When I am old and grey I will still be dancing. The only reason the young don't dance with joy before the Lord is because nobody ever showed them they could.
Thank you to anyone who prayed.
The lad came to church so happy.(Let's not judge as all the making of this baby happened before he found the Lord.).....his girlfriend confirmed the baby but did not tell him about the abortion plans - she meanwhile had told me she plans to go ahead with it. I think that the next few moments were some of the saddest and hardest as he realised by my reaction that all was not well. Family is so important to this lad as he has had such a rough ride in life.
But God held him. He stayed for the service and got prayed for and returned Sunday and got prayed for again. He was calmer than I ever thought he could be and we just have today to pray for the baby as the abortion is planned for tomorrow morning and the girl is adamant.
Worldly wisdom would say that the abortion is the best thing. Neither of these kids are ready and they would be very vulnerable notwithstanding that one is in the Lord and not the other...........But there is a human life created, and that is the situation that has to be addressed. It may be God has worked this out somehow to take the girl out for now. I don't know. Whichever way the thing goes God is going to use it.
I have offered to counsel the girl today if she wants me to - told her as much as you can tell a non Christian why this is not the right way to address the problem but the last text said 'I don't have time for a baby right now.' (That's the level of immaturity.) She isn't interested in God. I do also have a concern - she could just be lying about the whole baby thing?
But the guy........well, the first time I saw him I found myself taking the microphone down off the platform and telling him 'You are a man of God. You don't think it but you are.' Yesterday our visiting speaker told him the same..............told him stuff so on the ball without knowing much at all about him. Makes me wonder what God has planned.
God has it sorted, but somehow this one I feel like there is a battle and it is going to be big but worth the fight. He is already wanting to be Pastor..........You heard it here, but I suspect that he is going to be more than just another Pastor................
Just to update this cos somehow I am convinced God has big plans for the guy. The girl did abort the baby and the guy freaked out totally, but eventually I found him and took him up to the Pastors house where he had a good talk and got treated like a son (just what he needed.)
He calmed down and we prayed with him and he has been so amazing since. Still a way to go but last night he came to Bible Study and said 'he had been doing a Minister _) He is already modelling on one of the most dynamic and spiritual guys in our church (Minister _ is pretty dynamic and about the best person to follow) and he is already wanting to be a Pastor....doesn't even know how to find places in the Bible yet but underneath all the junk the devil tried to put on top there is a Pastor's heart.
It is just nice to see the changes - seems so long since I saw someone find Jesus and actually do the work themselves but this guy is beginning to figure out the changes for his own life. I am believing Goth to Great Man of God here. It is kind of exciting to have a white guy like this come and make our church his spiritual home. It is even better for our congregation, most of whom have no idea what a 'Goth' is. Guess Jesus has it all worked out as usual.
Hey Jackie,
I've been out of town for a while, and away from pcom, so just saw this today. Glad you're there to impart Christ's love to them. Tragic about the baby, but maybe she will find Christ and His forgiveness in the end...
Brian La Croix
I had to clean my office for my avatar picture. Maybe I should take pictures more often...