The Gathering Place Where Family Matters

But we both knew that folks who lived in denial, or even worse, folks who lived in the world of the “why” would miss many of the blessings that would come to those who determined to live in the world of the “what.” What do You want me to do, Lord?

Karen never asked for a speaking engagement. She never dreamed she’d be the keynote speaker. But the Lord did something very special through her. Apart from keeping His promises and comforting you, what do you suppose the Lord might want to do through your life?

Sometimes as I read through Karen’s Bible study journal, I can see where she would be speaking, how many times she would be speaking at the retreat, and what her assigned topics would be. Today’s notes are the exception. I clearly see that she was exploring and studying the topic of God’s holiness and how it affects us. But I don’t know where she used her study, if anywhere, other than in her own heart and life. I am blessed by holding her handwritten notes. Here are some of the notes she jotted to herself.

I’ve discovered something in her Bible that caused a tear and a big blessing at the same time. Let me share with you the verses that she underlined and the very brief words that she wrote.

“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:17-19).