My wife, Suzanne, had a chance to serve and minister this last weekend at a New Believer's retreat.
Let me share one of the powerful testimonies that she told me from her time there.
A certain lady who was attending the retreat as a new believer shared that she was experiencing a very difficult season in her life. Several weeks ago, she had a moment when she was frustrated and disillusioned and ready to give up on church as well as her plans to attend the retreat.
At that moment, she saw a vision. It was an image in her mind of a woman praying for her and talking with her. Except that she did not recognize the other lady. She took it as an encouragement and pressed on through her difficulties. She ended up attending the New Believer's Retreat.
When she arrived there, she realized that it was the place that God had for her and she was delighted that she had made the effort to attend. At the end of the first session, during the ministry time, a woman she had never met before came up to pray for her.
It was the same woman she had seen in her vision. Identical. And, as they began to converse, it came out that they both had struggled with the same issue in their childhood. The one woman had come to share and pray at a critical time in the life of the other woman. She shared how she had passed through the same problems and struggles and come out victorious. The tears flowed freely and the joy of being part of what God is doing in this moment was apparent.
God delights in sharing his plans with his children. He shares things in ways that we understand and in ways that will encourage us. What an awesome thing to be a part of His family and a part of His plan.
Thanks for your prayers and support.
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