I AM UNTIL GOD SAYS I AM NOT.....Pastor Carter Conlon.
I finally understood that statement in its entirety this weekend.
Luis and I were out with our family on Saturday afternoon. They had youth group so Luis and I stayed out goofing off and killing time until they were done. We picked them up, said bye to friends and headed home ready to relax for the evening and catch up on THIS IS US. (we love that show and enjoy watching it as a family)
Our plan was to stop at the grocery store before going home but Luis forgot and pulled onto our road before remembering the plan. Not a biggie, he would drop me and the girls off and head over to the store (we live very close). When he pulled in he decided to go into the house to change his shorts and grab a hat. I decided to go look at our neglected vegetable garden. I haven't payed attention to our sad little plot for months. Upon going to the garden I found two guys in the back yard. They were hiding behind the shed.
It took a second to compute what was happening. It wasn't until I saw that one of the guys was wearing my daughters back pack on his shoulders that I realized what was happening. I yelled WHO ARE YOU!? Then I started yelling for Luis. Everything happened pretty fast after that.
Before I knew it we had both guys sitting on our porch and our neighbor was hauling bootie back to the house with a police officer. (there is no 911 in Zambia...if you need the police you have to go get them yourself)
I won't go into gory details, but my husband is a big Puerto Rican and his family was being threatened.....You fill in the blanks. Then he unleashed me on them and WOW! I actually think the guys were relieved when the police showed up. DONT MESS WITH MY BABIES!!!
We were able to recover everything they took PRAISE GOD and , more importantly, no one in our house was hurt!
What would have happened if Luis had remembered the store before going home?
What would have happened if he didn't go into the house before heading back out?
What would have happened if I hadn't gone to look in the garden before going into the house? There is no way we would have seen them if I hadn't gone looking.
I AM UNTIL GOD SAYS I AM NOT!
OH I FORGOT TO MENTION SOMETHING! Our neighbors kids were home alone with their teenage daughter. The husband had to run and errand and the wife was coming home is 30 minutes after. Thats when the thieves broke in. They didn't know anyone was there. I SHUDDER TO THINK OF WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE DIDN'T GET HOME WHEN WE DID AND THEY FOUND THE KIDS NEXT DOOR!
For I know that my Redeemer lives,
and at the last he will stand upon the earth. Job 19:25
No matter what I know that my Redeemer Lives! I won't live in Fear! I won't live in Anxiety our Worry! I AM UNTIL GOD SAYS I AM NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you have that assurance in your heart? Jesus loves you more than anything! He died so that you can live! He rose again from the dead to get the victory over the sin that we are all born in. All you have to do is choose Jesus! Believe that he is the Christ the Son of God and that the only way to Heaven is by believing in Him! He took care of the rest!!!!!!!!! Let go of all the arguments and the debates and let Jesus carry you and give you the peace you long for. Because He is the only way the only truth and the only life!
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