TURNING BOMBSHELLS INTO BLESSINGS, PART 2

I hoped earnestly for Yahweh; and He inclined to me and heard my cry for help. He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and He set my feet upon a high rock, He established my steps. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; many will see and fear and will trust in Yahweh.

Psalm 40:1-3

​Before that dark day in October (see part 1), a saint in my current church had called me concerning meeting me to get some counselling. Little did I know that this would be my bridge to my next place of service! I met her at her place of business, and the following week our family was in her church, reeling from the blow of what had happened. That church had an interim pastor at the time, and the lady that had contacted me said, “I wish that we could afford to hire you as a full-time pastor!”

​I had begun to explore other possibilities, all of which the Lord answered “no” to, and decided that until a church came open, I would make this church our place of worship. The congregation was warm and kind to us at a time when we needed a source of spiritual strength and healing. The Lord moved mightily, and in two months I candidated for the position of pastor and received a unanimous call. I now have served here twenty-five years come December. In that time, the Lord has blessed in countless ways and has also done many things to fulfill His promise in Galatians 6:7-8 concerning those who caused the problem. Some of them even came to me and asked forgiveness. Looking back, I can see my Lord’s hand in the plan for my life, and I envy those in the Bible who were gifted with prophecy and could see God’s will as clearly in the future as I do in the past. I’ll never have that ability, but I’m much stronger in my ability to trust Him for the blessings after going through such a bombshell as this. Glory to God!

Davy L. Troxel