Post by sarah123 on Feb 27, 2007 10:34:08 GMT -5
Greeting Dear Sisters and Brothers,
Who we are:
Mick and Sarah from Northern Wisconsin. Two children living at home, Three grown... seven grandchildren, one is a little boy yet to be born.
My youngest daughter, Leah and I have been wearing coverings since 1997.... It has been a learning time for us, a blessed time for us and an awaking time.
I was saved 17 years ago, living in the Chicago area, we went to a church in Glenview and I was teaching Sunday School to teens no less, but I was not saved! Of course I thought I was saved since I had repented of my sins, was really sorry for them and thought I believed in Jesus. But alas, it was mere false hope that I had.. I had a glow of pride, a joy of "spiritual learning", a peace of good works... yes all produced and mimicked a Christian life... It was a good show to myself and others! Ah, but our Saviour knew my heart... The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Jeremiah 17:9
Driving one Sunday morning to Church, I thought about the Scriptures from Isaiah :
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:3-6
My thoughts went to what Jesus had done on the cross and I wondered, what does, "laid on Him the iniquity of us all." mean?
Well, this is where I now understand the power of God through the working of His Holy Spirit... He enlightened me and I understood with my heart! Our Lord Jesus Christ had actually taken my sin upon Himself and suffered the pains of hell that I deserve to suffer.... He shed His blood for me, died and rose again from the dead the third day! At that moment I believed with my heart and was saved! When I got to church that morning... I told all the teens that were there about my new found understanding and belief.
Days following showed a marked difference in my life... I began to understand the Bible when I read it... I began to have a genuine burden for souls... the Scripture; "I was in prison, and you visited me" bothered me, so I asked God if I could visit women in prison and give them the Gospel. A couple of years later God opened a door and I got involved in a jail ministry giving the Gospel to women once a week for a few hours.
We have made a few moves since then and now are located in Northern Wisconsin near Duluth MN. God has saved four of my five children and He is working and moving in their lives as well. I am noticing changes, a pulling to the things of God in four of my grandchildren, they live in Duluth, my daughter is not saved, a single mother... please pray for them.
Now we are involved in a prolife group, going to Duluth MN. once or twice weekly and giving the gospel to people on the streets. We also go pleading for the lives of the unborn to the mothers that are rushing in to have an abortion. My oldest son set up a prolife web log for me if you would like to learn more information about what we do.
The reason we are thrilled about this headcovering group is because we know NO ONE in our area that is covered. We do know a family of thirteen living in MN. but they live about two hours from us.
My daughter and I are really different to people and many Christians avoid us because we are covered.
We can relate to many of the posts and concerns of women wearing a head covering in this wicked age that we live in.
Sometimes I worry that people will think I'm Moslem because of it... But I just give this to the Lord... "please protect me from people thinking this about me, oh Lord."
God is all powerful and we praise Him!
In our Lord Jesus Christ,
Sarah
Who we are:
Mick and Sarah from Northern Wisconsin. Two children living at home, Three grown... seven grandchildren, one is a little boy yet to be born.
My youngest daughter, Leah and I have been wearing coverings since 1997.... It has been a learning time for us, a blessed time for us and an awaking time.
I was saved 17 years ago, living in the Chicago area, we went to a church in Glenview and I was teaching Sunday School to teens no less, but I was not saved! Of course I thought I was saved since I had repented of my sins, was really sorry for them and thought I believed in Jesus. But alas, it was mere false hope that I had.. I had a glow of pride, a joy of "spiritual learning", a peace of good works... yes all produced and mimicked a Christian life... It was a good show to myself and others! Ah, but our Saviour knew my heart... The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Jeremiah 17:9
Driving one Sunday morning to Church, I thought about the Scriptures from Isaiah :
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:3-6
My thoughts went to what Jesus had done on the cross and I wondered, what does, "laid on Him the iniquity of us all." mean?
Well, this is where I now understand the power of God through the working of His Holy Spirit... He enlightened me and I understood with my heart! Our Lord Jesus Christ had actually taken my sin upon Himself and suffered the pains of hell that I deserve to suffer.... He shed His blood for me, died and rose again from the dead the third day! At that moment I believed with my heart and was saved! When I got to church that morning... I told all the teens that were there about my new found understanding and belief.
Days following showed a marked difference in my life... I began to understand the Bible when I read it... I began to have a genuine burden for souls... the Scripture; "I was in prison, and you visited me" bothered me, so I asked God if I could visit women in prison and give them the Gospel. A couple of years later God opened a door and I got involved in a jail ministry giving the Gospel to women once a week for a few hours.
We have made a few moves since then and now are located in Northern Wisconsin near Duluth MN. God has saved four of my five children and He is working and moving in their lives as well. I am noticing changes, a pulling to the things of God in four of my grandchildren, they live in Duluth, my daughter is not saved, a single mother... please pray for them.
Now we are involved in a prolife group, going to Duluth MN. once or twice weekly and giving the gospel to people on the streets. We also go pleading for the lives of the unborn to the mothers that are rushing in to have an abortion. My oldest son set up a prolife web log for me if you would like to learn more information about what we do.
The reason we are thrilled about this headcovering group is because we know NO ONE in our area that is covered. We do know a family of thirteen living in MN. but they live about two hours from us.
My daughter and I are really different to people and many Christians avoid us because we are covered.
We can relate to many of the posts and concerns of women wearing a head covering in this wicked age that we live in.
Sometimes I worry that people will think I'm Moslem because of it... But I just give this to the Lord... "please protect me from people thinking this about me, oh Lord."
God is all powerful and we praise Him!
In our Lord Jesus Christ,
Sarah
