Last week I made the statement that I wanted to do something amazing. Not just normal everyday something, but something truly amazing. Something I don't always do, something that just blows you away. Well, I didn't. Or did I????
I look around me at all God has blessed me with; my wonderful husband, my children, my babes, my parents, my job, my friends, my church, my home, my yard and just any number of things. And I think, how amazing.
In the last two weeks I have done two things that I think are pretty amazing. First, I was asked to give my personal testimony at church. In front of the whooooooole congregation. Scary but inspiring to me. I think God gave me the words to share to inspire myself. I worked on the testimony for 4 days. Many hours. I wanted to say the right thing. I wanted to say something that might mean something to someone else. I even googled "How to give a testimony". I was serious about it. I prayed and prayed to God for words and peace and, of course, He came through. I am still remembering some of the things I said and am still inspired to grow closer to God and work to fulfill His plans for me...Amazing....
The second pretty amazing thing I did was go to a Blanket Circle. An old friend of mine invited me to her church to help make blankets to send with her church group going on a mission trip this summer to Guatemala. Remember that night of the big rain and thunder storm with the tornado threats? Well, I was in the peaceful environment of blanket making. There were ladies at one big table making quilts, others were making fleece blankets with the knotted edges and I was with the group crocheting granny squares. Absolutely amazing. And the ladies I met were undescribable. I have been crocheting since I was 5, so I can pretty much do it with my eyes closed so talking and crocheting at the same time was no problem. (Talking is never a problem for me.) We stopped every few minutes and someone would lead us in prayer for the work we were doing. It brought tears to my eyes. Just imagine, some non-Christian in
Guatemala would be touching the same blanket I was touching. My prayers and the prayers of others are in that blanket for them.!!! Amazing...
It takes 56 granny squares to make an appropriate size blanket. I am determined to make 56 squares before next month. I am making them into 56 flowers and when put together, it will look like a flower gardern (I hope). I'm calling it "God's Flower Garden". I was told the people of Guatemala like bright colors. Perfect. They will get bright, filled with love and prayer.....Amazing....
God, You are Amazing......
