I have been waiting to write this post for weeks (but other things got in the way and maybe it was just God's right timing). I am writing about this subject because my DQT revealed some new things to me this morning about my story and hopes of Greece and Turkey - just as many verses and books I have happened on in the last few weeks have done.
In my devotional book today called Streams in the Desert (don't you just love that symbolism?) the main verse is Acts 16:7: "When they came to the border of Mysian they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to."
Admittedly, I thought, "what in the world? How can they make a good lesson out of this verse?" A friend gave the book to me at the hospital on Sunday and is a true scholar of the Bible. Maybe he mixed the book up with one he was supposed to give it to - a friend that has much more insight into the Bible.
Seemed a pretty negative verse to me - after all Paul and his friends were just trying to get to the next destination to spread God's Word. What struck me was that Paul was mentioned -yet again popping up in my readings and thoughts. An example of this is from Twelve Extraordinary Men: He was not one of the 12 disciples but was an apostle He was an apostle "born out of due time." I like that.
All of this to get to the point of my fascination with Paul and his connection with Greece and Turkey:
We went on a family trip (Clay, me, Jared and Payne, my parents, and my brother and his family) to Greece and Turkey at the beginning of August. I should have had a wonderful time, but I could not. This was when the disease really hit me and I was still in the dark about the ramifications of the illness. All I knew is that I wanted to sleep all of the time, Clay had to hold me when attempting to go up ruins or stepping off a sidewalk, my balance was really off, plus many other things. Who knew at the time it would be just a matter of time that I would find myself where I am now: in a fight for my life.
The picture on the blog is the last picture taken of me in Greece. I bought a leather bracelet there that you will see me wearing all the time. These are reminders to me that I will get back to Greece and Turkey some day in perfect health. Expect Miracles! Greece and Turkey...where Paul and I can take a journey together.
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Dawn - Britt learned of this blog and all you are going through at the football game last night; Matthew's team was playing Jared's team. Please know that you are in our thoughts and our prayers. We serve a powerful and mighty God and He is not limited in the miracles He will perform. We love you and are praying for you, for Clay, and for Jared and Payne. Debbie
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