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Things That Touch My Heart

The Lord is the one that touches our hearts. My dear sister and there sweet comments. All there blogs. I have such a special place in my heart for all my sisters. I love each one even though I have not met all of you. It is the spirit binds us together. Thank you Lord for your tender heart to each one of us.

This touched my heart and I wanted to share it with all of you. I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did.

92 YEAR OLD PREACHER............

While watching a little TV on Sunday instead of going to church, I watched a Church in Atlanta honoring one of its senior ministers who had been retired many years. He was 92 at that time and I wondered why the Church even bothered to ask the old gentleman to preach at that age. After a warm welcome, introduction of this speaker, and as the applause quieted down he rose from his high back chair and walked slowly, with great effort and a sliding gait to the podium. Without a note or written paper of any kind he placed both hands on the pulpit to steady himself and then quietly and slowly he began to speak.... "When I was asked to come here today and talk to you, your minister asked me to tell you what was the greatest lesson ever learned in my 5o odd years of preaching. I thought about it for a few days and boiled it down to just one thing that made the most difference in my life and sustained me through all my trials. The one thing that I could always rely on when tears and heartbreak and pain and fear and sorrow paralyzed me... the only thing that would comfort was this verse........

"Jesus loves me this I know.

For the Bible tells me so.

Little ones to Him belong,

we are weak but He is strong.....

Yes, Jesus loves me...

The Bible

tells me so."

When he finished, the church was quiet. You actually could hear his foot steps as he shuffled back to his chair. I don't believe I will ever forget it. A preacher once stated, "I always noticed that it was the adults who chose the children's hymn 'Jesus Loves Me' (for the children of course) during a hymn sing, and it was the adults who sang the loudest because I could see they knew it the best."

"Senior version of Jesus Loves Me"

Here is a new version just for us who have white hair or no hair at all. For us over middle age (or even those almost there) and all you others check out this newest version of Jesus Loves Me.

JESUS LOVES ME

Jesus loves me, this I know,

Though my hair is white as snow

Though my sight is growing dim,

Still He bids me trust in Him.

(CHORUS)

YES, JESUS LOVES ME.. YES, JESUS LOVES ME..

YES, JESUS LOVES ME FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO.

Though my steps are oh, so slow,

With my hand in His I'll go

On through life, let come what may,

He'll be there to lead the way.

(CHORUS)

When the nights are dark and long,

In my heart He puts a song.

Telling me in words so clear,

"Have no fear, for I am near."

(CHORUS)

When my work on earth is done,

And life's victories have been won.

He will take me home above,

Then I'll understand His love

(CHORUS)

I love Jesus, does He know?

Have I ever told Him so?

Jesus loves to hear me say,

That I love Him every day.

The Sweet Things The Lord Does For Us.

I have been in a trial. On the way to work the Lord wanted to comfort me. This song came on the radio. It said that the devil wants to try us as wheat in the wind, But when the Lord goes to the Father and prays for us the devil does not stand a chance and things will change. Tears ran down my face. The Lord touched my heart and told me that He was right there and He knew all about me. The next song was How Great Though Art. I am so thankful I don't walk in this life alone. The Lord is an ever present guest in my life. He is my best friend.

A few days before that I was going to meet my husband and my heart was very heavy. This was a big place and I did not know where he had parked. I prayed and asked the Lord to show me and would He please let me park next to his car. I found his car right a way and as I was approaching it a car was pulling out right next to his car. Not one space over but right next to his car. The Lord filled my heart and told me again that He was right there and things would be all right. I knew no matter what happened in my trial it would be OK because the Lord was right there and He would take care of every thing. God had great mercy and I am doing much better. I love when the Lord uses someone to say some thing to us and it encourages us and comforts us and they don't know what is going on in our lives. The Lord does and He knows just what we need to hear. He is so good to us in so many ways. Thank you Lord for your tender hand of mercy.

I have a new job. I had been praying for a long time that Lord would open a door for me. Then one day I was driving and turned on the radio to the Christian station and someone was talking about Visiting Angels. My heart was touched and I wanted to work for them. The funny thing is I did not know what they did. I just knew in my heart that is where the Lord wanted me to work.So when I got home I tried to look them up on the computer. It took me two days to find them. Only after I prayed did I find them. I have a wonderful boss. I am a caregiver. For those that don't know what that is. I go in and make meals for the elderly. I also clean for them. I run errors too. I prayed that the Lord would bring me clients that He wanted me to care for. I have this couple that I clean for. When I first met them she started to cry and said that she knew that the Lord sent me to them. They are so sweet. I love my job. I am so thankful for it.

Back Home

My Mom (Sister Darlene) is in the hat. Then Brother Richard & Sister Saundra

Well I have to tell you I have been back for a while. Sorry for not blogging. I was waiting for pictures. I will first tell you my dear sisters. Thanks for all your prayers. I know the Lord heard them. We had a wonderful trip to MT. I love to travel with brethren. While we were in Mt we got to go to Glacier National Park. The day we were going the Lord blessed us with a beautiful day full of sun shine and not to hot. We were getting ready to leave, breakfast was over and I was cleaning up. The kitchen drawer was open and I went to close it and slid on the floor and my knee landed on the corner of the drawer. I layed it open. It was bad enough that it made me sick to look at it. I was very glad that Brother Richard and Sister Saundra was there. I asked them to pray for me. After they did I felt so much better. We did a lot of walking in the park and I had no pain. That truly was the mercy of the Lord. I also drove that day. The Lord was so sweet to us that day. We saw mountain goats. A mommy and baby and later we saw the daddy. They came right down off the mountain into the parking lot at the top of Sun Road. Brother Richard took pictures. I will try to post them. The Sun Road was being worked on. Lots of the way it was one lane. They led us with a pilot car. If you don't like drop offs and are scared of heights this would not be a fun ride for you.

Going on a Trip

What a blessing. I was praying the other day because I miss my Mom and Sister Sister in MT. I asked the Lord if He could work it out for me to go see them. A few days later Sister Saundra called me and said that she and Brother Richard were thinking and praying about going to see my Mom and Sister. I told her I would love to go. We all prayed to see just when the Lord wanted us to go. I love it when the Lord works out all the details for us.Thank you Lord for opening this door for us to go. My Mom and sister are the only ones in Kalispell that are in the faith. They are very lonely. I feel very blessed to have them in the faith. I came in the faith when I was 18. I was the only one of our family in the faith for many years. My Mom has been in the faith for 0ne and a half years. My Sister Sister has been in the faith about two years. I call her my Sister Sister because she in my blood sister and my sister in the faith. I am so thankful the Lord drew them in. I will post more later about out trip. Thank you again Lord for doing this for me. Please pray we have a safe trip. Thank You.

Play Day

The Lord has blessed me with taking care of my grandson Jesse this summer. We are having so much fun. I took him over to Sister Saundras house so he could play with her grandson and granddaughter. They had so much fun. It was sweet to see the love they have for each other. I think it is very important that our kids have friends in the faith so they can grow up together and be close. I got to tell them that they have a guardian angel that the Lord gave them when they were born. They were talking about being scared at night. I wanted to comfort them. I also told them they could pray and the Lord would come and comfort them. They told me that they knew they have a guardian angel. It never hurts to remind them about things like that. Jesse was sad when we had to go. I feel like the Lord gave me theses words. I told him that we should be thankful for the time we had. He is such a good boy. He was satisfied with that answer.

Never Know How We May Touch Someones Life

I read this and it touched my heart. So I wanted to share it with my sisters. I often think of life as a pound. When you touch it in any way many ripples form. That is how our lives are. We touch many people every day. At the store and in a parking lot or at the bank or where ever we go. A kind word does wonders. Just food for thought. Have a good day. We make a difference in peoples lives.


MAGNOLIAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Edna Ellison


I spent the week before my daughter's June wedding
running last-minute trips to the caterer, florist,
tuxedo shop, and the church about forty miles away.
As happy as I was that Patsy was marrying a good
Christian young man, I felt laden with
responsibilities as I watched my budget dwindle . .
So many details, so many bills, and so little
time. My son Jack was away at college, but he said
he would be there to walk his younger sister down
the aisle, taking the place of his dad who had died
a few years before. He teased Patsy, saying he'd
wanted to give her away since she was about three
years old!

To save money, I gathered blossoms from several
friends who had large magnolia trees. Their
luscious, creamy-white blooms and slick green leaves
would make beautiful arrangements against the rich
dark wood inside the church.

After the rehearsal dinner the night before the
wedding, we banked the podium area and choir loft
with magnolias. As we left just before midnight, I
felt tired but satisfied this would be the best
wedding any bride had ever had! The music, the
ceremony, the reception - and especially the
flowers - would be remembered for years.

The big day arrived - the busiest day of my life -
and while her bridesmaids helped Patsy to dress, her
fiancé Tim walked with me to the sanctuary to do a
final check. When we opened the door and felt a
rush of hot air, I almost fainted; and then I saw
them - all the beautiful white flowers were black...
Funeral black. An electrical storm during the night
had knocked out the air conditioning system, and on
that hot summer day, the flowers had wilted and
died.

I panicked, knowing I didn't have time to drive back
to our hometown, gather more flowers, and return in
time for the wedding.

Tim turned to me. 'Edna, can you get more flowers?
I'll throw away these dead ones and put fresh
flowers in these arrangements.'

I mumbled, 'Sure,' as he be-bopped down the hall to
put on his cuff links.


Alone in the large sanctuary, I looked up at the
dark wooden beams in the arched ceiling. 'Lord,' I
prayed, 'please help me. I don't know anyone in
this town. Help me find someone willing to give me
flowers - in a hurry!' I scurried out praying for
four things: the blessing of white magnolias,
courage to find them in an unfamiliar yard, safety
from any dog that may bite my leg, and a nice person
who would not get out a shotgun when I asked to cut
his tree to shreds.

As I left the church, I saw magnolia trees in the
distance. I approached a house... No dog in sight.
I knocked on the door and an older man answered. & nbsp;So
far so good . . . No shotgun. When I stated my plea
the man beamed, 'I'd be happy to!'

He climbed a stepladder and cut large boughs and
handed them down to me. Minutes later, as I lifted
the last armload into my car trunk, I said, 'Sir,
you've made the mother of a bride happy today.'

'No, Ma'am,' he said. 'You don't understand what's
happening here.'

'What?' I asked.

'You see, my wife of sixty-seven years died on
Monday. On Tuesday I received friends at the
funeral home, and on Wednesday . . . He paused. I
saw tears welling up in his eyes. 'On Wednesday I
buried her.' He looked away. 'On Thursday most of
my out-of-town relatives went back home, and on
Friday - yesterday - my children left.'

I nodded.
'This morning,' he continued, 'I was sitting in my
den crying out loud. I miss her so much. For the
last sixteen years, as her health got worse, she
needed me. But now nobody needs me. This morning I
cried, 'Who needs an eighty-six-year-old wore-out
man? Nobody!' I began to cry louder. 'Nobody needs
me!' About that time, you knocked, and said, 'Sir,
I need you.'

I stood with my mouth open.

He asked, 'Are you an angel? The way the light shone
around your head into my dark living room...'

I assured him I was no angel.

He smiled. 'Do you know what I was thinking when I
handed you those magnolias?'

'No.'

'I decided I'm needed. My flowers are needed. Why,
I might have a flower ministry! I could give them
to everyone! Some caskets at the funeral home have
no flowers. People need flowers at times like that
and I have lots of them. They're all over the
backyard! I can give them to hospitals, churches -
all sorts of places. You know what I'm going to do?
I'm going to serve the Lord until the day He calls
me home!'

I drove back to the church, filled with wonder. On
Patsy's wedding day, if anyone had asked me to
encourage someone who was hurting, I would have
said, 'Forget it! It's my only daughter's wedding,
for goodness' sake! There is no way I can minister
to anyone today.'

But God found a way. Through dead flowers.

'Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the
way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes
the difference.'

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If you have missed knowing me, you have missed nothing.
If you have missed some of my emails, you may have missed a laugh.
But, if you have missed knowing my LORD and SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST,
you have missed everything in the world.
May God's blessings be upon you.

Mary C Grace

Wanting to be apart of all of this

Hi I am Sister Charlotte from ID. I have been reading all your blogs. I am very comforted by the sweet testimonies my sisters. So I thought I would give it a try. I am also touched by the sweet comments from every one. I wanted to be a part of this wonderful way to meet new Sisters and keep in touch with the ones I already know.