God is so good

A year ago as I drove to the grocery store with my limited dollars to spend, I cried out to God for help... help for me to get the medical & dental care I needed to lower my blood pressure and not having insurance... help to pay the bills that were piling up because I could not find a job... help that peace and health would come to my son who was suffering from depression and a meaning to what I was going through... I fell into the ditch called "Why me?" But I knew with my mind that having had God walk beside me throughout my life, that I was not alone.... but my heart was breaking.... I felt as if I was one of those invisible Americans that walk the streets every day with very little hope and a lot of dispair.

BUT... God, MY Father, heard those cries and created a most wonderful creative miracle in my life.... HE took the clay that I am, with the gifts that He gave, and sparked a muse in me that surprises and over whelms me every day. For as a young girl, I was taught to knit as a way to keep my hands busy and me out of trouble :) But now those same hands knit to create beauty and a way to touch others with God's love and grace. He is the one who creates through me. And I wish I could share all the letters of love and thanks that I've gotten over this past year from ladies who have been touched in some way by these cloths that He gives. Maybe someday I will write a book about it. And because of this venture.... God has answered those other requests:

We started giving to the 700 Club because we saw what God was doing with the funds... people being fed, given clean water, medical help, teaching people trades so they can then have jobs that will feed their families, caring for those in areas where there has been devastation by natural causes, getting kids ready for school who had nothing, training young people for the mission fields, and above all else... leading people to the Lord. And once we started giving... all our bills started getting paid... AND we had money left over... and then we decided to give more because we had more... and then we had more. It's amazing... You've heard the saying "You can never out give God?" Well... it's kinda like when I was a child. I remember my Dad saying "You can tell Suzi over and over again not to do something, but until she does it, she's not going to learn. WELL... this is what I've learned over this year... God is so good. And I don't think I can out give God. AND it's so fun trying!!!!

And then after my first major sale of the patterns that GOD created through me, I was able to see a doctor and get my blood pressure medicine again. I had gotten to the point where my bp was so high I couldn't see right and was suffering from bad head aches. So, I do know that God can heal me in a minute of this and He just might do that tomorrow, but I also know that through my 'infliction' I've learned to be responsible for my own health. I watch what I eat now and I try to trust the doctors that God puts in my path. And speaking about trust, Drs, & God... you can read all about my experience with my 'NEW' teeth in posts below. Again, God has blessed and recreated.

God didn't stop with me or my hubby, but has blessed my sons as well. My oldest son had lost his way and was suffering from a depression that was so dark and deep that now he says "I lost a whole year of my life" But through the year, God brought healing to his soul... a job that brings satisfaction and rewards to my son... and a new daughter to his home that is filled with boys. My youngest son has graduated from UTI with honors (and he was a 'special ed' kid) and now works for Mecedes Benz in Arizona. And he is finally in a 'warm' climate that he loves.

And so in closing... as the little child's prayer goes "God is great, God is good.... "