God uses Text Messaging

I woke up Saturday morning with the thought. " I am unlovable."



Let me explain... the week that was now gone, had been one of the worst ones in my life! My teenage son, Shawn, was back in jail. Shawn struggles with mental disabilities and has had more struggles in his short life ( 16 years ) than most adults will ever have to experience, hopefully. He has been in and out of hospitals and now incarcerated for the second time.



We also found out that my husband has a daughter 29 years old that neither of us knew about. My other daughter, London, who is 15 lives at home with us and is enduring the craziness of it all with us! Thank God she is well grounded, but living in chaos tends to take its toll on everyone.



Anyways... my husband and I had an argument that Friday night. If you were an outsider looking in, you would not have been able to tell I am saved! I said some horrific hurtful things to him. I now realize that I was letting fear take over. So, I went to bed that night feeling very bad about the things I had said and was feeling unlovable. As I was waking up and feeling the dread of another chaotic day to begin, I heard my phone beep. I thought to myself, who could be text messaging me? I never get any text messages except from London when she needs to be picked up or something. Besides, it was way before noon, that means she is still asleep!

I tried to focus my eyes to see the small screen. I really wanted to continue with my pity party, feeling unloved and sleep a little longer! The text message was from a man that I had met twice in my whole life. He is very involved in prison ministry and I had talked to him three times in my whole life.

The text message read: Did you wake up this morning knowing that God loves you? What a powerful thought!! The love of the Most High for you. To bathe in his love and to be covered by his grace. Know this THAT YOU ARE LOVED BY THE GREATEST AND PUREST OF ALL LOVES, THE LOVE OF GOD. God told me to tell you this, this morning so that you would know!

Needless to say, I jumped up out of bed! Rubbed my eyes, thinking, " Is this a dream?" After basking in the warmth of God's message to me, I fell down in repentance and true worship! The whole creator of the universe found a faithful servant and out of obedience to him, texts a message from God to me! Thank you Lord!

I had an awesome quiet time with God that morning and thanked him for his grace and love. Even when we blow it and feel unlovable, God forgives and loves us enough to reach down and tell us so! When I went to visit my son later that morning, I told him the message from God. It is God's love that leads to repentance! That is going to be my message to the juvenile prison ministry that I am involved in. How much does God loves us? Enough to wake us up with a text message, enough to send a car with two lights on top of it, to stop our destructive behaviours. Enough to sit us down in a jail cell with only a Bible? Enough to put faithful servants in our lives and prayer warriors! YOU BET!!

In His Love,
Dee Ann