The Gift
- She's God'tagious
- Jul 20, 2022
- 4 min read
In 2016, I recently had quit my job due to some uncontrollable circumstances. Have you ever found yourself in a similar situation? My husband and I felt that it was in our best interest for me to leave.
Why God? I couldn't believe this was happening to me. I love that job. I had no idea what I was going to do? But God did!
I was praying a few days later, and He said it was time “write the book.” Immediately my reaction was, there's no way? I'm not smart enough, and you want me to write a book?
That's the craziest idea. There is no way God would say this? And my husband? What would he say?
But could it be God? I continued praying about what my next plan was.
I couldn't get the thought of writing out of my mind. I was on my way to church that morning, and during the sermon, God spoke again, “write the book.” I knew then it was confirmation.
For years, I would give my testimony and encourage others. Then they would say,” girl, you need to write a book if all that is true!” It's true! God has brought me through so much.
Before I was eighteen years old, I married, went through a fire, a flood, and the loss of my son.
My husband and I have been married now for thirty-six years. During these years, God has rescued and redeemed me. I love sharing our stories to encourage others to know that God is not only our redeemer but He heals and will give back everything the enemy has stolen. God shows no favoritism. He helps me, and He will help you, too, if you ask and believe.
“For God shows no partiality [no arbitrary favoritism; with Him one person is not more important than another].”
Romans 2:11 AMP
I believe that it was accepting Jesus as my Lord and Savior as a child that saved my life.
“For God, so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:16 AMP
In 2000, my life spiraled out of control. Yes, even though I was saved. I was never discipled. I was on the brink of suicide. The enemy had told me so many lies. I believe I wasn't good enough. I thought I had messed up too much. I felt like nobody loved me, not even God.
I cried out to God, but things didn't change. I didn't understand why. I called my mother daily, crying to her, “God will not change things! Why?” She would continue to remind me not to give up! “God loves you, but let's find a church home for you.” Then she would ask me the same old question, “have you read your Bible today?” And my answer was, No! I wanted God to change me, but I wasn't willing to make any changes.
God was waiting on me to get up and walk, just like the man at Bethesda.
“There was a certain man there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus noticed him lying there [helpless], knowing that he had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to get well?” The invalid answered, “Sir, I have no one to put me in the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am coming [to get into it myself], someone else steps down ahead of me.” Jesus said to him, “Get up; pick up your pallet and walk.” immediately, the man was healed!
John 5:5-9 AMP
God wasn't finished with me yet! But He was waiting on me to get up and make a change! As soon as I started making changes, like reading my Bible and going to church every Sunday. (not just once a year). God moved!
He placed the right people in my life. They showed me God's love and encouraged me. One of my dearest friends spoke life into my dry bones.
“Again, He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.’ Thus says the Lord God to these bones, ‘Behold, I will make breath enter you so that you may come to life. I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin, and I will put breath in you so that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the Lord.’ “ Ezekiel 37:4-6 AMP
God started ReDefining me. I rededicated my life to God, soaking up everything in the Bible daily. I found a church home. Then I started teaching Sunday school. I even led a Bible study for years. God had redeemed me!
So now fast forward several years. I found myself at the feet of Jesus, crying out, “where do I start?” “What do you want me to write?” He said, start at the beginning, “The Gift” I gave you!
I jumped in, and I began to write. I wasn't sure what to do, but God guided me. I knew if He asked me to do it, He would give me the strength to write it and finish it.
In November 2017, I self-published my first book, “The Gift.”
In “The Gift,” Jetti, like me, found herself pregnant at fifteen. Not sure what to do? She was facing the most significant decision in her life. Will she keep it, give it away, or give it back? Only God knows!
In Him, I wait,
L. Kay
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