SHOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST BY JOYCE MEYER

(Joyce Meyer) GOD HELPED CATHY MAKE SOME IMMEDIATE CHANGES IN HER ATTITUDE WHICH DID NOT GO UNNOTICED BY LARRY. SHE ALWAYS USED TO HAVE THE LAST WORD IN ANY ARGUMENT. AS HER ATTITUDE CHANGED, LARRY WONDERED WHY.

(Cathy) I REMEMBERED ONE PARTICULAR NIGHT, HE WAS REALLY TRYING TO START AN ARGUMENT ABOUT SOMETHING AND I HAD REALLY GOOD COMEBACKS, AND EVERY TIME I WENT TO SAY ONE, GOD WOULD SAY, “I WANT YOU TO BE QUIET. I WANT YOU TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.” AND I JUST SAT THERE QUIET AND HE WENT ON TO WORK. LATER THAT NIGHT ON HIS BREAK HE CALLED ME AND APOLOGIZED. MY HUSBAND WOULD NEVER APOLOGIZE. SO SLOWLY GOD STARTED USING ME TO SHOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST. THIS WAS THROUGH ACTIONS INSTEAD OF WORDS, INSTEAD OF NAGGING HIM. “I’M SORRY TOO.”

(Joyce Meyer Ministries) LARRY REMEMBERS THAT WHEN CATHY REDEDICATED HER LIFE AND BEGAN GOING BACK TO CHURCH SHE WOULD INVITE HIM EVERY SUNDAY, BUT KEPT A GOOD ATTITUDE EVEN WHEN HE TURNED HER DOWN.

(Larry Todd) WE’D GET UP FOR SUNDAY AND SHE WOULD GO TO CHURCH AND SHE WOULD SAY, “ARE YOU GOING TO CHURCH?” I’D SAY, “NO, I’M GOING TO PLAY GOLF,” AND SHE WOULD JUST BE FINE WITH THAT INSTEAD OF BEING ANGRY OR JUDGING ME FOR WHAT I WAS DOING AND NOT GOING TO CHURCH AND I JUST KIND OF SAW A DIFFERENCE. AND OVER TIME I WAS CURIOUS WHY SHE’S SO NICE, AND IT WAS LIKE SHE HAD SOMETHING THAT I WANTED.

(Cathy) RAINY SUNDAYS HE WOULD GO WITH ME SO I WOULD PRAY THAT IT WOULD RAIN. WELL THIS SUNDAY WAS BEAUTIFUL. THE SUN WAS SHINING. I SAID, “GOD, PLEASE I WANT LARRY IN CHURCH WITH ME. I KNOW YOU WANT HIM IN CHURCH WITH ME. PLEASE DO A MIRACLE.” SO HE LEFT IN ONE CAR AND WENT TO PLAY GOLF, AND I LEFT IN THE OTHER. JOYCE MEYER ONLINE. LOADED UP THE BABY, WE WENT TO CHURCH. WE WERE IN CHURCH ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND THE DOOR OPENED AND I LOOKED OVER AND IT WAS LARRY WALKING IN AND I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH! I WAS SO EXCITED. SO, SLOWLY GOD WAS USING ME TO DRAW MY HUSBAND, AND I DON’T EVEN THINK I REALIZED IT.