The wonderful CHRISTMAS

The wonderful CHRISTMAS   The Wonderful Christmas Genesis 33:5:? And he lifted up his eyes and saw the woman and children, and says that people with you? And he said, the children God has graciously given your servant. Children are a gift from God. " He had blessed I have two beautiful daughters and a good son. When her mother left in 1986 I became a single parent to six, eight and eleven years old, children. My heart was sad for her when she lost her mother. After the Lord saved me, I began to pray for them. One of my prayers that in December 1989 was to have a wonderful blessed Christmas, including spending some valuable time with his mother. Shortly after, my children? S mother called and asked if they had children for a few days. Would be around four or five days before Christmas and bring them Christmas. I readily accepted. She asked me if I would be half way. He lived in Atlanta, so Dublin was the agreed meeting point. The children were all excited by this rare visit to his mother. They have not spent much time with her after our separation. I scraped a few dollars to give to them to spend, we loaded and headed out. Well, you should change the look of happiness on their faces as they hugged and greeted her mother. It was a wonderful mother to our children. Always ensure that they are well fed, clothed, cleaned, and embraced and loved. They roller-skated with them, read .. his life. Tragically, the devil can destroy, and a mother? S conce and love for their children? "Whether it? The drugs or other methods. As he pushed off, I Saturday in the car and cried. My tears were a mixture of joy for her happiness, her mother and pain and sorrow for the losses they had experienced. I loved the children that God gave me and if I am injured, I have. What I did not? T tell children that they were all the money I had. My car? S gas needle showed empty and it was back home 110 miles. It was 10:30 a.m. Sunday moing on the clock as I started to go home. I said,? Lord, I believe? Ll wait for gas a few miles, but I? M you have confidence in this situation. Approximately three miles on the road, I saw a small sign indicating a left arrow for a small country church. The Lord spoke to me and suddenly said:? Go to church. I said,? Ok, but I am not very well dressed (I had the old blue jeans, a T-shirt and sneakers). The Lord replied,? Proceed as you are, and not? T also conce about what others on your clothes. So what is in your heart. I drove to the church, is to beat my old Toyota and has within it. Services had already begun and several heads tued to stare as a foreigner is badly dressed. I sat on a seat and after a couple of songs, the preacher preached the famous faith chapter in the Bible, Hebrews, Chapter 11 The Lord anointed pastor of this when he preached. It seemed as if most of the words you said to me have been addressed. I had the support that at this moment! Thank you Jesus! After the service, the preacher was to request certificates. A few dear saints stood up and testified. Their statements were very edifying. Suddenly the Lord spoke and said:? Irvin, get up and testify. I did not, I delete some of the wrinkles in my jeans and began to speak. As the Spirit of the Lord has anointed me, all eyes of the community was for me and for all the attentive ear. He explained how the Lord is my fingerprints on that church, as the preaching and witness statements had encouraged me, and I was happy that my children would spend a few days with his mother. I voted for prayer. In this application, the godly pastor asked his little flock to gather around the altar, and above all, we pray that not only my children but other children from broken homes would be a happy Christmas. After the service, I went to my Toyota slowly. An elderly woman approached me, shook my hand and said to myself, my testimony has touched your heart in a special way. After moving my hand, I looked in my palm and saw the folded five dollars Bill had given me. Gas money at home! God! When they are at home that Sunday evening, a friend of mine called and asked if I was him to a town about 50 miles away. His truck was stopped, and that it was too cold for his motorcycle. I said,? Okay, I? Ve been to pick up a couple of Pecans sell a few dollars. My children are not? T, so I here? M free to go. He was a nurse and went to two shifts of 16 hours during the Christmas period. He said he rented a hotel room and I could stay there while he worked. E 'snowed heavily the night before on the left. Not just snow, the temperature had dropped and it was black ice on the roads. As I slowly headed that old Pontiac defining these icy roads, we saw many cars in the ditch. People in South Georgia are not equipped for these conditions. As I pulled up to an intersection, I lost my brakes to stop. I have a piece of ice and said to my friend not saved? Brace yourself, it will crash. Sure, we have enough, but the Lord protected us, only a small dent in the car. We sat in the ditch, so we went in search of a heart farmers pull out. In short, we have found. We asked for help. He has his Brogan, went away, make up his John Deere, and moved quickly. We tried to pay him, but he refused. I thank God for the people of this type, such as farmers. We arrived at the hotel at check-in and then got a bite to eat. This was two days before Christmas. Then I led my friend to the nursing home and retued to the hotel and went to sleep. I awoke early on Christmas Eve and said:? Lord, I am sure we would go to church this moing. Show me where to go. I took the paper and I saw a church where a service was in the early moing. The Lord spoke and said:? Go there. So I went, and although only about 30 people were there, it was a sweet service. I was blessed by the words our Savior? S birth. After that, I said? Lord, I am sure, wants to Sunday school. Please show me where it is in. Well, the Lord has me on a street in town and country. E 'was certainly a beautiful scenery: soft, snowy slopes, the white and the brightness of everything. As a guide, I thought of Christmas coming. My friend wanted me to pay $ 50 for the unit from him. Not much to buy for Christmas for my children. Even if I thought about what the Lord had my thoughts with a command? Tu left onto this track. I did and about two miles, the road, I have come to a lot 'of the country church is located on a small hill, surrounded by fir trees covered with snow. The Lord said: 'Here is where I want you to Sunday school. The parking lot was full of cars, and I felt a warm and peaceful presence of this small town. When I went in, I was warmly welcomed and directed to the right Sunday School class. The people there were friendly and warm. They made me welcome, and they were real, not fake, like some places I? Ve been. I thought to myself, this is a church to pray that God loves. I do not have? T stay for worship, for the Lord to walk me back to the hotel. I did as he directed. After dinner I ate, I retued to the room and set to take a nap. In order to clock 2:30, the Lord woke me and said:? Go to the nursing home. I obeyed. I have my friend and he spoke a few minutes. While we talked, I heard the sound of singing. I told my friend that I went there to listen, because not only sing Christmas carols, but also sing the old songs. As I said in the area where the service is in progress, I recognized many of the persons performing the service. They were the ones I had with the school that Sunday moing. None was in Sunday school class on a home care service. She recognized me and asked me to join them. I, as I have enjoyed the presence of the Lord. After the service, I said goodbye and my path down the hall to the nurse? S station. Within minutes, the preacher came and said:? The Lord told me to give you this check box. E 'state of $ 150. I just asked the Lord, for little money can buy, so that my children something for Christmas. He tried my faith with my steps. I, thank God! We retued home, and my friend paid for me. My children came home late Christmas. I was so happy to see! I had as missing. I told them I did not? T are very much for Christmas, but we were together. Thank you Lord for this wonderful Christmas memory! Isaiah 55:9:? As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Copyright 2003 L. Irvin Rozier, author of my jouey with the Lord, author, preacher, author, retired U. S. Army