As she talked, I sat there amazed. Not at what she was saying, but at who she had become. Confident. Godly. Faithful. Respected. It just hit me that she is now a leader in our church. A true leader. The next generation of leaders, in fact. But wait -- is this the same young woman who God brought into our lives a little over 10 years ago? The anxious, nervous, only-just-started-going-to- church- wanting-to-please-everyone young woman my son introduced us to? Watching her confidently taking her seat, I started thinking of those first days . . . and seriously, my breath caught in my throat. How amazing God is! He molds, He holds. He shapes and He grows. And He does this over and over – and it still amazes me. That got me to thinking. God’s amazing work in my life didn’t start with my daughter-in-love. It started before that. It started when, as a young wife, pregnant, I yearned for a daughter and instead, ended up with three sons. The
Eph 1:18 & 19 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and His incomparably great power for us who believe. Together, through God's Word, we will open the eyes of our hearts to God's perfect plan for our lives.