♕ Today's Promise: “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light” Ephesians 5:8
Upon my arrival in this country, my husband wanted to take me to work with him, so I had the opportunity to share with the people who work with him, especially with two women, his secretary and the person in charge of the production area, who are in the office permanently with me, while I do my job. The production manager has had different crises in which she tries to attract attention by threatening suicide due to a bad relationship that she has or had with my husband's boss.
One day she and my husband had to go to a meeting, so they were absent part of the morning, later when they returned they were at the reception, my husband, she, the secretary, a relative who is living with us and two production employees, I stopped by the reception and sat there for a while to rest a little then when she saw me come in she said aloud to me "You know where I take your husband today ... to a brothel!" to which I was silent, and I think I was expressionless until I smiled at her, said absolutely nothing, and looked down to find the Bible on my cell phone! They all looked at me and looked at each other, silence flooded the place and then someone changed the subject.
Meanwhile I did not change my attitude with my husband, I did not say anything, and for the rest of the afternoon (and the days) I continued with kindness and peace, because I understood that it was an attack from the enemy, so I just kept quiet trusting in the protection of my Beloved. Something I noticed was that I did not feel anything against this woman, I just did not blame her and the next day I was also kind to her and her children who she usually takes to the office to study from there (due to the pandemic). Then I learned that the meeting had to be there because of the space, which they do not have elsewhere here.
Then something unexpected happened, days later she told me that she wanted to talk to me because she wanted to ask me a question, I hardly remember our conversation anymore, but she said that she saw in me so much patience and so much calm (which I think is the soft and peaceful spirit) that she wanted that for herself, she said she felt bad about the way she is and how she behaves and that she doesn't want to live depressed anymore, but she wants to change. She said, what do you do to be like this? Wow! So that was that test !!
And I told her, only God ... He did it, like a vessel that fell apart in His hands, He made me again, I went through a moment in my life in which I wanted to take my life, in which I was bitter and depended of a man's love, but those days passed because He changed me and made me new, He changes any heart of stone, you are not a hopeless case, He loves you and is there with you to change you and to help you. Tears came from her eyes ... And she said that not even with her children could she transmit that love. I was able to tell her that it was not about going to church every Sunday, that I did, before and that had not changed me, but that it was having an intimate relationship with God, that I only needed Him. I know we talked a lot more and she was very receptive, we even prayed together and decided to study the book “A Wise Woman” together.
I remembered that before traveling my HH told me: “Not knowing God is like living in the dark, and before you lived like that, because you didn't know him. But now they know it, and have come to light; live then accordingly to those who know God” (Ephesians 5: 8) and then I understood that He is answering my prayer when I asked that women could see Him in me, not by my speaking, but by who He is and has done in me.
What a great blessing to bring Him everywhere, that is the perfume that I want to use every day, the perfume of His love, so that women are drawn to the Lover of their souls, the man who will heal their hearts and transform their lives in life you always dreamed of having, even though you didn't know it!
~ Anastasia in Colombia
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