In 2002, my life was falling apart. All my relationships were failing and my life was in sin and was headed for disaster. I did not know Jesus at that time, so I didn’t know there was another way. In 2003, my then 4 year old son and I moved to Fergus Falls from the town I grew up in. As I look back on it, it was completely God who brought me here. I visited a friend (who called me “out of the blue” (God) and invited me down to visit), and I arrived on a Saturday. On Monday I bought my home. God knew at the time that if I hadn’t found a house THAT DAY I would have left discouraged and defeated. Even tho I didn’t know God, He had a wonderful plan for me. I should never have been able to buy my house–due to no job and horrible credit. But God…
It took me another 2 years before I completely and humbly submitted my life and heart to Him. As soon as that decision was made, my life was lifted out of the pit of destruction and placed on higher ground. I still suffered depression due to the regrets in my life. After being prophesied over that I was going to be delivered from my depression, I was! What a glorious feeling to finally be free from the shame and guilt, and the depression I was experiencing because of it. God lifted me onto higher ground, put my life before Him and called me His own. I still have my days, but now I KNOW that God is just positioning me for more blessings, that He will continually be there for me, lifting me out of the pit, placing me on even higher ground. My son is now 8 yrs old, and he knows Jesus too. And I have had the pleasure of seeing him be loved by a God who loves him more than either of us could possibly ever know or understand. I never knew or understood that life could be filled with so much joy. Even my worst days now are better than any good day before Christ. One day is His house….
He is so faithful to pull me up, to stretch out His mighty right hand, and wrap His arms around me. I am now on the highest ground I’ve ever been on in my life, and I know that the only way to go now is continually to HIGHER GROUND!
Throughout the last couple years I’ve experienced my parents getting divorced, and other numerous devastating circumstances that almost ruined my life. I was so hurt and broken. I felt like I didn’t know why I was put in this world. Throughout this past year,2006, God has COMPLETELY restored every single “scar” that had pierced my innermost being and he continually reminds me of His love and grace every single day.
Back in the early 90’s I had just left a very stressful job and found myself in the middle of anxiety attacks and was having trouble sleeping and coping with life and was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. I was totally overwhelmed and sought God’s help and provision in a seemingly hopeless situation and he truly did rescue me from this situation and brought me to higher ground where I have peace and freedom from the anxiety that I was being attacked with!
As a person who has dreamed about traveling overseas and bringing all people God’s word, I never thought I would attend a traditional school. Last year I found God telling me that I needed to go to school…and to be a nurse. That wouldn’t be so bad, but the one thing I said I never wanted to do was to be a nurse! I couldn’t believe it. Here God was telling me to go to school (I can’t stand school) and He wanted me to become nurse (something I said I would never do). Never tell God never!!! I needed His grace and His mercy. When you have to overcome your flesh to do what you know God has called you to do it can be incredibly hard. And here I had to overcome two things!!! By God’s grace I have finished my first year of nursing school and have survived. There are hard times when I feel like giving up, when I just want to travel and get out overseas to tell them about Jesus, and when I think of the two more years I have to go; I just remember what God told us in His Word: I will never give you more than you can handle, and if I take care of the birds and flowers, I will take care of you. He has promised that He has not forgotten…we are written in the palm of His hands.
My daughter, Taylor and I just got back from an English Family camp missions trip in Poland. We only knew 2 other people on this team of 13. The others were from all over the US and Poland. We were unsure how we would work together, who would do what, the unity of a mixed people, etc. We were a little nervous about this. Pretty much from the 1st day we met as a team, God showed us how we would be using our gifts. We all had special talents, ideas, and we had instant unity. (which is pretty hard to accomplish even after several days of camp). As the week went on, God continued to be there. We were confirmed daily by God why we were put together as a team. How he used each one of us was awesome! The times we shared our testimonies were his perfect timing. We were able to touch many hearts and lives with HIS timing. I have definitely reached higher ground with the Lord. My walk with Him has reached a higher ground; his understanding, patience, and love for all of us was shown very clearly and daily. Because we had a short camp to reach these people, I feel He did not want us to fail or have too many road blocks, GOD opened the road quite clearly for all of us. We had an awesome camp with the Polish people, and believe that many have accepted Christ as their personal LORD and Savior. What an awesome experience HE allowed us to have and see. He has blessed us so much.
