Well I only have a few minutes, but I have been itching to tell everyone about the book I just finished reading last week. (I know it is a shock that I actually finished a whole big person book!) LOL Irregular People by Joyce Landorf Heatherly. WOW!!! What a gift from the Lord this book has been.
My Aunt Dolores gave it to me about 2 years ago and I started to read it then and I know know that my heart and mind were not open to it yet. I read 3 chapters and thought I was going to suffocate. I was so overwhelmed and almost burdened by the subject matter. Did I have that many irregular people in my life?? How messed up is that??? I was just overcome with panic and frustration. I just "knew" that the Lord couldn't handle all my sadness and brokenness. I have missed out on so many core relationships every woman needs to become who she is. (so I thought) I was just so broken and mentally not capable of dealing with what the Lord had sat in-front of me. So long story short I sat the book down and didn't touch it for 2 years.
Two weeks ago I was just getting home from a play-date with a good friend of mine and had a few missed calls on my telephone. I finally got all three boys up and into their beds for a nap and I looked at the phone. Allen had called, my sister Jeanna, and then there it was. . . my Aunt Dolores had called. ~If anyone knows me they know I have a terrible phone phobia. Silly to some, but seriously heart stopping for me. I am the worst phone friend possible. It takes a touch from God for me to pick up the phone and call anyone besides my husband or sister. Not sure why this happens, but it has for as long as I can remember.
Anyways, my body got all shaky and I knew I had to return her call. I felt the "Holy Spirit tingle" and knew if I didn't do it right then it wouldn't happen. So I called and well I was thrilled when there was no answer. My heart started beating normally and I could breathe again. But not for long. Soon the phone rang. I answered it without looking at the caller id and just prayed it was Allen calling to see if we had made it home safely. Obviously, it was my Aunt and just hearing her voice just calmed my soul. (She is the most amazing Christian woman I have ever met. Such a sweet voice and even sweeter soul. I still wonder how she got into our family. She is such a one of a kind and sometimes I find it hard to believe she and my Uncle are part of the Jones family. They are too normal and full of love!) We started talking and continued to talk for almost an hour. It was so reassuring and pure. I haven't had a conversation like that in all my years. I look back and see that the Lord was providing and answering so many of my prayers. HE was delivering the comfort and knowledge I had been praying for through my Aunt Dolores.
We talked about our family, (the Jones side-she is my dad's brother's wife) and the history and genealogy. She enlightened me on so many things that happened in my childhood that I could only remember flashes of. She provided such a loving third party sort of information. There were no judgements or hurtful words, just the truth as much as she knew. It was just simply EYE-OPENING!! As soon as I got off the phone I was just in a state of deliverance that only our Lord provides. Know that feeling?? I just wanted to shout from the rooftops!! God told me to go and unpack that book and finally finish it. He had made me ready! I did it in 3 nights and for me that is a miracle!! I cried more than I have ever cried. I was just so touched and healed of so much anger. I still have so much to go, but now I see a light. Cheesy as it sounds, I see the light!!!!
Well I know I didn't go into the subject matter of the book that much but I want everyone to read it for themselves. I am a huge Joyce Landorf fan now. She is good friends with Dr. James Dobson and well if you have boys you know how amazing he is!! I have a copy that I am would to loan to anyone and everyone. I just am so excited that I know have the mental ability to get it all. God's timing is such a cool thing.
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