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Topic: HOPE (joyful, confident expectation in salvation) (03/05/15)
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TITLE: Macy's Journey in Hope | Previous Challenge Entry
By Brenda Rice
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Dear Diary,
Mom’s funeral was today. Just a graveside service in a pretty memorial garden outside the city. I can’t believe she’s gone. . .I miss her so much. Jesus, I long to be with my mom again.
Macy
June 5th, 2005
Dear Diary,
My Aunt Carly is taking me to live with her in Texas. She’s Mom’s sister, but they are nothing alike. I don’t think she goes to church. Lord, I hope I can live like Mom taught me.
Macy
I was 13 when I wrote those entries in my dairy. That was over ten years ago. My mom had died in an auto accident and I had never known my dad. I suppose that made me an orphan, but I didn’t think like that back then. Mom’s sister Carly eventually adopted me. She moved me to Texas two weeks after Mom died.
“Don’t call me Momma! I ain’t nobody’s Momma. We’ll be buddies, Macy. And none of that auntie stuff, Call me Carly, plain Carly.” My aunt declared on our cross country drive.
I had lots of adjusting to do. I was very sad. Carly did everything she could to help me. She didn’t go to church, though. I missed that. Mom and I had lots of friends at our church. I was lonely for my friends, but Carly found fun things for us to do. I kept hoping she’d let me go to church.
June 20th, 2005
Dear Diary,
I’m still sleeping with Mom’s night gown under my pillow. I’m afraid when her scent fades away, I’ll forget her. Some days, I try to remember her voice, but I can’t. I fear she’ll be gone from my memories soon. Lord, help me remember her—always.
Macy
Carly was a nurse at a large medical practice, When I first moved to Texas, I was on summer break. Carly wouldn’t leave me home alone, so off to work I went. I liked being at the office with her. Everyone was real friendly.
One nurse was a Christian and she talked to me about her church. She said she’d ask Carly to let me go with her. That made me excited. I remembered parts of verse I had learned in Sunday school that said something like, “faith is the substance of things hoped for.” Well, I hoped and prayed Carly would let me go to church.
July 10th, 2005
Dear Diary,
I went to church with Ms. Linda today. It reminded me of my church back home. There were lots of girls my age and they were nice. Some of them will attend the same school I will, and that made me feel better about school starting.
Thank you Jesus for answered prayer. My faith is stronger and I have new hope about my new live in Texas.
Macy
I didn’t miss a Sunday after that. If Ms. Linda couldn’t take me she had someone else pick me up. I had friends again. I felt like I belonged. It was a wonderful feeling.
Every Sunday Carly asked me how things went. I made it sound like the most exciting church in Texas and I prayed she’d go with me. One Sunday morning, Carly came from her room in a pretty blue dress. She had on heels and make-up. My mouth stretched into a wide smile. “Are you going to church with me?”
“Yes Macy I am. Do I look okay?”
“You look real pretty.” I almost cried, but then I whispered, “Thank you Lord Jesus.”
September 1, 2005
Dear Diary,
My new school is great! Everyone likes me. Carly is so good to me and she helps me remember Mom. Some of her stories from their childhood are wild. I can’t picture Mom doing those things.
I can honestly say my life is good even without Mom. I think she’d be proud of me. She’d be thankful that Carly accepted Jesus as her savior.
I’ve learned so many things, but mostly, I’ve learned that faith and hope are good things to have when your life takes an unexpected turn. Thank you Jesus.
Macy
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Excellent job,
God bless~