The Gathering Place Where Family Matters

It is easier to be joyful and give praise when everything is going well. The words “God is good” naturally flow from the lips of the believer whose prayers have been answered and life is good. On the other hand, it is precious and powerful when that same believer says “God is good” when life is hard, trials are great, and the body is growing weaker.

Karen was very busy as wife, mother, encourager to the ladies at our churches, and a ladies’ conference speaker. The Lord blessed her life and ministries in very special ways.

Lots of things have changed all around me in the last thirty years. However, this application of God’s Word certainly has not changed.

As the servants of the Lord, we must trust Him to so work in our hearts that the words of our mouths will be pleasing to Him and good for others.

Nearly twenty years ago, Karen was invited to speak three times as a ladies’ conference in the Mohawk Valley Region of New York State. Her specific assigned topic was to encourage the ladies to pursue God’s purpose their lives. We talked a lot and prayed much as she was faced with the daunting task of speaking on such a topic in three brief forty-five minute sessions.

Needless to say, from her pages and pages of notes I’m lifting just a sentence or two today. Her second point was powerful and probing