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Storms in our
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By Kathyrn Turner
I
graduated the first two phases of
Mary’s Song December 09, 2013,
and I am currently in the third
phase of the program. When I got to
Mary’s Song August 21, 2012 I was very
angry at God for all of the things that I
had been through in my life. I was extremely tormented, scared, and felt
alone. Through the first two phases of
Mary’s Song I was able to build a relationship of trust with my leaders and learned
to allow others to minister the love of
Christ to me. Through this process God
has been able to heal some of
the deepest scars in my heart
and deliver me from torments
that I thought I was forever
bound by.
storm plants would not be able to reach
their maximum potential as a plant, and
without the storms in my life I would be
unable to reach my maximum potential
in Him. Those bad things in my past that
created a need for redemption in my life
to where I was able to even realize my
need for Him. So, I can now thank God
for both the negative and the good things
that happened and are happening in my
life, because I now can see how it draws
me to Him.
no change or growth in our lives, and we
would become dry and wither as Christians. The word of God says that He sends
the rain on both the wicked and the
godly, and it’s not because He is unfair,
mean, or He wants to torture us. It’s all
because of His great love. God sends the
rain on the wicked to create that need for
Him, because He wishes that none would
perish, and God sends the rain on the
godly to produce Himself within; to mature that which He has already brought
to life. The LORD is helping me to see
that when storms come and fear
tries to arise, Christ is right there in
the midst of the storm bidding me to
walk on the water with Him (Matt.
14:22-33). That it is all for the glory
of God, and new life and growth will
be the outcome, if I but trust and
abide (Jn. 15). God opened my eyes
to see a glimpse of His love for me,
and how intimately He loves and
cares for me through this. Even
when the winds are whipping all
around me and I feel like I am about
to sink and I can’t see Him clearly, I am
able to step back look around and recognize He is for me (Psa. 56:9), He is with
me (Heb. 13:5), He loves me, and this too
shall pass. ●
“He revealed to me
that without the
storms in life the seed
of the Word cannot
grow in us.”
I recently watched a documentary about the Wonders of God,
and there was a part about thunderstorms that really stuck out to
me. What was said in the documentary was that when there is
a thunderstorm, the lightning in
the storm sends off a gas called nitrogen
that actually fertilizes the plants and
helps them to grow. I had no idea that
God was going to use this documentary
to speak to me but He did. He began to
use this illustration to show me how
without the storms in my life, there
wouldn’t be growth. Without thunder-
Through this Christ is helping me to embrace the storms in my life and to recognize them as the grace of God; His grace
to change me and produce the character
of Christ in me (both past and present).
He revealed to me that without the
storms in life the seed of the Word cannot grow in us, meaning there would be