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Living in the Shadow of His Face

9/29/2014

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From the archives... 01/11/13

Singer, speaker,  recording artist and comedienne, Kelita has been so kind to me through the years I have known her.  She has also given my name and recommended me to different people when she has been asked, but unable to minister due to another commitment.

I got a call one day from a lady who is very involved with promoting gospel artists.  She was having a ladies' day on a Saturday in October and booked me on Kelita’s recommendation.  She was looking for about 45 minutes of comedy.  I told her I would do my best. 

When I got off the phone, I remembered thinking, “Why in the world did I say I would do it?”  I have sat in the audience watching Kelita don her comedienne hat and be in stitches listening to her as she did her different characters.  I was no match for that!

How easy it is to compare yourself to someone else!  That’s what I did – for about six months before the gig!  Also there was a woman there who was a very charismatic, “have the audience in her lap” type of singer.  Boy oh boy did the insecurities well up in me! 

I shared my heart with my sister-in-law Mim, wondering where I was going to get this comedy routine?  Mim simply said “Share your testimony.  It’s funny!” 

I did a lot of crying out to God those six months. 

It was about a three hour drive from home.  We got to the venue about seven o’clock on the Friday night.  It was at a campground and the sun was just setting over the lake.  We were told to be there for seven so we didn’t doddle over the sunset, although I would have loved to just go and drink in the lovely sight.

We sat for about two hours waiting to do the sound check.  It was a lovely venue and they had booths around the perimeter of the large room where the ladies could shop in between sessions the next day. 

I did my sound check and then we were guided to a lovely home that backed onto the lake.  We visited with the young couple who were hosting and all the while, I was silently praying “Oh Lord, please help me!” 

I didn’t sleep well that night.  I woke often and was very restless.  At 6 AM I felt Mim brush my hand and told me it was time to get up.  At the same moment, words of a song came into my head.  “I cannot live without Your love oh Lord.  I cannot breathe without Your breath.  I cannot sing without Your song oh Lord, ringing deeply in my breast.”  Shadow of Your Face by Bob Fitts © 1996 Hosanna’s Integrity Music. My heart filled with praise and adoration to my Heavenly Father!  The worry and stress melted away!  He was reminding me that as long as I relied on Him, I would be okay! 

That is what I did.  After six months of stewing and worrying, I finally trusted Him who had called me to do this!  Duh!  I am so glad that He loves and cares for me despite my silly humanness! 

I shared my story and people laughed!  It was wonderful and I felt the presence and anointing of the Lord so strongly that day!  The lady who booked me came up after and said that what I had shared had touched her deeply!  That is our God!  He is so worthy of praise! 

Psalm 11:1.  In the Lord, put I, my trust!

Carol

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