I HAVE A LONG TESTIMONY BUT WILL KEEP IT AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE.
I WAS BACKSLIDEN UNTIL ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. SINCE RETURNING TO THE LORD I HAVE WITNESSED THE SALVATION OF MY HUSBAND AND 2 STEP CHILDREN AND 4 ADOPTED CHILDREN ALSO SEVERAL FOSTER CHILDREN. I SPENT YEARS TELLING THE LORD THAT I WANTED CHILDREN, I KNEW IF I WAS TO HAVE THEM HE WOULD PROVIDE THEM. I HAD BEEN MARRIED AT 17 FOR 6 YEARS TO A VERBALLY ABUSIVE MAN. I STAYED IN THE MARRIGE UNTIL HE BEGAN TO THREATEN MY LIFE AND HIT ME.
AT 23 I MEET MY NOW HUSBAND OF 14 YRS. HE WAS A SINGLE FATHER OF 2 CHILDREN . I THANKED GOD FOR THESE STEP CHILDREN HE HAD PROVIDED ME WITH TO LOVE.
THRU THE NEXT 7 YRS WHEN PPL WOULD ASK ME WHY I HAD NO BIRTH CHILDREN, I WOULD ALWAYS TELL THEM I CANT GET PREGNANT MY HUSBAND IS NOW STERILE, AND I AM INFERTIL. THE LORD HAS PROVIDED ME WITH ANY CHILDREN I AM TO HAVE. I WAS ALWAYS HAPPY TO HAVE WHAT JESUS WANTED ME TO HAVE. NEVER ONCE ASKING HIM WHY DID I NOT HAVE A BABY.
NOW AT 37 I HAVE 8 CHILDREN NONE OF THEM BIRTH CHILDREN, I HAVE STILL NEVER BEEN PREGNANT.
ONE DAY MY BROTHER WENT OUT OF TOWN FISHING AND RAN INTO A MAN HE USED TO WORK WITH. THE MAN AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WHERE LIVING UNDER A BLUE TARP ON THE RIVER. HOMELESS, SEVERE ALCOHOLICS AND EXPECTING THIER SECOND CHILD, THEY TOLD MY BROTHER THAT THEY HAD JUST HAD 2 CHILDREN TAKEN AWAY BY THE STATE AND THAT THIS ONE WAS GOING TO BE LEFT AT THE HOSPITAL FOR CPS TO TAKE.
MY BROTHER THEN INFORMED THEM ABOUT ME NEVER BEING ABLE TO HAVE CHILDREN. THEY SAID WELL TELL HER SHE CAN HAVE THIS ONE, ITS A BOY AND DUE IN 16 DAYS.
I KID YOU NOT THESE PPL CALLED ME FROM A PHONE BOOTH AND TOLD ME THEY WANTED TO GIVE ME THEIR BABY. SO I DROVE 350 MILES ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SAME HIGHWAY I LIVED ON TO PICK THEM UP.
THEY SIGNED PAPERS WITH THE LAWYER, HAD THE BABY AND LEFT. NEVER EVEN A TEAR.
THIS WAS SUCH A MIRICLE, UNDENIABLE EVEN BY PPL I WORKED WITH WHO WHERE HOSTILE TWARDS GOD.
A YEAR LATER WE DECIDED TO BE FOSTER PARENTS TO HELP KIDS LIKE OUR SON AND HIS SIBLINGS (THEY WHERE ALREDY IN GOOD HOMES SO WE COULDNT GET THEM). AFTER WORKING IN THE SYSTEM FOR A COUPLE YEARS WE DECIDED TO REALLY HELP THE KIDS COMING TO US WE NEEDED TO ADOPT THEM. I AGAIN STARTED PRAYING FOR ANY CHILD GOD WANTED ME TO HAVE, AND THAT HE WOULD SOFTEN MY HUSBANDS HEART TO AGREE TO ADOPT THEM.
WE NOW HAVE 2 HALF SISTERS WHO ARE FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME AND ATTATCHMENT DISORDER. 1 SON WITH DOWNS SYNDROME. 1 SON WHO IS HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISTIC AND CROM ABNORMALITY. AND 1 SON SOON TO BE ADOPTED WHO IS BLIND, HAS CP AND CELIAC DISEASE. 1 FETAL ALCOHOL AND DRUG EFFECTED CHILD AND THE 2 STEP CHILDREN WHO'S MOTHER ABANDONED THEM AT 2 AND 3 YRS OLD (MY HUBBYS KIDS).
TO LOOK AROUND MY HOUSE AND SEE THESE KIDS DOING SO WELL STILL AMAZES ME. I SEE THE HAND OF GODS BLESSING ON THEM. I AM A FLAWED PARENT WITH NO SPECIAL SKILLS OTHER THEN I BELIEVE IN GODS PROVISION. I TRUST HIM COMPLETELY TO REVEAL THE NEEDS OF THESE KIDS TO ME AND HE HAS NOT FAILED ME ONE TIME. IF IT WAS NOT FOR GODS KINDNESS AND MERCY AND STRENGHT EVERYDAY I WOULD BE TOTALY WIPED OUT AND COMPLETLY NUTS INSTEAD OF BORDERING ON IT>>>LOL<<<(hence the user name TOUCHEDDDD)
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE I DONT GET OUT MUCH. THIS IS WHY I GET SUCH ENJOYMENT THRU WITNESSING ON THE INTERNET AND MAKING CHRISTIAN WEB SITES AND PAGES.
SHARING GODS WORD AND SPREADING THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION IS MY GREATEST JOY ALONG WITH RAISING MY FAMILY.
I COULD WRITE 6 MORE PAGES TELLING ABOUT HOW I HAVE SUFFERED IN MY PAST, BUT TODAY WHEN GETTING READY TO WRITE THIS TESTIMONY. IT WAS ON MY HEART TO SHARE GODS BLESSINGS AND THE SECRET TO THE FRUITFULNESS OF MY LIFE... THE SECRET REALLY IS NO SECRET AT ALL. ITS BLIND FAITH IN GODS PROVISION, BELIEVING HE KNOWS WHAT MY NEEDS ARE, ALSO HAVING FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE THAT, RELYING ON MYSELF FOR STRENGHT IS A RECIPE FOR FAILER KEEPS ME CLINGING TO JESUS FOR EVERYTHING I DO THRU THE DAY. THIS LAST THING I DONT TAKE LIGHTLY AT ALL. IT IS COMPLETE, I AM AS IN NEED OF MY SAVIOR FOR EVERY BREATH AND STEP OF SAFETY AS MY BLIND CHILD IS IN NEED OF GUIDENCE EVERY SECOND OF HIS WAKING HOURS...
I FIND MYSELF IN AWWWW OF MY SAVIOR EVERYDAY. I LOOK AT MY LIFE AND SAY THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I DID OR DO! THIS IS PURE PROVISION OF GOD. POWER OF PRAYER. AND THE LOVE,MERCY, AND WILLINGNESS OF GOD TO PROVIDE FOR HIS LITTLE ONES IN HIS STRENGHT. IT IS SO TRUE THAT GOD USES THE WEAK AND FLAWED OF THIS WORLD TO FURTHER HIS KINGDOM...PRAISE YOU JESUS †††
