My faith has been greatly increased!!!!

So last night I was talking to a 62 year old lady who loves the Lord sooooooo much! This lady was our neighbor in our last neighborhood. The interesting thing about this lady is that she is a shut in. She has NEVER been married and has never had any children. She is all alone, stuck inside of her 3rd floor apartment and can't even leave. She has very bad physical health issues and only is able to leave 1nce or twice a month. She has never traveled outside of Lynchburg, in fact she has never seen the whole city of Lynchburg!!!!!!! That's crazy as small as this city is!!!!!! But this woman is a great woman of faith, who just prays for people and the neighborhood all the time. 

Me spending 40 minutes with her on the phone last night has greatly increased my faith, as she was telling me testimonies of her life and the power of prayer. The conviction and power of her words alone were filled with the spirit of God that I just wanted to cry! Even as I told her how great of a woman of God and faith she was she humbly told me how she only has faith the size of a mustard seed. And how she has been sick and in constant pain, non stop for the past 28 years and has in the last few years struggled with why God would allow that when He has given her a heart to want to serve so much. (She said she would love to join a church and even clean bathrooms and scrub floors in the church!) and other people who don't even care or think about Him are healthly but living in debauchery. I was thinking that alone is a testament of faith in that she would still trust and serve God faithfully for 28 years despite all the hurt and pain!!! INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!! She kept saying this is the only way satan cn attack her, being that she has nothing and no one else that he can use to get to her. 

Anyway she told me how she rests in that God has comforted in her in that even in the midst of her disability God has used her greatly to minister to others, just like me last night! Now, I doubt she has led anyone to Christ, but I am not as naive to believe that she will not be richly rewarded once she gets to heaven. I got off the phone with her last night encouraged, renewed, stregthened and infused with a new deeper faith!!!!!!!!!

I was skceptical, unbelieving, fed up with "christians" and our overly spiritual, self righteous selves and God used this little old lady who many have forgotten to pour into me greatly and to stand me back on my feet! OH WHAT A MIGHTY GOD WE SERVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so thankful to God for His faithfulness!!!!

This is just a testimony or shall I say praise report people!!!!! Praise Him for He is good and He is worthy of it!!!!!

1 Thessalonians 5:

23 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your wholespirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.

God is dope,

Israel

Pray for her as you remember her, her name is Ms. Phyllis Thomas