what happened but I put my pen towards the attacks with prayer.


I could not stop writing, I was working at Brookshire's Grocery Company at the time was I was trying to get benefits and was rather depressed over the fact they would keep me right under the required hours of being able to receive them. I was feeling stuck in a rut at this time and just poured out all of my prayers to God and I decided instead of me going out to my car for lunch everyday that I would set in the break room and read the Bible.  Something I have always done to find strength.  Many personal issues were spinning about also at this time.


There was a period of one week I would go in prayer and I felt instructed to Read Romans 10 and I would read these passages and really saw no great signifigance and would come home and share this with my husband.  Every day the Holy Spirit was pulling me back to this chapter.  I was really confused over what God was trying to say to me.


I went to my sister's one evening to a family gathering and shared with my mother, sister and sister in law about how I had been writing and was considering the thought of writing a book.  My sister in law told me about blogging and how this had benefited her sister who was blogging on the internet.  They encouraged me to write more.  I had recently opened a facebook account only to communicate with friends and family.


I prayed and the more I prayed the more my writing was shaping into something.  I told my husband what had been happening to me and how God had really laid it upon my heart to keep writing.  He was also encouraging.  I have been writing most of my life but always did this as a past time and never considered it to be as serious as anything more than a hobby.


The Romans 10 even came up in my dream one night.  It really started to puzzle me and me and my husband discussed it several mornings over Coffee.  I started looking into ways to bring more of my writing to the surface through facebook.  I found a site online called people of the Second Chance and starting posting a few comments here and there.  I was praying for God to help me, I was totally clueless.  I met a girl through this posting and her name is Cindy Leigh and we seemed to agree on several postings about our faith.  I felt a very strong knowing from the Holy Spirit that spoke and told me to friend her.  Five minutes later she accepted with a question?  She asked me why did you friend me and without a second thought I told her I was moved by the Holy Spirit.  Most would think this is really strange but for those that believe in the power of God it is something we learn to do as believers in Christ.


I love Cindy Leigh very much and through this fellowship, I went to her facebook page and there was one particular friend I kept seeing and I could not help but to look at her page.  She was a blogger and soon to be author and as I went to her blog site, I grew weak and the Holy Spirit totally consumed my body.  Justice Writer and below her Title of the name of her Blog below it in big bold letters was Romans 10 and nothing else.  I started reading and contacted her and the very moment we connected I shared with her the dreams I was having and being totally distracted in my study time over this Chapter and how I didn't have a clue.


From that day forward, revelation from the Holy Spirit would flow between the two of us.  Cherie Lalanne has deeply inspired me and enriched things with in me to enhance and bring my writing to the for front.  Cherie did offer assistance to me about how to hook up with other writers.  Well that was quite amazing to because these writers came to me through postings.  She never had to help me.  God was doing all the work once this connection was made.  Cindy Leigh has remained my friend as well and has witnessed these things and a few of our other common friends.  A group of 12 of us felt like the Holy Spirit was working among us.  We started a page called the Broken Chain Gang.  Out of this group, more blessings have flowed out among all of us as a whole.


  I have never experienced the full working power of God until this past year.  Confirmation after confirmation of the Realness of the Holy Spirit and how when we are obident to this voice, we don't do anything more than demonstrate the love of Christ and God takes care of the hard part.  We just move when he says move and speak when he says speak.  I have lived like this now for over a year.  Of Course Cindy Leigh and Cherie Lalanne are not the only two.  I do know these women were hand picked by God to assist me to grow in my writings.  We have bonded very closely because we have seen the power of God at work first hand.


If you are not experiencing these things in your life, I ask you to pray about it.  If you are hungry for God, pray and ask him to lead you.  He will supernaturally change your circumstances.  I have talked and held many conversations of sharing this time.  Well now it has been a year and time to give God the glory.  I hope this will in some way speak to your heart.  It has changed my life and also has blessed my husband and children in the process because they have witnessed all this as I have moved on the Holy Spirit.


God bless you and delight in his love.  There is a friend that will stick closer than a brother or sister.  God will provide them and also a clear path to follow if you allow him to lead.