TRUST IN THE LORD, WAIT AND SEE WHAT GOD CAN DO

[Missionay-Deaconess Judy A. Smallwood]

I would like to say that we need to trust in the Lord and wait on him and then we can see just what he will do. This is coming from experiance so I know. Right now my family and I are trusting and waiting on the Lord for the healing and deliverance of my older brother Oliver C. Ervin Jr.. He is going through some medical changes and we are looking for his healing. I know that he has to say another yes to the Lord and he has been moved from ICU to the 4700 unit.

God has brought him out from a deep sleep (Coma) and once he came to, the prayer for him to talk to me and speak the words of the Lord God granted just that. The first words to come out of his mouth, off of his lips was "I LOVE THE LORD". We need to encourage one another and ourselves that when times are hard and things are not the way we want them to be, that if we just trust in God and believe his words and his promises that it will be ok.

Oliver has been set back a little, but I know that right now is his time to rekindle his relationship with the Lord. I keep telling him to let it all go and let God. I tell him that Jesus loves him and he wants to heal his body, soul and his mind. I speek the word to him and tell him to go to his heart for the word of God is hiden in his heart. God allowed him to speak while in ICU and his first words was That He Loved the Lord. Even though he is still in the hospital and going through I know that the God I serve is there with my brother, and when I anoint him every day, his body quickens as the oil touches his body and I speak the words of the Lord and Pray. I know that his progress is just a process. Gods time and our time is not the same. When God wants to get your attention he will do what needs to be done to slow you down and place you in a still place, so he can commune with us. Oh how sweet it is to fellowship with the Lord and to get the blessings of the Lord.

People continue to love him, praise him, talk with him, trust him, but let's not forget to have faith in him for our faith is what will bring us through everytime. People wait on the Lord and, Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God. Philippians 4:6

Be encouraged TRUST IN THE LORD, WAIT AND SEE WHAT GOD CAN DO. We are trusting and waiting on the Lord for we've already began to see what God can do for he has started to move in my brother's life, spirit and soul. Continue to pray for Oliver my older brother and all the souls that are out there struggling to get back to God and needing to say another YES to the Lord. For in the word 1Chronicles 16:34 Oh give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

May you be forever Blessed

Missionay & Deaconess Judy A. Smallwood