When I think about my mom, my mind can’t help but think of God’s grace to give me a mom that I don’t and have never deserved. She’s the one who may struggle to stay awake during nightly tv shows or movies, but the one who is awake in the early hours of the morning praying for all in her sphere of influence while everyone else is asleep. When I was growing up, I could always count on finding her in the kitchen reading her Bible and writing in her left handed spiral notebooks. These pages of prayers would then be marked over with “PTL” (Praise the Lord) when she looked back and saw that God had answered those prayers. She had drawers full of prayer journals and writings of what God laid on her heart and taught her during time spent with Him.
I am thrilled to see how God uses this blog as an outlet of the overflow of hope from her heart that comes by the power of the Holy Spirit as she trusts in Him. Romans 15:13 says that God fills us with joy and peace when we trust Him. There’s nothing more that our broken hearts and world need now more than hope, joy and peace that only comes from above. So, Mom, “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13. I am so proud of you and love you dearly!
-Mary Beth Turner
