Last night Juergen had a meeting at church to attend. After I got the kids to bed, I listened to a sermon on-line by Derek Prince. The topic was worship. He said his wife Ruth was in a worship service once. She had her hands raised towards God. Her hands suddenly felt really heavy. Derek said to her that is the presence of God, and she should just take it in. When I was in America, I had purchased the material to make a heavy therapy blanket for Jessica. It has these long tubes filled with sand and lead. My Mom sewed the tubes into a blanket that weighs about 16 pounds (7.5 kg). When you are wrapped in this blanket it feels like a warm firm hug. It might feel uncomfortable at first, but eventually you relax and feel very safe in this blanket. Earlier this past summer I had heard Reinhard Bonnke preach live from Africa. It was telecast live on God TV. After he preached he began to pray. I sat at my desk (I was watching this on my computer) and prayed too. I all of a sudden felt the urge to grab a blanket and pull it over my head. I did this and began to pray "God, I ask you to cover our family like a blanket with your protection and love". No more then 30 seconds after I pray this prayer I heard Bonnke (live from Africa) pray "and God cover us like a blanket with your love and protection". Wow! The presence of God is heavy like Jessica’s heavy blanket. God desires to wrap his strength around us and hold us in a firm hug.
My niece had a beautiful baby girl named Olivia Rose (Beautiful name). Everyone is very excited and thank God healthy! Congratulations to the whole family! Hugs to my sister Shelley who is now a proud grandma for the 2nd time. My sister Dianna has 6 grand kids (I think). My brother and I are too young for such an blessing. At least our kids are too young. I'm going to have to wait to be called grandma. Here is a cool picture I took off Shelley's blog. It shows Eric (the tired but proud grandpa) Lissa with her first daughter Charlotte, and then a sleeping Olivia Rose. 3 generations in one shot. How fast life goes by! How beautiful life can be!
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