Thankful For My Heritage?

[Falla39]

Let me digress for a few moments to go back to a time just prior to receiving the Holy
Ghost in 1958. I had graduated in may of 1957, and back then you couldn't get a full
time job until you were 18 yrs. old. So I had a few small, temporary, part-time jobs in
the meantime. Mind you, I did not have the Holy Ghost when I graduated. So in that
space between graduating and receiving the Holy Ghost, while working at a part-time
job at a mortgage company, I met a young man, a mortgage appraiser, who was a few
years older than I. During that time of approximately one year, I dated this man and got
just enough taste of the world to know I would never be happy there.Just a taste and
then I received the Holy Ghost. My father had taken off a week of vacation so that he
could take his family to the revival in our hometown (approx. 60 miles away, one way).

Dad had fasted that week, and here it was, the last night of the revival and I know that
Dad and Mom were so concerned about their children. My brother just younger than my-
self, by 17 mos., and I miracleously received the Holy Ghost that night. Otherwise my
life could have easily taken a different direction. I thank GOD HE found us...Just in time!

To those who may feel that I have never had bad/sad things happen in my life, just a
minister's daughter, nothng but good things all my life. But I can assure you, there have
been many hills and valleys along the way. But many things have been healed or eased
by time, and I reflect on the good blessings of the LORD. The scars have been there so
long, they are not easily seen. If any man/woman be in Christ, he/she is a new creature.
Old things are passed away. Behold all things are become new.

It has been 53 yrs since that night my brother and I found the Lord, or rather HE found
us, in the power of the Holy Ghost.

Falla39

[kingdomapostle]

Originally Posted by Falla39

Let me digress for a few moments to go back to a time just prior to receiving the Holy
Ghost in 1958. I had graduated in may of 1957, and back then you couldn't get a full
time job until you were 18 yrs. old. So I had a few small, temporary, part-time jobs in
the meantime. Mind you, I did not have the Holy Ghost when I graduated. So in that
space between graduating and receiving the Holy Ghost, while working at a part-time
job at a mortgage company, I met a young man, a mortgage appraiser, who was a few
years older than I. During that time of approximately one year, I dated this man and got
just enough taste of the world to know I would never be happy there.Just a taste and
then I received the Holy Ghost. My father had taken off a week of vacation so that he
could take his family to the revival in our hometown (approx. 60 miles away, one way).

Dad had fasted that week, and here it was, the last night of the revival and I know that
Dad and Mom were so concerned about their children. My brother just younger than my-
self, by 17 mos., and I miracleously received the Holy Ghost that night. Otherwise my
life could have easily taken a different direction. I thank GOD HE found us...Just in time!

To those who may feel that I have never had bad/sad things happen in my life, just a
minister's daughter, nothng but good things all my life. But I can assure you, there have
been many hills and valleys along the way. But many things have been healed or eased
by time, and I reflect on the good blessings of the LORD. The scars have been there so
long, they are not easily seen. If any man/woman be in Christ, he/she is a new creature.
Old things are passed away. Behold all things are become new.

It has been 53 yrs since that night my brother and I found the Lord, or rather HE found
us, in the power of the Holy Ghost.

Falla39

Why is it that people feel you must go through the tragic, dramatic, gutter things just to be GRATEFUL for salvation. With my upbringing, people assume the same of me-- you have never been through anything. What can you tell me about Jesus being a deliverer? How can you be anointed, you have not gone through anything.

Jesus never smoked crack, but He is a died for the crack addicted. He did not know sin, but He became sin- and forgives sin- and was tempted but did not sin.

He's a great God and He is a deliverer...whatever it is big or small.

[Falla39]

Originally Posted by kingdomapostle

Why is it that people feel you must go through the tragic, dramatic, gutter things just to be GRATEFUL for salvation. With my upbringing, people assume the same of me-- you have never been through anything. What can you tell me about Jesus being a deliverer? How can you be anointed, you have not gone through anything.

Jesus never smoked crack, but He is a died for the crack addicted. He did not know sin, but He became sin- and forgives sin- and was tempted but did not sin.

He's a great God and He is a deliverer...whatever it is big or small.

Great Post, Kingdomapostle!

[Jason B]

Originally Posted by kingdomapostle

Why is it that people feel you must go through the tragic, dramatic, gutter things just to be GRATEFUL for salvation. With my upbringing, people assume the same of me-- you have never been through anything. What can you tell me about Jesus being a deliverer? How can you be anointed, you have not gone through anything.

Jesus never smoked crack, but He is a died for the crack addicted. He did not know sin, but He became sin- and forgives sin- and was tempted but did not sin.

He's a great God and He is a deliverer...whatever it is big or small.

Great post.

I wasn't raised in church, and I have admitted, I would have loved to bypass alot of the pain, depression, and emptiness that comes from experiencing sin.