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"In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried to my God for help;

He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears."

Psalm 18:6

This week I once again come to the time of the year when I celebrate a very important event in my life. My salvation and entrance into the family of God.

November 14, 1978 I was saved during a revival at my home church. A few months before that day I had cried out to God telling Him I had no reason to live and if there was something better to please show me.

Then a friend at work said I might find what I was looking for at church. I started attending a church that was a few steps away from my apartment through a path in the woods. It was September, and I needed to find a life and purpose.

During a revival that November, the light came on, my eyes were opened and the beginning of my life of faith began! God answered my prayer in a big way and provided me a Savior to live for, a faith to live by and a purpose to serve Him.

Now, here I am 48 years later and still thankful I cried out to God that summer evening. God provided me an entrance into the field of writing; first poems, then newsletters, then articles, then a book and now articles filled with my faith. 

As the address of this blog refers, "NOTEworthyforGod," He gave me the gift to encourage and the avenue of note writing to do it. One day I received a note from an acquaintance, and it changed my life. I knew in my heart that God called me to write to encourage others. My note writing ministry began. My husband called me "NOTEworthy." It stuck.

God gave me the opportunity to tell others about the ministry of note writing. I worked for the Baptist Convention for 16 years and had many opportunities to talk about note writing. I couldn't speak in small or big groups of people so God told me to write down what I wanted to say and read it. It worked! I was able to tell others by reading what I wrote.

God still provides me with words to encourage others. So many times when I can't think of anything to write, I ask Him for words and He faithfully fills my mind with a thought. It truly is amazing. It happens frequently.

I found a love that has sustained me through all 48 years. Some hard years. Some good years. Almighty God filled me with His love and provided me a purpose to keep me busy since that Tuesday night I was saved. 

Who am I? Just a girl who needed to be loved and given a purpose; who cried out to God to show her if there was something else to live for. He showed me. A girl who couldn't talk in groups of people for most of her adult life, so He gifted me to write. A girl who was lost. He gave me a Savior, Jesus.

Yes, I will be celebrating this week! I will celebrate my faith, my loving God, and my Savior, Jesus for all I have received since asking Him into my life. I will celebrate the Holy Spirit who answers my need when I ask. And that's all I did. Ask. 

Ask Him. He is faithful!

By His Grace . . .