Praise the Lord…five days of not writing Honesty Today makes Sister Alissa full of writings! LOL I will try to take it slow and not put it in one writing but the Lord is truly blessing me and I know that God is keeping me yet again.
As many of you know last Sunday, I had to rush to the hospital to see about my grandfather, and in the end, the Lord called him home. I was concerned for his salvation, but my Aunt Sissy let me know that my grandfather had accepted Christ. I am thankful to the Lord for that! I know that in all things God is good.
There was a peace that was awesome as we went through this week. Everyone was asking me how I was doing and I just could tell them how the Lord has given me peace. Even though he is the last of the major icons in my life, I had such peace in my heart and spirit. I still am blessed to have my biological father but I was not raised by him so our relationship is different, he is really not the “father” in my life. I love him and recognize him as my father but he is not the one who was there so it is a different kind of relationship with him. Yet the peace the Lord gave me during this time and I still have is awesome. It was weird not going over to his house this evening and though it was a little weird, yet and still the Lord has given me peace about it. I am thankful to the Lord for giving such peace.
I was blessed that my dear sister Casandra came to down to be with me on Friday, Saturday and Sunday! I was so glad to see my sister for it has been awhile since we have seen each other and I know that we are going to have to get together soon. It was great having her here to talk with and just hang out with at the funeral home and at my house. It was a blessing that I truly needed! We had a great time, well at least I did. LOL I was shocked and so tickled when she told me that she was coming and just so glad thrilled to have her with me! She was a blessing as she put up with my disorganized and small place; she was a blessing as she let used her helps gifts at the funeral home, the church and my aunt’s house. She does not even begin to know how much that meant to me for her to be there for me during that time. I am thankful to the Lord for her and I know that God is truly blessing our friendship! I pray she felt the love and peace in our home and knows that we love her dearly! We have to realize the blessings that God sends us and sometimes it is in our sisters and brothers in Christ!
Oh the test of the entire week was Saturday! I thought the food was going to be an issue during the week, but thank God for a saved aunt who made it really easy for a sister who is fasting to have meals made for her that fit her fasting. So Thursday, we had a meal prepared for us in between the first viewing and the second viewing, Friday we went out to Golden Corral and though I thought that was hard, the hardest part was yet to come. Saturday after the funeral, we went to First Baptist church of Bridgeville. They were feeding us and man was that hard….there in my face was homemade mac and cheese, desserts galore, along with roast beef! Ugghhhh…get behind me satan! LOL It was hard to resist but I did and I know two things…I love fasting with my hubby as I am not alone doing it, and God will help you resist things that is to be resisted. I have noticed that this fast has been harder and easier than any of the other fast that I have done but my focus is different in this fasting. It is in the Lord that we draw strength and in Him we receive direction.
It was funny as I was stating to my sibling and sister Casandra how my hubby and I are refraining from intimacy and they thought we were nuts. Of course I thought the same things when the Lord told us to do so…yet there is something about it that has done something to our relationship…the fast has brought us even closer to each other…I feel closer to the Lord and to my hubby…of course I am looking forward to February 6th – LOL – yet there is something about being able to go to the Lord with my hubby and just release all that we have unto the Lord. My nights of rest are more peaceful and my days are full of the Lord and He is blessing me to know that He will keep me in Him for all eternity.
I am thankful to the Lord for all things in my life. I am thankful to the Lord in all things for He is keeping me yet and still. I wanted to take the time to thank all of you for your kind words via email, cards, and phone calls…God has blessed me to know the love of Him through my sisters and brothers in Christ and I am so eternal grateful for all that He is doing in my life and what He has shown me in my life! I know that He will continue to keep me and to keep you too! I would love to meet my sisters and brothers in Christ whom I have been blessed to meet on line for it is a blessing to meet so many wonderful people!
Well this is all for today…please keep my family in prayer as some of my family members are having a hard time with the passing of my grandfather. Please keep my siblings (Walter, Stephanie, and Tiffanie), my uncle and aunt (my grandfather’s brother and sister in law – Ollie and Sissy) in prayer for the Lord is blessing us and we know that God will keep us all!
We know that God is good and all things will work together…let us all keep our heads up and know that in God we will never fail! AMEN!
Until tomorrow,
Love your sister in Christ,
Sister Alissa Lynne
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