The first thing that needs to be said is how much I appreciate everyone who reads this blog!
I have been invited for an interview on Blog Talk Radio with Lisa Copen from Rest Ministries. The program is called Hope Endures @ http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hopeendures. The program airs Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10am Pacific Time. I was scheduled today to talk about my book, but when I called in there was a problem getting through. I wrote this for the folks at Rest Ministries to read. I wanted to post it here and invite anyone who has time to listen to the program this Thursday (3/12). Once you’re on their site, you will have to register in order to listen or call in. Also if you call in to the show and are the third caller… you will win a copy of my ebook. This is what I sent to RM…
Hi my name is Lori Laws and boy do I have a story I want to share! Actually, Satan must be really threatened with the message of hope that it brings, because when I was ready to go on Blog Talk Radio with Lisa Copen today… all hell broke loose with technical difficulties… weird stuff, things that Lisa said never happened before! But that’s OK, because I know God has another surefire plan. We’ll execute plan “B” on Thursday (3/12) with another HOPE ENDURES Radio Show.
Everyone has a story. Mine is available in Ebook form, it’s titled “A Blessing in the Storm…MD messed up my life and made me whole.” I was diagnosed with a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy. What I initially viewed as a curse has been a blessing in disguise. No, I am not saying that MD is a blessing, but it is definitely a blessing how God used something so terrible to turn my life around! Here is a brief excerpt from the book…
“I believe with all my heart that my disease was not a curse, but the only way God could get my attention.”
Ever try getting someone’s attention when they’re preoccupied with something else? What do you do when you have a really important message to convey to someone? What if the message is a matter of life or death? I believe with all my heart that my disease was not a curse, but the only way God could get my attention. It slowed me down to give me the chance I needed to pay attention. Until adult-onset Muscular Dystrophy, I was not the least bit interested in God. Religion “happened” long ago, and I couldn’t see how it was relevant to me living in the here and now.
Initially, I felt as if God forgot about me. How can He claim to love me? Why couldn’t He stop this from happening to me? Why, God, why me? Ironically, it has been through the circumstances that I could not control, that have turned me to Him. We all have things in life that are like this, but in my life, I can now step back and see that it was a severe mercy.
“We know that ALL things work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28
God says all things work together, not select things. This is one of the first scriptures I memorized, and it’s a promise I always lean on whenever things don’t make sense. I know for sure that God, not me, knows what’s best.
God has a purpose in your pain and suffering, otherwise it wouldn’t have happened. Until a person can surrender totally to His purpose, God cannot mold the suffering into anything good. I wouldn’t trade anything for this treasure of suffering I have found. It’s priceless.
So call into HOPE ENDURES Blog Talk Radio
this Thursday (3/12). Be the 3rd caller and receive a free copy of Lori’s ebook.