Rooted & Established In Love by Tonia Woolever

Author:Tonia Woolever [Woolever, Tonia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian Life, Spiritual Growth
Publisher: ScribeLife Publications
Published: 2011-10-25T17:00:00+00:00

Galatians Chapter 3

What I didn't know then was that the kingdom of darkness goes on high alert when someone experiences God’s love, because they know better than many humans that love is the means through which God builds his kingdom. As soon as the enemy of my soul noticed I was experiencing God’s love, he did everything he could to thwart it. You see, just three or four hours after I experienced the ocean wave of God’s love that so overwhelmingly convinced me of his presence, I was filled with doubt all over again. Had I really felt God's love? Was he really real? Home alone again that afternoon, lying on my bed, I thought perhaps I had imagined it all.

I picked up the paperback Bible the preacher had given me. I had never read a single page in the Bible, and had no idea where to begin. So I addressed God with another test that went something like this:

“God, if you’re really there, then speak to me through whatever page I open and read in this Bible. Say something personal to me!” I wanted something to take me right back to that awesome love I had felt. I popped the book open and my eyes fell upon Galatians Chapter 3. I read hungrily, hoping for some personal message that would touch my heart again. But I didn’t find it, and the words meant nothing to me. I was so disappointed. I tossed the Bible aside and cried myself to sleep.

I awoke later to the phone ringing; my friend Margaret invited me to her Sunday night Bible study. Honestly, that was the last place I wanted to go; I knew I would be embarrassed in front of all those Christians who were familiar with their Bibles. Besides, I wasn’t ready to plunge into this religious stuff. I feared that if I went back to that building with her again I would be sucked into the whole religious scene, trapped into obligatory meetings, prayer circles, Bible studies. All of the emptiness I felt towards God had returned, so all of me wanted to say no.

But I said yes, and I knew it was because I was so very lonely and desperate. Weekdays were safe because I could hide in my job as a legal secretary, which I enjoyed very much. Saturdays and Sundays, however, were the loneliest time in the world. I dreaded being alone worse than I feared being hooked by those Christians.

The class was informal: everyone had coffee or sodas and sat around the table in jeans and t-shirts. This surprised and relaxed me a bit, though I still wanted to be the invisible woman. The pastor walked in, greeted everyone and opened the class by saying, “Okay everybody, I hope you read your assignment for this week, Galatians Chapter 3.” My heart exploded in joy! Forgetting myself, I jumped up, and gushed, “God got me ready for this! He IS real! This chapter is the only one in

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