The Day The Fog Lifted

 This golden thread was woven in Galveston,  TX where we were invited to join friends, Clayton and Glenna at Victorian Apartments where they were staying for a week.  The lovely apartment s overlooked the ocean

On our first morning there I was up about 6:30am.  I took my bible and devotional books on the little patio.  It was very relaxing and peaceful although a heavy fog completely hid the ocean.  Glenna said the heavy fog had been there ever since they had arrived a day or so before.

When Glenna joined me, she commented on the fog and I, speaking of the ocean said, "But I believe it's there!  We can't see it but it's there!". Glenna went back inside and I continued to write. I  raised my head, looked toward the ocean and to my astonishment the fog had completely lifted!  I called Glenna.  She was as surprised as I was.  She said "Well isn't that odd?"

I said, "Perhaps there will come a time in the future when We will need to remember how in a moment's time the fog was lifted and there before our very eyes was the ocean we so wanted to see.

That time did come!  Two years later Glenna received the news that she had two types of lymphoma.

I wrote a letter to our friends reminding them of the fog in Galveston.  And I added that once again we were standing before the fog and so wanting to see it lifted and behold the glory of God's healing touch. I ended the letter with one of Claytons favorite scripture

"Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us."

Glenna and Clayton walked by faith unable to see what  the results would be but when the fog lifted it revealed Glenna was cancer free! To God be the glory!

With all that is happening in our world today the future looks frightening .  But just as sure as we were of the ocean being behind the fog that day in Galveston , we know that Jesus is there, and in my mind I can almost see Him, arms outstretched and saying, "Fear not for "lo I am with you even until the end of the world."

golden thread (two) 1995

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 May I Help You? 

A friend was getting a bus ticket to return home and I sat on a bench near by to wait. I noticed a lady looking at her ticket and she looked distressed.  I asked her if she needed   help....she did.  She could not read English, although she could speak English.  I said, "Do you need to know which gate to take? ". She did so I went to check and there was a Spanish speaking worker in the next room.

When she came back she looked so happy and relieved.  She had a little card in her hand with an address to catch the bus on the corner of Main and McKinny.  (Houston, TX) I knew that was only a few blocks and felt comfortable that Judy, who was driving, would not mind dropping her and the boy off.  Once again the lady was so grateful and thankful.  Her son  had had his tonsils removed the day before at  Galveston and they were  on route back to their home in Brownsville, Tx.   I could tell the boy was in pain. He had a towel in his hands.  I got him a glass of water.

We walked to Judy's car and when we got to Main and McKinney we looked around but no bus station!  What were to do?  Stopping at the corner, we asked a man standing there who "just happened" to be a transit driver and knew exactly what to do!  He said,  "Let me see your ticket." He looked and said, " This is where you catch a bus to the bus station on Harrisburg "  Judy asked, "How do you get there?" He gave exact instructions . Then Judy asked, "How far is it?". He said, " A long way! " Judy didn't blink an eye - she put The car in gear and we were on our way!  The lady had already shared how she had been helped in Galveston. She told us about a couple that had been so kind and helpful.

I looked at her and asked, "Are you a Christian?" A big smile came across her face and she nodded, " Yes. "  I thought so! " I said.  "It seems that God has someone to help you each place you have been!"  After we got to Harrisburg, we realized that again we had arrived at another Metro Stop! But across the street we saw  a small  bus station- big words MEXICO, then another bus station, and still another! I realized how difficult it would have been for this lady and her son to find The right station and it would have meant several blocks of walking.

We found the right bus station and The lady talked to The attendant in Spanish.  The conversation flowed and then to our relief we found out everything was alright.  The little boy, chubby face and hands held out his arms, circled them around my waist and hugged me tightly!  Words cannot express what I felt at that moment!  An incredible love for this little boy I had never met before, and yet, He seemed as dear and as precious as if he had been my very own son!  The lady cried and I put my arms around her and found myself saying, "We will meet again!"  Because we were both  Christians, somehow I felt  confident that we would for my heart believes "Christians never see the last of each other,"

Judy and I both felt such joy and happiness that we had been used as a channel to help someone in need.  

Make me a blessing

Make me a blessing,  

Out of my life

May Jesus shine;

Make me a blessing, O Savior. I pray, 

Make me a blessing

To someone I pray.

golden thread  (three) 1994

                     

Behold His Glory

No man can count the stars nor can man count the many ways that God reveals His glory I would like to share how God revealed His glory in my mothers life with His mercy and forgiveness!  Mother for some reason felt she could not be forgiven and would be lost if she died.  She agonized over this.  But she said she had decided if she was lost she was going to hell praising God!  Then the thought came, "Why wait?  I'll start right now! She said she thought that the song she started singing was "There's A Shout in the Camp, Hallelujah!"

 With tears in her eyes she described what happened. As she began to sing the ceiling in the room disappeared and white flakes like snow started falling on her but the flakes were not cold...they were warm.  She said she was going to say .."Forgive me" but her lips said. "Praise the Lord!" Mother knew without a doubt that she was 100% forgiven!

 What glory...what radiance was on my mothers face.

Mother passed away in 1996. She lived with us the last few years of her life  and was such a blessing.  My  last words to her were "In the sweet by and by, we shall meet on that beautiful shore.". 

It won't be long....

" There's a shout in the camp, for the Lord is here,

Hallelujah!  Praise His name,

To the feast of His love we again draw near

Praise, oh praise His name.

Chorus

Room for the millions! Room for all !

Hallelujah! Praise His name. 

Come to the banquet , great and small,

Praise. Oh. Praise His name 

Golden Thread (four)    1994

 

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 GRACE!

The promises of God bring assurance and relief from fear and impart a deep peace.

I woke up this morning with the word  Grace on my mind   and a tremendous  feeling of  gratitude for God's love, mercy and grace.  Grace...unmerited favor!

Curt and I both will be going to church this morning!  This has, once again, become a special privilege as we take turns, staying with mother.  I told Curt I hoped we would sing a song about grace!  And this scripture came to my mind,  "Far as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him."  Psalm 103: 11  I picked up my Bible and placed a large red book marker on that page of the Bible.

How good to be in church!  When David (Walker) came to the platform he read the following from the Bible... "For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him.". This was like a beautiful echo!  How thrilling!  Love flowed through  my being  this  morning in a fullness that is seldom matched! It was glorious!

The choir sung a special about Jesus - and that is a song of grace! Jesus alone saves us  - He took my sins to the cross!

golden thread. (5)

 

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Magnify

I was sitting in my brothers library  and looking at the many books that filled each shelf.

I particularly took note that He had the complete works of  "The Story Of Civilization" by Will Durant.  I thought how the immensity of knowledge for just the planet Earth was astounding. And yet, in the galaxy, Earth  looks like a small marble almost lost in space.  

Even more astounding,  the creator of the Universe looks down and sees me!  One person at a time! He reaches His hand to me and says, "I am your Father - You are my child!" It's all too wonderful for me to understand.  I can't understand!

Through the years countless songs, poems and books have been written from the heart of man his desire to express the impossible... the love of God and the plan of salvation.  I, too, have tried to express these feelings.  And yet I know that

No song has been written

No melody heard

That can fully explain the great love of God

For it goes higher than man has ever gone

And it goes farther than the mind can comprehend

This great love, everlasting love of our God.

                                                              

Bits and Pieces

CAMP MEETING

 I was thinking about a year we went to Camp meeting. .. .we had just drove in to the campgrounds. We didn't have air conditioning, we were hot, so tired from the trip, but I could hear singing coming from the tabernacle. Curt parked the car and as we were walking toward the sounds of singing, I could see familiar faces. I can't explain the joy I felt and the discomfort of the trip was forgotten as we entered the glorious atmosphere of the service. It won't be long until we complete that last mile on this road of life and when we enter that Holy City all the heartache, pain, sorrow, death, will be left behind. We will join the others singing songs that are holy, and we shall behold Him, in all of His glory.

 

 Mike Conner (Cousin) 

Mike had serious heart surgery.  The doctor said he might not live through the surgery but without it he gave him about 6 months.  During the operation Mike said he saw a light and thought it was the operating room but then he saw people standing around the light and knew it was Jesus.  He said Jesus was not ready for him to come yet.  He alao said that he had always thought that justice and mercy of God two different things but now he knew they were both the same. . love.  He said he intends his life to be different that he would do what Jesus wanted him to do and that he wanted to do whatever Jesus wanted.

Bits and Pieces not completed. . .