I met a new friend a couple weeks ago that shared a story with me that she normally does not share much. You’ll see why after you hear it. I was so blessed by her story that I thought others may be glad to hear it as well. If you are blessed, either comment or email me so I can share with her that she does not need to keep that story quiet!
She has had to go off and on medication like Prozac a few times due to typical thoughts in her head that we all get that got her depressed. She was told to expect that need for meds to come and go. Well, she was feeling the need for it again and took it to her husband. He said, “No.” She cried and pleaded with him, but he said she needed to pray about it. She knew God wanted her to honor her husband as her leader, so she felt trapped and just cried. Shortly after he left the room, she went to him to pray with her. They prayed for hours until the wee hours of the morning. Afterwards, he fell right to sleep, but she was unable to sleep just yet from all the emotion and just laid there. Soon she heard audible voices coming from her bathroom, from under her bed, then from another place in the house. Scared, she tried to nudge her hubby to wake to no avail and just pulled the covers up quivering. She said she has never heard God speak to her before, but that night, she heard Him. He said, “They never were in your head.” Wow! God allowed her to hear it audibly to show her the truth!
Once light was shed on the truth of what was going on, she was able to know who it was coming from and know it was a lie. She was healed from needing the meds. She still has times that she hears things “in her head” that she has to remind herself of the truth she experienced from God and is able to move forward.
Those voices that may be telling you, “You are no Christian. Look at how you act,” “No one wants to hear you,” “No one really cares about you,” “When will you ever get it?” , or many other condemning words that drag you down. God’s word will never condemn you! God’s words only point to the way out and give you a hope and fresh slate. He will convict you that you need to change, but there is a feeling of hope with His conviction, not feelings of misery.
If you have not heard one of my favorite songs, Voice of Truth, which is listed on my jukebox, now would be a great time to hear it!
And a favorite verse: “Take every thought captive to the obedience of Jesus Christ.” In other words there are thoughts that will take you down roads Jesus does not want. Take the thoughts you get, compare them to scripture and if they are not of God, they are not from God, which means there is no value! Lock it up and move on towards freedom in Christ!
Well the challenge of having all 4 on 4 different teams has actually turned out to be not so difficult. Last year only N13 had practice, so that seemed to burden the family when everyone had their different agendas. With all 4 needing to go, it was actually a nice family outing each night.
Introducing my dear sweet Aunt Betty. I was wondering how I could spice up my blog, and I found out how. I showed Aunt Betty how to comment. She went to town commenting on every post! She has other aliases such as "anonymous", "AB" (for Aunt Betty) and "Me". Sh! Don't tell her I told you. (Although I can honestly say, just because it says anonymous does not mean it is her. There could be impersonaters!) She is so much fun and loves Christ. You can tell by all her comments if you ever get time to read them. All you have to do is click the comment button at the bottom of every post to see what the ever famous Aunt Betty had to say. 
