PREVAILED. MAY, 2007 Why obedience is important

But He said, Blessed (happy and to be envied) rather are those who hear the Word of God and obey and practice it! Luke 11: 28


(It's just so important that you know that at the time all of this was happening, I didn't know much about the Word of God.)

PART TWO

When all of this happened, the only two friends of mine who weren't going to think I was crazy was Cynthia and Jerri. Two women of God. We all spent days (I more than they; rightfully so) trying to figure out what the words meant. I needed to understand what God was saying.

God sent me a message...

THINGS BEGAN TO HAPPEN...

Cynthia called one evening about an accelerated Bachelor's degree program at a Christian College about 10 miles away. Cynthia and I had talked for years about returning to school to get our degrees in such a program. We had heard it was hard and many people that we knew that had enrolled; had dropped out. Cynthia got in immediately, but I began to make excuses right off the bat. I decided not to get in the program and right after that I found myself calling the Admissions counselor. I
got in. There was a lot of prequalification criteria in addition to the program. A lot of the people who started dropped out.

To be successful in this program, you had to be a good writer. I felt it was a personal strength. It was, but I needed brushing up. My instructors favored my writing. There were times when I wanted to drop out of the program, but Cynthia and my new school friends were always there to talk me out of it.

Finally, the big day came. I graduated with a 4.0. I prepared to go get a Master's degree. By this time, I not only knew God had sent me back to school, I was anxious to see what He had next for me. This is a key factor. I finished my Master's degree with a high GPA and thought about law school, or a doctoral degree; but God sent another message.

My husband told me that he thought I needed to spend more time with my family. In doing so, I became more active in my neighborhood.

CHANGE WAS COMING AND IT WAS GOING TO BE DRASTIC.

Stay tuned for Part Three tomorrow

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