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| Old Hurricane Testimony; Charlie, Jeanne, and Francis | |
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| Topic Started: Aug 29 2006, 12:08 PM (90 Views) | |
| Stace4Jesus | Aug 29 2006, 12:08 PM Post #1 |
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Hey, The mood around Florida seems to be much the same: flash backs to the past. This storm, Ernesto, has done a lot of 'emotional' trama to the Gulf of Mexico states. All the way from Texas, to LA, to the Florida panhandle, to Tampa, to the East coast of Florida, and then up the middle, and and and... And they still don't know what it is going to do. (pssst.. God knows  )This is going to be sort of a strange testimony, but I pray it blesses you. When Charlie came through year before last, he came fast and hard. He did a lot of damage to florida. For me, I was not to worried or nervous. It was over so fast and things here in the park were okay, messy, but okay. We had very little damage. When Francis came through, she stayed and stayed and stayed.. hours. It wore on my nerves. The winds howled and the threats of great damage were abounding on the news channels. My faith level dropped. I did sleep through a little of it, but kept waking up and confessing every sin I had ever thought about committing. Fear was beginning to take hold, but.. I reached down and grabbed my faith and trust in the Lord, and then stood for hours watching the winds. I might not be letting fear get to me, but I wasn't sleeping either. Then, just a few weeks later (and all three storms happened within about six weeks) here came Jeanne. And she stayed and stayed and stayed around for a long time, long hours through the night. My faith level was at 50% when we started the storm, and I worked real hard in keeping it at that type of level. You know, having confidence in the Lord to keep all things in this park safe, people, places, and things. Still, the winds blew and the trees were tossed around, and on and on. Then something happened to me. I was not staying in the office trailer, but in the apartment building across the street. On the porch I could see the office trailer. (by the way, I live in the office trailer. That is where all my stuff is.) But, while on the front porch of the building where there were a few of us from the park camped, I looked over and saw the street light above my trailer swinging back and forth, sort of dangling in the wind, with it's light shining on one trailer, then swinging and shinning on another. This was early morning hours, just before dawn. The rain was blowing hard and this light was dancing. And.. the light was just above the trailer. I had it in my head that if it broke, the live wires would be dancing around my trailer. Here is my reasoning at that time. -The storm is not even half over. -We have not lost electricity yet. -The wind will blow the light off, leaving floating wires. -We will lose power here soon. -And then we will get power on again quickly (because we are on an emergency loop of the city) -And the wire will be laying across the trailer when it comes on.. -And I can not call the emergency people to ask them to come and get this wire off of my trailer because there are more important emergencies.... Something inside of me broke. I just sort of gave into an "oh well" attitude. That was one straw more on my 50% faith and confidence that I could not handle. I gave up. I just sort of said to the Lord, "You got it," turned and went to get some sleep. Later in the day, when the winds slowed down, I went home. As I came to my sidewalk entering my trailer, I looked up. This is what I saw:  Now, do you wonder, just as I do, who the angel was that put this back in it's place? I do. This is something I have not forgotten. This light shines in my window every night. It always serves as a reminder of the day I "dropped the ball" and the Lord caught it for me. Isn't He great? stace |
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| TheGloryisHere | Aug 29 2006, 02:15 PM Post #2 |
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Very Cool testimony, Stacey!! |
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| LancashirePOF | Aug 29 2006, 03:52 PM Post #3 |
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Hey that is really awesome!! Thanks so much for sharing! |
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| TheGloryisHere | Aug 29 2006, 04:04 PM Post #4 |
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I have a light pole too. Buttttt, I was talking about I have a LITE pole for my light pole. heehee, and Stace thought I was talking about my LIGHT pole, when I was discussing some storm with her, but I was talking about my light pole on my LITE pole. *giggles innocently. See, cos 74 miles per hour tropical storm "what's it's name" was uprooting lots of trees all over, including the neighbors tree, but didnt' touch my LITE pole that my light is on. LOL 
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| Stace4Jesus | Aug 29 2006, 08:45 PM Post #5 |
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Caroline, do you remember up above when I was talking about how fear was trying to get me down and under? Well, in your statement in the other thread,
I remembered that during the first hurricane, Charlie, for the first time in several years, I listened to the news, saw the tracks, heard the reports of the damage the storm was doing in lower florida. But, since the storm was so fast, and the Lord did such a great job of protecting His property here, I did not give much thoughts to the media and it's influence. But, when the second storm came through, I was listening more to the news and the reports. What I did not understand at the time was that 'fear' was knocking on my door through these reports. When I read up on these things on the internet, and in this case because we are responsible for the people in this park.. we have to keep an eye on the information, but when I read up on the internet, it is like these posts. You can read a little, pause, consider them before the Holy Spirit, listen for Him to say 'yea' or 'nay' and then go on to the next concept. With the news, you can't breath. Or, at least I can't. It goes so fast, so hard, with so many words being said in such a short amount of time, that I do not have time to ask the Holy Spirit about anything. I just get blasted. You know how a Spirit led conversation goes, where one person says one thing that is prompted by the the Holy Spirit, and then the Holy Spirit prompts the other person to say something and what is to be said, and then on and on. When you get practiced in this, the Holy Spirit can do a lot of revealing through the conversation. This is not the case of the media. It's almost like pride. Like when someone talks so much so fast about what they know, never giving another person the opportunity to say anything. That is not a Holy Spirit led conversation. The Lord will put His words in our mouths for the benefit of each other if we are careful and listen for His leading. That is one reason I really enjoy these threads. I can pray in the early hours, then come to the board and see what the Lord confirms. It gives me great confidence. {Disclaimer: If someone is led to watch the new.. obey Him. He'll take care of you. But if you are being told to get off the tv, obey, the fruit of getting off is wonderful, even if you suffer withdrawals. smiles} Anyway.... The next summer, last year, I said no way to the news. I just read the message board a little here and there at Hurricane City.com It is secular, but there are some really good people there who put their ideas together and then we can make up our own minds. I have much more peace this year. Anyway anyway... those were my thoughts when I read you post on fear calling... I agree sister, amen. stace |
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| Bill and Joan | Aug 30 2006, 07:19 AM Post #6 |
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Hi Stacie, As to your last post, COOL! And I liked your disclaimer as well, showing that God might ask one person to one thing while He gives different directions for another, all for learning of obedience and recognzing we are a body with differing functions. Stace, before I read your last post I was thinking about this 'old hurricane testimony' that you placed here. It reminded me how the Lord told the Israelites to remember the things He had done in their lives, to share it with their children and their children's children and so on. Kind of like a "look what the Lord has done" and let us not forget His faithfulness, amen?  Then I came in and read your most recent reply here concerning fear. Ah, fear, the enemy's tool to endeavor to knock us out of the game. "For God hath not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind" ( 2 Timothy 1:7). Thank You, Lord!!! It is easy to fall into the trap of this fear, especially if we lose sight of the things the Lord has done in the past in our lives, things that are personal and real to us individually. I can remember several years back where Oprah Winfrey talked about her "Gratitude journal" where she wrote down the things, daily, that she was grateful for. It now gives me an idea to start my own "Rembrance Journal" where I jot down in this particular journal just the things regarding how the Lord has gotten me through the storms in my life, how He has revealed His faithfulness towards me so that in those days of concern or despair I can look back at this book and quickly see His hand in my life that I can proclaim, "Look what the Lord has done for me in the past.  Surely He is the same yesterday, today and forever and I can trust that He is with me now to see me through this situation." Hallelujah!!!Stace, thanks for sharing as you have. It was most inspirational and inspiring. To God be the glory forever and ever. May the name of Christ Jesus touch every man, woman and child and may the harvest of the field be more than we imagine, in Jesus' name! Amen. Loving Him  Joan |
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| TheGloryisHere | Aug 30 2006, 04:21 PM Post #7 |
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Stace, yes I recall last year you watched a lot of the fear based news on the hurricane coming your way. I was really concerned about you watching it all day like that. Yet, I didn't know you had so much fear like you just posted. The internet is safer as you've found out. You can move through it only reading what you need to, and it doesn't take all day. And like you said, you can breathe while you sort through the texts and pics, while watching the news you can't; they just shovel it down your throat before you can think about what is being put in you. |
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| Stace4Jesus | Aug 30 2006, 07:54 PM Post #8 |
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Yes, last year was a back slide for me. And still, to hear the Lord's voice in the matters is most important, then let the written text or media online be a confirmation. It is way to simple to be pulled in. 
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| Stace4Jesus | Aug 30 2006, 11:30 PM Post #9 |
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I should have said, "it is something that is easy to be pulled into" as refering to fear. When I read it later, it did not make sense.
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