The Begining Of a Beautiful Relationship

        In December I was a lost, overwhelmed mom. My husband and I were at eachothers necks. We couldn’t be in the same room, our homeless shelter room. We were there for 3 months with all 5 of our kids and went through a “rock bottom road”  We had constant arguments over ridiculous things. I found myself sad, depressed, tired, and at times cried myself to sleep.  Knowing that one was homeless, some of the  workers in there did not give you the best vibe. You could tell by the look on their faces that they saw you as a lower form of a human being. I never let that put me down. I never let my emotions get the best of me. We always looked like a happy family because at least we tried to give the kids a different perspective of our situation. I was always hopeful that something would happen one day that would get us out.

       In search for what was missing in my life, that emptiness that I was yearning to fill, I turned to the bible. I started reading Proverbs, Mathew, Luke. Anything I could grasp or had the time to read. I started praying. That’s when it was as if I was undergoing a spiritual battle, because I turned to the Lord and cried out to him. Staff at the shelter would write violations just to throw us out. My husband would start arguments for no reason.  I wouldn't give up praying or reading. Eventhough I was criticized by my husband I didn’t care. I wanted to go to church. I wanted more of the Lord. I needed Him.

        My mom once told me that smoking, drinking and doing drugs was of the world and that it damaged the temple inside of you. It causes your communication with God to become distorted. So I descided as my new years resolution to quit smoking. I was never a drinker only occasionally. I hated drugs so I knew it wouldn’t be hard to give up smoking. I quit smoking once years ago. It really is not an addiction, its more like a habit. I said to myself that I would give up smoking and receive the lord starting January.

       When New Years came, I said good bye to all the sorrow, the filthy habit and turned to my Heavenly Father and received Jesus in my prayer. I was filled with joy and the yearn to get to church asap. A friend from a previous church  we attended told us to pay a visit o Calvary Assembly.  We never did being that my husband lost all interest in attending any church. He thought the things that were going on in church were not Godly and saw they used religion as a business. But I needed to be in the Lords presence so the Lord could coat me with his love. I started going to Calvary every Sunday with all of the kids. We took 2 buses to get there and we didn’t care. The kids loved the church and were so excited to keep attending Calvary. I went to the altar 1 Sunday after church and asked Pastor George Cope for prayer. I told him our situation and we prayed.