Here is a sample:
Jesus is my Lord and Savior because He created my innermost being. He loves me, guides me, cares for me and forgives
me.
When I look at my life it’s
like a quilt. My grandmother always said that we are like quilts woven together through Jesus. My quilt has many bright and
dark places of cloth which God must have known just where to place each one.
The left hand corner is dark because of the Polio I had as a child but it’s trimmed in a bright color.
I was afraid I couldn’t walk after that
surgery at 8 years old and those braces made it really difficult to ride a bicycle, but I did
At 15 I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior, forever.
More bright and pretty colors through school
and college…
I married and the quilt of
my life was so pretty and with the birth of our sons, it glowed.
The dark color came to the far right when I came down with Addison Disease. Again I was fearful, but why, my faith
was string and I trusted in God, so that dark shade also had a brighter color around it’s edges.
Each of us has joys and sorrows, bright days and dark days
but the love of Jesus still goes on in each one of us.
I may
not be a velvet tapestry, I might even be a crazy-quilt but whatever I am, the Lord made me lovingly, carefully, reverently
and exactly right!
I will always love the Lord
with all my heart and soul.
Another sample:
"There was a time in my life when the church made a difference. I had breast cancer,
yet I had peace. I just knew that everything would be okay...and that came directly from my faith. When I needed someone to
listen, my church family was there. When I needed a hug, they were there. When my mother died, there was always someone who
gave me just what I needed to make it through. I knew that whatever was to be, it would be okay. I was part of something bigger
than myself."
Another sample:
On Sunday, April 1st, one of our members spoke of growing up in Brazil. Her family was poor. She had no
shoes and could not attend school because of working on the farm. Her mother was a woman of devout faith
and told her daughter to pray for God to help her and to provide for her needs. She never went without
food and, in time, was able to attend school in her teen years.
She came to America for a fresh start. She did not have to come here but felt led by God to come
to Boston
and stay with a friend. She had a thousand dollars to her name but her friend had agreed to pick her up
at the airport and let her live with her as she began her new life. The friend never showed.
She now found herself in a new country with little money and no language skills. But God provided
and she has worked hard doing numerous jobs in order to make ends meet.
In time, she met her new husband and they began their life together.
She asks for continued prayers as her husband had to move to Tennessee for employment. He is hoping to find work in the Boston area but nothing
has opened up for him. She continues to give thanks for all God has done in her life and for the gift of
life itself. She has seen the hand of God at work in all that has happened and God’s guiding presence
into the future.
