Before Gustav hit my heart was filled with grief and I found myself weeping and crying out for mercy upon Bay Saint Louis. I listened to the community's aching worries and plans on never returning if another Katrina hit, as people are still recovering. Two days before the storm my devotions were both about God answering the cries of the people and God answering their prayers with Moses freeing the enslaved Israelites and with Saul being anointed as king. All throughout scripture God shows Himself through the answers of the people's prayers, thank you God!
God brought me back three years ago when I prayed and fasted and pleaded for my best friend at the time to be healed, in the end he wasn't and he is not with us today. To say the least, this through me into a whirl wind of grief and pain unable to put into words. This experience unfortunately tainted my view of prayer and I struggled with trying to understand the will of God and I know now how useless it would be to continue this exhausting quest. I look at the people in the community of BSL and am in awe to see the strength of the Lord's joy and hope they possess as they continue to re-build their homes and lives back. Nola Kingston is one of my hero's, all three of her son's died and her daughter is very sick, she continues to be positive and relies on God's strength. She says that she is suffering with Jesus, this is an example of counting the cost of the cross. God thank you for hearing our prayers and answering them and continue to teach me how to just keep walking when grief comes my way. "The joy of the Lord is my strength"!
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