It was great to spend time with Dave.and Marj and their family today. It was a blessing to hear the testimony during fellowship time of a lady who accompanied others to join the Patrick's on the mission field in SA asking "what will I do?" "what do I have to offer?" She had the skill/talent of baking cakes. As a result, today, 2 women in SA have their own businesses baking cakes! God takes the little we have and uses that for His glory. I used to sing a song, Ordinary People by Danibelle. God uses ordinary people and little becomes much when you place it the Masters hand! Your testimony, your legacy doesn't have to be somebody else's. Living the legacy is giving back to God and blessing others with all that He has given to you. The legacy my parents lived and left for me and that I want to live and leave for my children and for others is found in 1 Corinthians 10:31(my parents life verse). "Whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." and similarly in Colossians 3:17 "..whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father."
I'm so greatful to Marj and Dave and their family and their contributions to my discipleship, as a young/new Christian and single mother at the time, and over the years, befriending and loving me, showing me that Christ is your whole life, a life lived in normal, everyday activities and that I could be victorious in Christ as well! It.is an honor to read their testimony and to continue to see them living and leaving a legacy! I thank God for their faithfulness and His faithfulness to them!- Terylle Culpepper Lavender
This season reminds us of the truths relayed in a well-known hymn gifted to the body of Christ written by Thomas Obadiah Chisholm in 1866…”Summer and Winter, Springtime and Harvest Great Is Thy Faithfulness!! (Lamentations 3:23)