Ginger's Story
Good morning, gang! It's a beautiful spring morning up here on Lark Circle. The birds are chirping, the sun is shining, the apricot tree didn't get wiped out by the frosts, and I have joy from the Lord this morning. It's going to be a good day. I can just tell.
I have to do a quick set-up for today's post. I usually listen to BBN radio. On Saturdays, though, they have programming for children so I usually flip over to K-LOVE radio if I'm out and about. I usually listen to that station if I'm out in the yard, too, which is how the radio wound up where it did.
On my way to work yesterday, I heard Ginger's story. I know Ginger's story because I live it and I have a great deal of compassion for her. I don't know her but I know her life. Honestly, I do.
Ginger had called in to make a pledge to fund the ministry of K-LOVE during a pledge drive last week. The presenter (the British term for DJ) told how Ginger was at work one day and out of the blue decided to listen to K-LOVE at work to lift up her spirits. (It's not a normal thing for her to do, I take it.) Anyway, she's a single mom of three. Her husband left her when she was expecting #3 and she's going it alone. She doesn't have any idea where her husband is right now.
Her story continued, "I've tried to get a divorce for almost three years now," the woman said. But it seems that there is stumbling block after stumbling block to keep that from happening The woman said that as she listened to the songs, they uplifted her, gave her strength to face the battle, and brought her closer to God, so much so, that Ginger, the stranger with the not so strange story, called another friend of hers who also needed help with reconciling a marriage and told her about how she was uplifted. The end of Ginger's story was that now she felt she had the strength in Christ to hope not for a divorce, but for reconciliation.
As I said, I know the story. But it's what he presenter said afterward that's still sticking with me this morning. She said, "Wouldn't that be an incredible testimony?"
Yes, yes it would!
I have to do a quick set-up for today's post. I usually listen to BBN radio. On Saturdays, though, they have programming for children so I usually flip over to K-LOVE radio if I'm out and about. I usually listen to that station if I'm out in the yard, too, which is how the radio wound up where it did.
On my way to work yesterday, I heard Ginger's story. I know Ginger's story because I live it and I have a great deal of compassion for her. I don't know her but I know her life. Honestly, I do.
Ginger had called in to make a pledge to fund the ministry of K-LOVE during a pledge drive last week. The presenter (the British term for DJ) told how Ginger was at work one day and out of the blue decided to listen to K-LOVE at work to lift up her spirits. (It's not a normal thing for her to do, I take it.) Anyway, she's a single mom of three. Her husband left her when she was expecting #3 and she's going it alone. She doesn't have any idea where her husband is right now.
Her story continued, "I've tried to get a divorce for almost three years now," the woman said. But it seems that there is stumbling block after stumbling block to keep that from happening The woman said that as she listened to the songs, they uplifted her, gave her strength to face the battle, and brought her closer to God, so much so, that Ginger, the stranger with the not so strange story, called another friend of hers who also needed help with reconciling a marriage and told her about how she was uplifted. The end of Ginger's story was that now she felt she had the strength in Christ to hope not for a divorce, but for reconciliation.
As I said, I know the story. But it's what he presenter said afterward that's still sticking with me this morning. She said, "Wouldn't that be an incredible testimony?"
Yes, yes it would!
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