Faith = Praying = Believing

Hi All,

This is the second post in the you section. And Christine will share with us an awesome testimony of having faith in almighty God.

Hi, My name is Christine Smit and I live in Richards Bay. I lost my Husband in a Car accident almost 2 years ago, but although he is no longer with us, he left me with two amazing little princesses Melishia "5" and Kayleigh "2" they keep this Mommy on the go... They are my entire Life, and I just want to live to make them the Happiest little Humans on this Planet. (Rule NR1 for us is:  Be Happy and Have Fun - Life is just toooo short) 

FAITH = PRAYING = BELIEVING 

Having faith means to fully let go of your OWN will. 

To have faith means Trusting In God and the Amazing Plan he has for you. 

Jeremiah 29:11 

"For I know the plans I have for you DECLARES the Lord, Plans to Prosper you and not to Harm you, Plans to give you Hope and a Future..." 

This verse is such a Huge confirmation!!! 

I've learnt that if you are in a situation and have NO outcome, God will provide the answer, If not immediately, you will later realise that His Time was the PERFECT Time. 

This is my True Life experience - Let me tell you about my father and just something to prove how "IN"control God really is: 

# HUGE Faith shaking experience# 

My father had such a stressful job as a salesman for a Huge Corporate company in Pretoria, he was working 24/7 Stressing and Stressing and Stressing to make his Targets and to meet his deadlines... What a horrible way to live... He bought a flat in Sunnyside "Pretoria" back in the day when "Sunnyside was still Sunny" Over the years Sunnyside turned into a Hell hole of Drugs, Crime and vuvuzelas blowing every second! And he was stuck in the middle of it! But he carried on, Adjusted to his Life and slept with ear plugs and stayed positive. He Prayed for his Job, and he prayed for Sunnyside....... 

My dad had such a love for God and was never shy to spread the Gospel where ever he went. (He had an obsession with God) and he would spend all his extra time teaching people about God, he would go to the Homeless people in Sunnyside and take them food and go and sit with them on the street to read them the Bible. He even took extra Zulu classes to learn to speak Zulu just to be able to spread the word... Boy O Boy He was Fishing for JESUS!!! But he was only able to give so much due to him still working and stressing 24/7.... 

He woke up on his 65 Birthday and could not move, he was shaking so badly that he could not even lift himself out of bed, he could not dress himself, he lied in his flat for 3 days before someone realised that he was missing. He could not even TALK. They took him to hospital and confirmed that he had full on Parkinson's! The Doctors also said that he would never be able to do anything for himself ever again! 

We had to sell ALL his earthly possessions including his flat and moved him to a facility in Parys in the Freestate (This was the only place we could find that was able to take care of him). We moved him from his comfort Zone to a unknown Room in a Hospital in the Freestate.... 

My Father was so angry with God, I still remembered trying to convince him of how Amazing God and the Word is... I would sit next to him in hospital and read out of the Bible and he would turn his back to me.... Can one person with so much Passion, be soooo angry with God! I'm Sure its pretty Human and understandable seeing that he literally lost everything due to this sudden illness; he lost his car, his house, his job, his furniture, his medical aid, his love for Sports, everything he worked for 40 years he lost! (HOW COULD GOD DO THIS TO HIM) He was so angry with God... Isn't God suppose to keep you healthy and happy??? 

Eventually he went to Parys with a broken SAD hart and a body that could not function, he went from being a Fit, Active, Positive, Go-getter, Loving Happy Man, to someone Bitter and Angry! 

He was in Parys for 3 months when his Doctors realised he was wrongly diagnosed back in Pretoria, he was on blood pressure medication that caused him to look like a Parkinson's patient! In fact there was nothing wrong with him....:) 

He started preaching full time, and held huge conferences for the sick people, he started praying for people in the facility and they would be 100 percent healed, he went out to Black communities in and around Parys and preach for them. The people would queued up outside his room 24/7 so that he could pray for them. He eventually got a beautiful flat on the premises and he was soooo soooo HAPPY! No more work stress, no more crime, no more vuvuzelas right through, Just peace and quite freedom no stress, and to do what he loved most! Preaching!!! He was in such a HAPPY PLACE!! 

HOW.... WOW IS THIS STORY!!! THAT GOD WILL DE-RAIL YOU COMPLETELY, TO MOVED YOU! This story screams WOW!!!..... GOD ALWAYS HAVE A PLAN, EVEN IF IT DOESN'T FEEL OR LOOK LIKE IT!  HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING!!! 

Jeremiah 29:11 

"For I know the plans I have for you DECLARES the Lord, Plans to Prosper you and not to Harm you, Plans to give you Hope and a Future..." 

Thank you for reading my post,

Love Christine