Marilyn's Mussings

Yes, I said eight. I know you only see seven, but there really are eight! Stephen and Kassi are expecting! My first grandbaby was born February 5, 2009. My next grandbaby is due February 11, 2010. If I had a new grandbaby every February it would be ok with me!

But you aren't my Bible Study ladies, are you? You are His !  I thank God for you and I praise Him for the privilege of serving Him along side you for the twenty-one years we were at Twelfth Street Baptist Church. Oh my, what a journey this has been! Almost thirteen years ago, Jerre and I were in Nashville and went by the LifeWay store. I found a women's Bible study on the old testament tabernacle called A Woman's Heart by Beth Moore. I was eager to do the study so I encouraged Donna Conrad to lead it. Before the study was finished however, God moved Donna to Georgia, leaving me to finish the study. Wow! That was a long time ago.  Those first years I tried so many different ways to teach! I studied and my heart was so full! Every study that we did I wanted to study more than the last. I prayed that God would make me hungry and He did! I just could not wait to tell you all that I learned, but I struggled with the delivery. The suggestions in the book didn't work for me...

So I completely missed God on this one. But the good news is God is completely capable of correcting me! And praise Him, He has! We have been on a winding road and I keep hearing that one phrase from some old song . . . "the long and winding road." Amazingly, our new-new house really is at the end of a long and winding road!! I was convinced that we were buying the house that God intended for us. As the closing date approached, we became uneasy about the fact that the house was not complete. No amount of prodding had changed anything. The contract had been mutually accepted four weeks earlier but nothing had been done on the house. We became suspicious that God was blocking us for some reason. Sunday afternoon we had an open house at our Rainbow City house and decided to drive to Birmingham. It was less than 24 hours before closing and the house looked the same as it did when we placed the offer. We were just sick. We talked, we prayed, and we tried to sleep. When we were n...