I want to praise the Lord because, despite what can be happening in our home during our restoration journey, the pain and the hurts at times while waiting for Him to complete what He started, He wants and can still use us…if we are allowing Him to work in us and do the transformation needed.
He allowed me to led one of my best friends since we were kids to Him. She is hard working, with a nice family, has a good heart, I never knew how to talk about the Lord to her. Despite the fact that she told me last time that she always admire me for my faith and wanted to be like me, but I couldn’t. I even went to Germany where she lives, for her kid’s baptism, they are good Catholic and her husband is teaching catechism at church. I remember when we were coming back I confessed to my sister “Do you know that all these years I never talked about the Lord to my friend? Next time, I will just call and tell her to sit down, we are going to pray for you to give your life to Him :)”
But yesterday she sent me a text message to ask for a verse that can help her to be calm because she has a lot of stress at work and it follows her home, she needs something to help her feel good and free. So I send her 1 Peter 5:7 and Isa. 41:10 and ask her if she could call me in the night for 5 min. She said ok, and if she doesn’t I should call, because she has a young baby. I wanted to pray with her.
At first, I was afraid of not knowing what to say that will touch and calm her. But then I prayed for her, prayed and asked God to help me, because that was an opportunity to share His love with her for her to be saved 1st and I know He will guide her. So finally she called me. I share and explain with some verses in Romans, Ephesians, John, Acts about salvation. She repented will all her heart and prayed for salvation and then I prayed for her, thanking God for her life, all what He has done, is doing, and what He will continue to do with His favor on her at her work.
This morning she sent many texts, saying that she is soooo grateful, she slept just 4 hours, but felt so better than the days before—she is feeling very calm and confident. She has even prayed in her car, and wanted me to send her back the prayer we prayed, if I have it on audio, so that she can use it, before she learned how to pray, and that she is also looking online things that can help her.
I’m so grateful because it happened in a moment where I was desperate and asking God to use me—use me even though I’m not going to church and telling Him I want to start focusing on evangelism. I want to experience something tangible with Him this time in my life.
He has answered me and I’m so happy, I can’t stop dancing and singing!!
1 Peter 5:7 NIV “Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.”
~ Adele
“Was I Sincere in the Apologies I Made to Him?”
Adele is one of our #LALTour Brides Sara and Tara met in Paris! See the pictures that were posted on Instagram