We have a home. At least till August anyway. We met with the Jaspersons, hoping all the way that they were the answer to our prayers. As usual, it turns out that none of this was about us. We showed up at their home, only to discover that we were the answer to their prayers. She had been praying for months, believing that the Lord would somehow work out a way for her to spend the next year with her husband out west. Their house hadn't sold, they took it off the market, and they assumed that they would have to spend a second year apart. Until us. We thought we had found some generous people who were the answer to our housing need. They certainly were that. However, after the visit and a brief Holy Ghost party, we realized that God told us not to buy a house right now because He was working in a marriage. Two people who love each other and love Christ really needed to be together in the next year for the sake of their marriage and God's Kingdom. We were just the right sort of people to come in until August, after which their daughter will take over the house. They needed transient people who had nowhere to go but who would have nowhere they needed to be for almost a year. Here we are!
Lord, thank you for being so much bigger than us! Thanks for loving, caring, and blessing Your children, even though none of us merits it. We are weak people caught up in our own concerns, struggling between Your control and ours. Nevertheless, You have moved mightily! You powerfully brought the Jaspersons together, caused them to anoint their house for ministry, and granted them the patience and faith to believe that You really would bring their desires to pass. You graciously prevented us from taking steps too soon, not for us, but for our brother and sister. Ultimately, it's not even about them. We look to You for this miracle to continue. We celebrate You, whose love is so masterfully full that these details aren't even worth figuring out. You're a blessing, and we honor Your name forever! May You continue to mark out the path for the Jaspersons and for us as we all seek to know You more.
4 comments:
Congrats, Erskines! Praise God! That's so cool. :) I love hearing wonderful testimonies like this one. Hope to see you both soon!
God's provision and timing is always so perfect! I love it!
"In tender green pastures so still and so sweet, God leads His dear children along."
Happy New Year to both of you! We are thinking of you!
What a wonderful blessing!!! It sounds SO similar to our own house-sitting experience. I know that within our situation God taught us so many things, opened so many doors, provided for us far beyond what we could have imagined, and used our blessing to bless others. It has become, for us, a landmark experience in our spiritual lives.
I pray the same happens for you both in the upcoming year. Knowing you both I'm sure you will use this year, that has been given to you as a gift, wisely.
(It was nice to see you for a moment while you were in Moncton...it's always nice...)
I am thrilled for you the Lord worked your housing in the way He did! Seeing the Lord continue to work in your lives is a wonderful testimony! I miss seeing you both around the church office. Stay in touch when you can, and Lynn..."Giddy up!"
Connie
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