Hello everyone:
When I first started to give bible study to this couple I said to them that we would both benefit from the study. Little did I knew how much I would benefit. Since then I have no doubt that there is a living God. I have seen God in this people. He has transformed them. It is not the same home as it was before we started studying the bible.
I offered them bible study because they were visiting a church and I saw that they felt out of place during the service. They did not understand what was the pastor talking about plus they could not keep up with the rest as the pastor quoted the bible. I asked them If I could meet with them so I could teach them a little bit about the bible so they would be able to know a little of what the pastor was talking about during the sermon. Plus it was also going to get them to search the bible better. As God is my witness, I was never interested in presenting them a savior. If we read the bible, the savior present himself.
I remember how this house had so much unrest that we had to study through the noise and everything else. Now is so different. They have 3 girls ages 7 to 11. In the beginning the girls would make so much noise and move around so much, now I dont even know that they are in the house unless they come out to greet me.
This is a home that God has kept together. He has done amazingly with them. He has shown them how much He loved them. They know that there is a loving father who is in control of everything. Someone that they can count on. That they are not alone.
The day the man said to me that when he ran out of paper, he used the bible for paper to roll up his marijuana cigarette That hurt me dearly but when he said in the same breath that now he cherishes the bible so much, it healed my wound. They should not be together, yet they are together. He should be in jail but he is not. He is in house arrest. I admire her will, her faith. She used to be so weak and now she is so strong.
No, it has not been easy. They were days that I had to go to study with her and he was in the porch drunk with a beer in one hand and smoking with the other. she would tell me on the phone that he is doing drugs. I had to lend them money to fix their car and he is a mechanic. I have spend many hours on the phone with her. I know she would call me looking for me to tell her to leave him. The only thing that kept me from saying so is God. That is a decision between her and God. I can not be part of it. I would ask her to pray and to wait for God to answer her prayers.
She is looking forward to getting baptized. There somethings in their personal life that will not allow her to be baptize. She is praying that the Lord help her and as far as I can see, He is doing so. When she started talking about baptism. I told her that I had to teach her about some of the ways of the church. What makes us a SDA church and what it expects of its members.
He said to me one day drunk that the reason that he was destroying himself was because his parents did not love him. That they did care for him or his children. He kind of felt lonely, alone, no body loved him. I only could say to him that there is other people who loved them and foremost, God. He did not believe in God then but now he is does. He has seen God do things for him that he thought were going to be impossible to be done. Now I dont talk to her much. Now I talk to him. He is the one calling me, he is the one who needs his hand to be held. He has seen my friendship. He sees that I am someone who really care for the well being of his family. A true friend. He only knew me as his father in law best friend.
By the way, she has asked me to give now bible study to her daughters. The church that they attend is in Spanish. The girls do not read well in Spanish nor do they speak as well either. so I had to accept to be the one to teach them. Keep in mind, it is never about saving anyone. It is about teaching them about Jesus and let man know Jesus. He will do the rest.
Oh! I have been going to church for 10 years and baptized for the last 7. Her dad, my best freind, and I are closer than if we were blood brother. I have tried to get him to go to church and he will not do. you know, always with no now, later. He lives about 4 hours from me and last week he told me that this sunday he will start taking bible lesson. Yesterday, her little brother asked me if it was possible for him to take his 2 day old child to church so he can present him to the Lord. He also wants the pastor to blessed his home.
Anyone can asked her to quote the bible and I dont think that she would be able to. You ask her what do you think that God says about something and I know that she would be able to speak for God. In her own early stage of her walk with God, she knows God and somewhat what he is all about. No, she is not going to say God says, she will say I think that He will say. And he who listen and know God will know that she knows Him too with out saying the bible says. She very much in love with God. He is getting there. He just started to believe and trust in God.
May the Lord bless us always.
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