Miracle Mondays

This is my sister, Candy (I got to pick out her name, which she loves by the way...not), who is one of my very best friends. Candy is now a sister in the Lord, as well. Praise the Lord! When you look at her now all you see is the soft glow of a mother who loves her children to pieces...loves her life...loves the Lord. Can't you see it...she is beautiful!!

She is my Miracle Monday post. Before the boys were born, Candy would not step foot in a church. She did not want anything to do with the things of the Lord. She believed it all to be
a bunch of phony hype. Her husband, Brian (who is my husbands brother---no, it's not a Kentucky thing -- sorry, Kentuckyite's...tee hee), would go to church with my husband and I
every Sunday. We all would pray for Candy's salvation.

The tugging of the Lord on Candy's heart was slow for us to see. At first, she never even asked Brian questions when he came home from church. Then she did. Just questions like "What did you learn today?" or "Was there a lot of people?" Then she and Brian decided to have their first child. It was immediately after bringing Brendan home that she decided to start coming to church. The gift of a child has amazing effects on a mother!!!

Church life proved to be profitable for Candy. She loved it. She recognized the people were not phony and she loved it. She still loves it. She loves that her children love to sing worship songs. I can not tell you how many times my heart swells when I hear her singing worship songs with her children.

My sister and I can talk about the things of the Lord together now. We can share Jesus and our love for him. She is rather quiet but she will share prayer requests with me. The biggest transformation is just watching her talk to her children about the Lord or when she has a decision to make that is a moral one that would have never even been a question before...now she handles it according to the Word.

She is a tough cookie by most standards (you don't want her mad at you) but these days I'd say that cookie is turning out to be a sugar cookie....with sprinkles!