April,
I will be praying.
Virgie and Hoshi
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From: "April Reisinger" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 4:53 AM
Subject: Good morning everybody
> Hi all,
>
> Well, I am awake and ready for work. While reading the mail, I noticed a
> few things on which I'd like to comment.
>
> First, I'm thankful not to have been living as a woman in the early days
> because, having lost both of my children through miscarriage, I would not
> have fared well in men's eyes. And, even today, I grieve for the children
> I
> could have had but were withheld from me. It's one of those anticipated
> blessings, I guess.
>
> Brad, Peg from chat, was inquiring about you. I told her you are still
> posting wisely. Perhaps she'll join us again and we can have some more
> lively discussions.
>
> Interesting about God being to us what we need most. Yes, God can be more
> "deceiving" than we if for our own good. It's not necessarily labeled as
> deceiving in His plan though--more like Sovereignty. There is no other
> like
> Him, and His ways are not our ways so He can accomplish what He will
> however
> He will. I believe that is one way He uses to draw me even closer when I
> am
> so proned to wander. One of my favorite lines in the hymn "Come Thou
> Fount
> Of Every Blessing" is "Prone to wander,
> Lord, I feel it!" Don't you ever just feel yourself almost propelled in
> to
> a wanderlust away from God? Yet our loving Daddy God brings us back to
> Him
> time and time again. Maybe when you think of Chris, Kathy, perhaps you
> can
> claim this hymn and it's inspiring words and ask God to bring your
> wandering
> son back to Himself and to his family.
>
> So Brad is the babler, well, I ramble. One thing more, and I'm out the
> door. Hahaha. I have a friend who is changing my life. It started
> innocently enough with a comment about a tender young love that, like so
> many, was prone to wander. After many years, God has allowed me to learn
> that my friend is indeed a believer and loves Him with his whole heart.
> This friend began demonstrating God's love through his actions via
> spiritual
> encouragement, financial support, and consistent friendship. When I moved
> here to Columbus, he was there to help me. When I had my apartment fire,
> he
> even washed my clothes and kept charge of things around the house while I
> was in the hospital and nursing home. He kept my doggie, the best friend
> I
> have on earth, for me. He even cleaned my kitchen once when I was at work
> because I was too tired to keep up with things. I went to a party to
> relax,
> and he cleaned my home. Now listen, he prays for me. I have always been
> told that men should pray for their wives and I am not even his wife, but
> his prayers are a constant source of encouragement for me. Haha, I got
> him
> hooked on the "Left Behind" books lately, and we've been reading and
> sharing
> our oppinions of the characters and events. Now what I'm getting at is
> this. I have enjoyed his friendship for such a long time and didn't see
> things being any different. I have tried to move away from him in this
> direction because I didn't think it was such a great idea under past
> circumstances. Today I find myself still drawn to him as a friend but
> also
> drawn to him as a partner. It is, I think, because of his patient,
> persistent caring that my feelings are changing. I covet your prayers,
> because many of you know I haven't always made the best decisions in terms
> of companionship and friends and yes, lovers. Jesus is the lover of my
> soul, and I am beginning to think my friend is truly the lover of my
> heart.
> As for the wanderings of the young ones and the noncaring partners, God's
> love can be translated in to action when we try to love as He does even
> during adversity. I don't know why I went here today, but I did. My
> friend
> didn't even run from me the night I came home from the party to talk with
> my
> boyfriend about where our relationship should go. He was cleaning my
> kitchen when boyfriend and I walked in. Talk about a tense moment, I
> thought I had lost both boyfriend and friend. Well, the difference
> between
> the two is one is a boyfriend and the other is truly a friend. The boy
> had
> a temper tantrum and hasn't trusted me throughout our entire relationship,
> and the Friend still cares and didn't run in the face of conflict.
>
> Thanks for listening.
> April
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