For the last year (to date) my mind has been swimming in an ocean of wonder. Wondering what has happened. I am not going to go into detail about what happened on this date last year to make this my D-Day, but I can say with certainty that God has taken care of my family and my self even during the midst of confusion and wonder. God has made His presence known to me even when struggles with anger and frustration creep into my mind.
Many have asked why things happen the way they do. Why would my circumstance happen? If God truly loves and wants to take care of us why would He allow this to take place? In my opinion the only answer is He DOES love me. He loves me enough to allow me to go through hard times so that He can show me just how much He wants to take care of me. If we only had joyful and happy times we could never see God’s awesome presence through the bad times. It is during those bad times that we appreciate Him even more.
I can’t tell you what a joy it has been over the past eight months to be where we are. And looking back what a joy it is to not be where we were. We made some amazing friends (Ryan, Mindi, Jamie, Julie, Debbie, Rick, the Anderson’s, the Chavez’s, and countless others) and we will always be friends with them (love you guys. Sorry to leave people out but I don’t have time to type everyone’s names). But God has shown me so much through the time we were “no where.” I actually substituted in a kindergarten class (5 times). I EVEN subbed in Pre-K. Now that was nuts. Even though I subbed in those classes and many others in those 4 months it was a time where God was preparing me for Big–T, Terlton that is. He prepared my heart for pastoring the best church in the world, and I don’t say that flippantly.
Why do bad things happen to people who do nothing wrong? So that God can show you just how awesome He is. He never promised an easy road, but He did promise that He would be there with you and take you to places only He has for you. What a great God He is!!!
In the blood of Christ,
Scott Watkins
Acts 4:13
About Me
- scott watkins
- I am the Pastor at Terlton's First Baptist Church in Terlton, OK. I have a beautiful wife named Shelly and three beautiful daughters named Taylor, Sydney, and Emiley.
2 comments:
I think that the hard times help remind us that we are not in control nor are we supposed to be. God wants us to rely on him but we are to busy getting in the way or maybe that just me....but as the song says..... just hold on and our Lord will show up and take you through the fire again. Being a native of Terlton I'm the first to say it is no vacation spot but the people are mostly down to earth and your congregation is so glad to have you and your family. Thanks for the things you do that go unnoticed.
Jamie
We all go through "Storms" in our lives. Sometimes, God takes us completely out of the storm and sometimes He simply holds our hands and walks through the storm with us. Either way, He makes us stronger because of it! In our weakness, HE is strong!! We love you and miss you!..........
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