Wednesday is my aboslute favorite day. Wednesday morning we have our "power of a praying wife" group. There are so many things I love about this group, but perhaps the thing I love the best is our diversity. Of the 12 ladies in attendance today, we had a politician's wife, a drug addict's wife, 2 pastors' wives, a businessman's wife, the local drunk's wife, the wife a brick layer and a soccer player. We prayed today for our husband's reputation and his priorities. All of us are at different stages in our walk with Christ. Some of us have know Christ since childhood, other are babies in the faith, and three ladies still have not made a profession of faith. But all of us have come to the understanding that only the Holy Spirit can make our husbands into the men He wants them to be.
I am so inspired by so many of these ladies, but especially by Mila. She accepted Christ as her Savior three years ago, but her husband is addicted to drugs. In the past three since she has attended our church, she has kept her husbands addiction a secret. In September Mila started attending our prayer group. Fot the first time Mila shared about her husband's problem.
Even though I'm the one that started the prayer group, I have to admit sometimes my faith just isn't big enough. I kept thinking, "what if she gets discouraged when she doesn't see answers" Once again I underestimated God and his lovingkindness. The following week, her husband attend church for the first time in his life. Two weeks later they began attending one of our church's small groups. Last week her husband finally consented to enter a Christian rehabilitation center. Right now they are looking at moving to a small town in Western Ukraine to undergo rehab!
God doesn't always answer so quickly, but when He does, we are so blessed! Thank you Father for your faithfulness and kindness. Thank you for giving us the amazing instrument of prayer!
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