TESTIMONY TWO~IT DOESNT COME WITHOUT A TEST (bear with ME this testimony is a bit lengthy but I couldnt just keep it shut up in MY bones. Hope it helps somebody). It was like in the days of old; when the enemy picked on JOB/According to Job 1:7, GOD spoke to satan from Heaven/Whence comest thou, GOD said/satan was busy being mad, From walking to and fro and walking up and down, YOU know /GOD said, Look over there at MY servant KATHLEEN, trying her best to live clean/SHES giving it HER all, doing HER best not to fall/Yeah, Yeah, satan said, thats nice to know, but how far for YOU will SHE really go/Lately YOUVE treated HER pretty good. SHES acting like, well like SHE should. But, why dont YOU give me a try, lets see how far I can take HER before SHE curses YOU to YOUR face, and maybe even die/ OK, give it YOUR best shot, but HER devotion to ME, THE LORD said, that will never stop. So in JANUARY 2001, satans attack on ME began/DECEMBER 2000, on the 28th, MY OLDEST SISTER had been diagnosed LYMPHATIC CANCER would be her course/They gave HER six months to live but within seven days her life SHE would give/At her services MY youngest sister stood to give HER respects as only SHE could/And as SHE sat down in HER seat, a heart attack SHE withstood/But on the very next day to church I went to give GOD praise/LORD, satan said, SHE did well, I think Ill leave HER alone for a spell. Then in MARCH bored and with nothing else to do, he decided again to give ME the blues/KATHLEEN, MY coworker signaled, its DARIUS, the caller said/HIS blood pressure is out of control 200/180, I was told/To the hospital HE was rushed; HIS kidneys had completely failed/DIALYSIS was inevitable/The enemy even tried to throw in CANCER/But as I had before, I went to GOD and hit the floor/Lord, satan said, SHE really is made of brick. I must try even harder to make HER want to quit. One month of work I had missed, and while still at the hospital with MY SON, MY STEP-DAD would get sick/Oh, and did I forget to say that MY YOUNGEST sister had another heart attack the very next day? From CHILDRENS to HARPER to VA HOSPITAL, MY FAMILY and I would go and pray/For five months it went on like this and in the tenth month satan again was up to his old tricks/ON OCTOBER fifth, MY stepdad would die and at the hospital WE would cry/And before I could get home good from his services, something would happen to make ME ask why. Its MY mother, MY NEPHEW said, HES screaming and grabbing HER head/So to HER home I did go and there SHE sat unaware of who I was or why I was there/To the hospital WE went again and into a coma SHE did spin/For weeks SHE stayed this way and each and everyday WE would pray/And finally SHE was revived, by GODS grace SHE had survived. For a month it went on like this, and then it came to that day/As I got to MY desk and sat, MY spirit would not let ME rest/And as I dialed MY YOUNGEST SISTERS number, MY hands began to shake/MY lips began to quiver, MY heart began to ache/SHES gone, MY MOTHER would say as SHE answered the line/But the words SHES GONE just would not grasp MY mind/I went to the kitchen, MY MOTHER began to say, I thought SHE may finally eat a little something today/But when I returned and called out HER name, SHE did not reply/And when I touched HER face there was one tiny tear in HER eye. The day that WE buried HER was truly nice I must say/Sixty-Five degrees, what a warm MICHIGAN DECEMBER DAY. Yes, satan did do his very best to make ME want to quit, but I believe the WORDS OF JOB, chapter 42:5 are fit, I have heard thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee. LORD, I THANK YOU FOR KEEPING MY MIND AND THAT I DIDNT GO CRAZY, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SOVEREIGN GRACE AND I SHALL FOREVER PRAISE THEE!!! Whenever I read the story of Job, I am in awe of how much he endured and GOD saw him through. I stand in awe of GOD because He brought MY family through a horrific year in 2001 with OUR minds still in tact though our hears and spirits were badly bruised. He has healed the wounds from that year; although the many tragedies WE endured will never be forgotten. I recall the office manager (who was an admitted atheist) at the call center where I was working at the time saying to ME, YOU must have done something awfully wrong to make YOUR GOD this mad at YOU; YOU have had a very bad year. And HE was right, I had, had an awful year, but it had nothing to do with anything ID done wrong. I found out just how much GOD loved ME because thirteen years later, I am still in MY right mind, and able to share and hopefully help someone else. This poem is written in memory of those I lost that year: MY oldest sister, RUBY LEE JOHNSON-THRASHER ( 1940-2001), MY step-dad, JOSEPH CULPEPPER (1906-2001), and MY youngest sister, ANDREA RENE JOHNSON (1962-2001). And to MY son DARIUS who everyday fights the battle to stay alive.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 02:25:02 +0000
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