2.19.08
E-mails from home:
"Patricia....You must keep your focus on Him. Get your mind off of feelings of lonliness, missing family, missing friends, missing familiar surroundings: these things are more Patricia centered. Instead, tune into God's frequency. Listen carefully; He speaks with a gentle whisper. Other voices will drown Him out if you let them. Use all your senses to sense Him and His touch on your life and your circumstances. He is there. Always. Working all things together for your eternal good. This is His promise to you.
I have always believed one of His favorite ways to speak to us is through His Word to us. Consider the words of II Timothy 3:16-17. "All Scripture (every verse has purpose and meaning) is given (a gift, from Him to you) by inspiration of God (these are His words so they have all of His characteristics - eternal, Holy, good, complete, loving, 100% reliable), and is (He just promised) profitable (you will benefit from taking His Word into and unto yourself in the following ways) for reproof (it will reveal your shortcomings, where you've gone the wrong way), for correction (it will show you the right way, how to redirect your steps, a change), for instruction in righteousness (it will tell you, show you, even demonstrate for you how He wants and expects you to live FOR HIM), that the man of God (ok, that would be anyone who lives for Him) may be complete (isn't this the very thing we all yearn for?), thoroghly equipped (God wants to give you everything you need for the works and challenges He has prepared for you; you know, where God guides, God provides: Jehovah Jireh) for every good work ("I know the plans I have for you; plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11)." I love you Patricia. We are earnestly praying about what He will do in you, through you, and for you.
Daddy"
"Daddy...One thing I have realized being here is the things i have taken for granted....and the wisdom God gives you is one of them! This morning was rough, mainly because God really has been working on my heart in regards to surrendering the things that I want, the things that I depend on and really letting Him have all of me....
And every time He asked me to come, I would try to email someone....Sarah, Chris....to talk to someone....no answer....
He continued to say come....I would look for someone here I could cry on....everyone was busy.....
He said come to Me....finally I listened and went for a walk in the woods and fields behind the college.....lots of walking, lots of listening, lots of looking....to just breathe Him in.
He let me see an Eagle, seed pods opening and seeds scattering on the wind, flowers pushing through the ground, deer in the field, the sun, the blue, blue sky, the clouds.....
He let me see Him and spoke to my heart words of promising restoration for where I have fallen, forgivness in broken relationships, and the jeoulsy of His heart in regards to my attentions and relationship with Him. He spoke comfort.
He told me that He has brought me to Hungary to bless me...and that this time would be like none other....this is His time!
It's still hard....your note still brought tears to my eyes and a missing to my heart....and yet it confirmed so much! And God usesd you to speak to me. I know that what He has in store for me is much greater than I can ever have imagined and that He loves me.
Ex. 34:11&14 - His concern is my obediance and our relationship
I love you daddy....so very much!
Patricia"
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