The importance of DATES :) not dates with guys :))

Dates have always been so important in my life. Not dates with guys :)) but just actual dates.  God’s word says nothing happens by accident so the specific dates and timing of events in my life have  been very important ,  making my testimony more powerful I believe.

I try to figure it out but God’s ways are higher than mine (Isaiah 55 ⁸ “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.⁹ “For as the heavens are higher than the earth ,So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts .) but I do think about it. For instance my brother, David, took his life on the July 4 holiday. This is the day  we celebrate our  freedom as a country ,  I find it so ironic that his death on Independence  was the beginning of dependence,  bondage, and oppression for my family. There is freedom now but for years we were all in a self-imposed prison and sadly I was the only one who found my freedom during this lifetime.

Memorial Day is probably the most significant with both mother and Kathey dying on the same holiday , at the same  age of 49. Although mother and Kathey both  died on Memorial Day , mother died May 28, 1979 and Kathey died May 31, 1999 which is today.  So Memorial Day is very significant and the dates are as well.  As I thought about  this I realized  a lot more has happened on May 31. So I will do my own this date in Susan’s history : ))) May 31

Many important things have happened on May 31 in my life : Kathey’s death on  5/31/99, standing in court receiving my sentence for manufacturing methamphetamine on  5/31/01 and  having a break through counseling session concerning my mother on 5/31/11 with Jill Crowe and Patti Ramsey. Just one year ago today !!!  What is so significant about these two women and that session is they are who I reached out to a few weeks ago when I was struggling with some very  painful issues and  we have been meeting weekly praying . They are filling me up and guiding me in HIS truth.

I was just  amazed when I realized that session took place last year on this date and think it was God’s confirmation that he will heal me. He healed me from the pain , shame, and guilt I felt about my MOM. He healed me  when I drew near to him. What I am going through now is small potatoes compared to mother’s death, I am strong!!!

Feeling confident that the foundation I am laying for my ministry is strong,  prepared to support what this calling on my life will bring. Next week we are going to do I Worship with Rita, Rita’s music always refreshes my spirit and soul : )).

So thankful  these wonderful women of God are so  life giving . They are certainly gainers in my life and not drainers , as Keith would say: ))  Honestly,  I can’t think of anyone in my life who is a drainer.  I am so blessed. Patti made the comment that if we continue to give of ourselves by reaching out to others and not take the time to fill back up and refresh we will become empty and void. Being intentional to take time to drink from the fountain of living water. "Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst," He told her. "But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life." John 4:14