Stormie: A Story of Forgiveness and Healing by Stormie Omartian

Author:Stormie Omartian [Omartian, Stormie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers - A
Published: 1997-09-01T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

THE DELIVERER

I ripped open the large white envelope from a motion picture company that I had worked for well over five years earlier.

“Another residual check!” I exclaimed gleefully to no one. It was only 276 dollars, but it would cover the rent, buy the groceries, and pay off the two bills sitting on my desk.

“God, you are so good to me!” I prayed thankfully. “Every time I need to pay a bill, You send money from the most unexpected places.”

I had lost track of how many times the Lord had done this over the last few months of no steady work. He had sustained me in many other ways too. Because of the extra time I had, I was able to spend many hours at the church, especially in the counseling offices. With no regular work, I was having to learn what it meant to put my identity in Jesus rather than my last job. It was a slow and painful process.

I was also learning about “fellowship.” What a strange, “churchy” word that was to me when I first heard it! It reminded me of tea and cookies after a women’s meeting, or a potluck dinner in the basement of a church. I soon discovered that it was much more than coffee hour, however. It involved getting to know other believers and entering into a caring and sharing type of relationship with them. I entered these new relationships with caution. The difference between my believing friends and non-believing friends was like two different worlds. But I found a strong bond between people who love the Lord that made other relationships seem shallow by comparison. That common bond was compelling and irresistible.

“Growth is a relational experience,” Pastor Jack would say. “You do not grow except within relationship to a body of believers.”

I understood this to mean that there needed to be ongoing circulation with other believers in order for me to experience real growth. I learned that fellowship expands the heart, bridges gaps, and breaks down walls in us, leading us to realize who God made us to be. I wasn’t sure exactly how it worked, but I knew that it did work.

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