We Did Not Speak For :20 Minutes - "The Greatness of God's Favor" Continued from Part One
The Nixon Family Testimony
To read the beginning of this testimony visit: http://emagazinegospelnoize.blogspot.com/My husband came back to the car with a tall man. He stood about 6'7, with long thick hair, and wearing no shirt with a big belly. My husband had told him about our situation and he offered to take us where he thought the other drivers were stranded in Indianapolis. Praise God! The peculiar man took us right to the location where the other drivers were parked. I asked him what was his name, and he simply said "Sunny." I responded by saying "Oh! Sunny, like the sunshine." He just smiled and drove away. The other drivers were re-adjusting our things on the trailer-beds and truck. After re-arranging everything we did not know what direction to take to get back on the freeway. A peculiar couple who resided close by was hosting an outdoor gathering, and stopped over to see if we needed any help. Again, we told them our situation and they directed us to the right freeway exits to get back onto the road. PRAISE GOD!, HIS mercy endured for us a second time in the same day. We arrived in my hometown around midnight. No one was there to greet us, and it began to rain. After making several attempts to contact the individuals that we had the housing arrangements with, we settled at my relatives residence for the night. It continued to rain and we had nowhere to store our furniture along with the other items loaded on the trailer-beds. The following morning, we were greeted by another peculiar man, who stood about 6'2. He had been communicating with my husband from our first visit in my hometown, and offered to help us get our furniture out of the rain, and placed into storage. I decided to go to church, for morning service, and also to find out about our arrangement for our living situation. During the morning service, the individuals whom we had the arrangement with, was out of the country and a church member conducted the morning service. The message was very harsh and directed towards me and my family. I whispered to my daughter, "The devil is angry at us today, we have a BIG blessing on the way." Several comments were spoken in the pulpit. As I sat there, I realized that this was all a design to cause chaos and confusion with my husband. We were left hanging, and what were we going to do? Those words, kept ringing in my mind "What were we going to do?"
PSALM 42:10
As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
We never returned to the church to fellowship after that morning service. However, after a few weeks had passed we were contacted by the individuals of the church to have a meeting to discuss the entire situation. We expressed our concerns and we all agreed that our conversation would not leave the room. Unfortunately, we found out later, that a chain letter had been sent to all the local churches, and in the chain letter it mentioned that my husband and me were not to be trusted, and that my husband was a con artists. In addition, the people who wrote the letter said that we took tithes and offering monies from the church, and that the first ladies of their churches should not speak to me because I was not one of them.
PSALM 64:7-8
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
My husband and me were so disappointed to hear this news about the chain letter being circulated around other local churches. Why would they go to that extreme to sow discord among the people in the community? We never saw them again or made mention to anyone regarding the vicious gossip and chain letter circulated around town. We just simply kept silent and let God handle it. For an entire year we were silent as the talk continued in my hometown.
PSALM 39:1-2
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
We spent all of our finances living in a hotel with our children. Running low on cash flow, my husband said "God will supply our needs, don't worry keep the faith." We began to pray. We asked the Lord to make a way out of no way, and he did! The Lord touched the heart of yet, another peculiar man, who stood about 5'11 to 6'0 tall. He was a realtor and had a place for us to move into right away.
EXODUS 19:5 - Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine.
You know God has a since of humor. He moved us into the same neighborhood where the church member who spoke during Sunday, morning service resided, who asked the question in the pulpit, "What are you going to do now?"
PRAISE GOD! HIS mercy and his grace endures forever. It was to let them know that we were alright.
You're probably wondering why I keep quoting the height of the men we encountered in each case. Why?, because we serve a TALL GOD! an AWESOME GOD! and he handles TALL CASES.
PRAISE REPORT!
GOD not only blessed us with a new home, he blessed us with our own faith based community center. We support both the youth and senior citizens. We were blessed with computers, chairs, desks, carpet, and accessories for our youth development and mentoring center. GOD sent strangers to give donations and help build the exterior and interior needs at our facility. HE IS AN AWESOME GOD! Remember, God will always have a ram in the bush for you, when you submit to HIM.
GENESIS 22:13-14 - And Abraham looked up and saw a ram, caught in a thicket by its horns. Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place "The Lord will provide," as it is to this day, "On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided."
UPDATE ON THE YG/W YOUTH CENTER:
In 2005, due to the heavy volume of harassment and ill-treatment YG/W staff members and families in the community received from some local church leaders, we made the decision for safety reasons to close our doors to protect at-risk youth who attended the YG/W Learning Center after school.
Young Gentlemen and Women (YG/W) will continue to reach out to troubled at-risk youth nationwide and will help one student at a time until all have become productive citizens in life.
UPDATE ON THE CHURCH WHO DID NOT RECEIVE OUR FAMILY:
God, closed their doors.
