Thank you so much, from the
bottom of my heart to the following
Doves: (If I forgot anyone or missed,
I'm so sorry).
Paul Wilson - I never thought much
about all the seeds he has been implanted
with - that that they don't die, but lie
dormant. Excellent! My husband
was "raised" by the godliest, best example
of a Christian woman I have every had the
privilege to know - his Grandmother.
She and his Grandfather took him to live
with them after the age of 12 because his
parents were drug addicts and basically
abandoned their three kids. All three
were taken in by one or the other set of
grandparents, living only blocks
apart. I spent the day with his
Grandmother today - she is nearly 88 years
old and I have never known a person in my
entire life who Loves Jesus with as pure a
heart as hers. So there have to be so
many seeds in my husband, not just my
words. I also printed out the document
to leave.
Michael Colunga - thank you so much
for your affirmation of 1 Peter 3:1-2.
Now I have to ask for the Lord to help me be
that woman. I need to learn to shut my
big mouth (I'm can talk and talk and
talk......ad nauseum........ugh). My
prayer for the last few weeks has been "Lord
show me how to be that woman who has a
gentle and quiet spirit......and win him
with my conduct and not any more
words". A mystery to me. This is
the woman - his Grandmother I described
above. Oh what an lofty
aspiration. I can't do it, but I know
the Lord can make me that way if I will
relinquish control and keep relinquishing
it.
Rene - Yes, leave the Bibles!!!
He has several with him in Afghanistan, but
I have several more here at home and I will
place some in various places, including in
special places he already knows where things
are "stashed", just in case. Yes,
there will be a famine of the Word, I agree
with you. I have downloaded the entire
Bible onto an IPOD Touch and changed the
titles and names of the books and letters,
just in case, and when he comes home in
November, if I am still here, I'll give him
the entire library to put on his own IPod
Touch (or he will take mine if I"m not
here). Today, his Grandmother gave me
her most treasured possession - her own
Family Bible from 1948. She wants Mark
to have it and she is going to write him a
letter from her heart - a plea. I
looked through this Bible - such a unique
Old Bible, and her handwriting is all over
it - notes all over the place - her thoughts
written in the margins, all kinds of things
underlined. I have never seen a Bible
like this before. All kind of pictures,
illustrations, special sections in the back
such as I have truly never seen. She also
has lots of handwritten notes, newspaper
clippings, some going back to the 50's of
Bible Teachings that were printed in the
newspapers, all the genealogy of her family,
beautiful poems she has written to the Lord
from her heart. I think when Mark
receives the Bible, he will hold it and
cry. I imagine he will read all her
poems and clippings first. He will
look at her notes about books and verses and
what they meant to her personally.
Maybe the Holy Spirit will use this to turn
his heart. I cried with her today and
read every note that was in it. She
told me she had been praying about what to
do with it - she can no longer see the print
as it is too small now for her eyes, and
when I mentioned Mark, she started crying
and said that was the answer to her prayer.
Praise Jesus!!!!! When I carried it in
my hands to my car to return home, I felt
like I was literally holding Jesus in my
hands. I felt almost "unclean" if you
know what I mean. What a
precious gift.
Steven Edel - you'vebeenleftbehind.com
!!!
Great, I think I had stumbled on this a
few years ago, but forgot about it.
Have you personally used it? Excellent
idea. You can't see what is involved
until you subscribe, right? $14.95
would be a small price for that kind of
help.
Stan H - I"m not much of a techie
person - I'm challenged. But I love
your idea, and that you have done that for
your family and friends. I can't even
hook up my DVD player to my TV and figure
out how to watch my movies without the loud
buzzing sound! I'm using my laptop to
watch. Thank you Stan for that
suggestion - I'm sure other Doves will do
the same thing you have.
Ann Campbell - Praise the Lord
Jesus - what a tract! I LOVE IT!
Where did you find that? I will
definitely use it. Thank you so much!
Kim Chesson - I have seen some of
Perry Stone on You Tube, but I will
definitely check out those two videos to
leave in a "package". I really liked
what I have seen of him.
If I forgot anyone, I'm sorry. I love
you all, and thank you for reading my
"wordy" posts. Thank you for your
suggestions and for your prayers. I
can't wait to meet you all in heaven.
I'm a good cook but don't cook much because
it's just me here alone, but I want every
Dove to come to my mansion for dinner
sometime. I don't like doing dishes
much though. Do you think we
won't have to clean up anymore, will the
dishes miraculously disappear and new cleans
ones appear??? LOL I'm being silly.
My Prayer
Request: A repeat of what I wrote
to Michael Colunga. I need to be
that woman with the quiet and gentle
spirit. Please please Lord help me
hold my tongue, stop talking so much and
listen a whole lot more, and make my
gentleness evident to my husband.
I know the Lord can do this for me - the
question really is will I "let"
Him. Control-freak Lynn?
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I surrender, and will
have to surrender every morning when I
wake up - making a conscious decision
and reading this passage.
Love,
Lynn