god's vision for the church

two nights ago i was listening to a woman. i dont remember her name. she gave her testimony of how her and her husband had been serving the lord for many years, they had one son maybe 19 years of age, he was also serving the lord, he had made honors all thru high school, never gave them trouble thru those trying teenage years and was accepted into the naval academy, sounded like it was hard to get in there. well one day he called her and said he met the girl to be his wife. she was dissapointed as she had not met her first but happy for her son. little did she know she was a woman with two young girls who had been married before to a man who was very abusive to her and their children. well they were married and she grew to love this girl and god gave them all a special heart for these two little girls. well she started to see her son go into depression and get overwhelmed with the situation as the ex husband was giving visitaion rights to these children and each time they would go he would abuse them, she grew to be worried. one night she said she got the call, ''your son has just been charged with the murder of his new wifes ex husband. it was like a whirlwind to her, she sat thru the many months of his trial, never losing the love she had for her son, ''how could she? she sat as the jury sentenced her son to life in prison, she couldnt fathom how a life of serving the lord would bring her to this, but god said , its not about you, its about furthering my kingdom. well to make a long story short, she visits him on a regular basis. they pray together and god has used them to bring encouragement to those families that are represented there, god used this to bring jesus into that hurting world. god tells us commmands us to visit those in prison and sometimes even i have thought they got them selves in there, but to god sin is sin, and god sent jesus for them just as well as us. it crushed me to hear that story i knew then truly then that our lives are not our own they were bought with the precious shed blood of our savior jesus and god could use each one of us in any way he chooses. his word says;;i will perform all his pleasure'' its not just about here........can god deliver her son, oh yes he can, when he acts who can reverse it, will he, i sure hope so, that woman had such a sense of grace and sweet impartation of the holy spirit it made me weep. now i will ask god ''what is it that yOU want. it scares me a little.