Road Trip: Jesus, Jeremy and Me
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CONNECTION
It is early morning for me right now as I sit here typing with you on my mind. I am sitting in the living room on the couch, cup of coffee by my side, looking out of the front window at the present moment. The sun has captured my attention. It just now peeped over the horizon. My eyes move to the stretch of trees in the far distance, and I take in all the rounded, rolling hills, and the green, mowed meadows that surround those trees. This view is spectacular at all times of the day. I can see for miles and miles. I have to say though that this particular morning has an added beauty as the sun shines through a light smoky fog that is rolling in from the Chaplin River. I cannot see the river from here. It lies behind everything in my view but is making its presence known by the rising fog. I lift my eyes to the sky in adoration and admiration to the Creator. Oh, what a creation!! The sun coming up, the dawn of a new day, the river and the air creating fog, the majesty of the moment! I just have to stop and gasp at this breath-taking sight that God has created for us to live in, both His skies and His earth. I praise His Holy Name.
After I have soaked in all the magnificent wonder of the start of morning, (and added the gratefulness of this cup of coffee to top it off!!) I look down at this laptop, and I feel God has set all green lights that say, “Go! Now is the time!”
My spirit absolutely soars as I feel this truth! Oh, what a grand feeling when my spirit soars within me! It is a feeling like no other. It is fellowship with God. It comes from deep within. I feel connected to God, to myself, and to you. This is the way it is supposed to be! And in the order it is supposed to be in! This is a secret within life itself that we are not born knowing. No, when we are little babies we do not have a clue. It is in us, but we have to grow into it. It is an unfolding in our lives. It is a learning experience that God wants to teach us.
I feel this connection right now, so when I say I am ready to go forward, it is because I have wanted to share so many things with you for a long, long time. In fact, it has been years. I have had this book on bits and pieces of papers put away in a suitcase, then in a trunk, then in a notebook, then in a binder as I wrote down my experiences, but I never had the power to put them together in completion. I referred to them as my quilt pieces ready to be made into a beautiful, colorful quilt that would be created to cover you with warm comfort and love. Sometimes, I referred to them as precious jewels in my treasure chest just waiting to be strung together as a mighty fine necklace as a gift to you.
I have tried and tried to put it together sooner, but God had many things to teach me. The very first thing He wanted to teach me was how to put Him first in my life, not the book! You see, I thought I was putting Him first my whole life, but I wasn’t. I just didn’t know I wasn’t! The main thing was that I was trying! I wanted to! I had the desire!! This involved everything in my life, and it was a lot for me to learn. It took a lot of hard knocks, a lot of sweet revelations, and a long time. But, that’s okay! Better late than never, right? Of course my spiritual make-over is still an ongoing project, and it will be until my last dying breath. Through it all so far, this is one big whopping lesson I have learned….I have learned that God’s timing is the only time in which to do anything for Him! It is not about me and not about my time and what I want, but about His time! He has the whole picture. I sure don’t! If I work in my time, without Him, I have left out my partnership with Him and also put myself before Him! That is so out of order! Oh no!
It has taken “time” for Him to teach me this, and of course I am still learning. He has had patience with me (that’s because He loves me which is the grandest thing!) while I have learned and continue to learn about Him and His ways. If you are holding this book in your hands, you will know without a shadow of a doubt, it is in your hands because of God’s timing…..not mine. It is His timing that it has been written and published, and it is in His timing that you are reading it for the benefit of your own personal life! Isn’t it wonderful how God pulls it all together? It’s kind of a jaw dropping thing when I stop to think about it! God is all-knowing and mysterious! Praise His Holy Name!
We are all united together in this big wonderful world even though we are all separate. I will go forward writing this book with you in my mind the whole time. I want to share with you what I consider to be a marvelous yet heartbreaking true story that came into my life many years ago; and how the Holy Spirit came “like the wind” in many forms to comfort and restore me. I am here to share with you.
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About the Book
This book is about the road of grief I traveled when my only son died. The death of my son struck me down in a place where I had never been before, and it left a deep, gut-wrenching wound that had to have time to heal. My son left to go to his eternal home, and I was left to bear my sorrow. However, God, in his abundant mercy, came to me. He gave miracles to me that blew me away. On days that I knew I could not go on he carried me, spoke to me, rocked me, sent help to me, and visited me. Oh, yes, he did. The road was not one I wanted to be on, but it was the one I was on. The road was rocky, yet the road was strewn with compassion, love, and joy. I did not travel it alone. God, the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Great Holy Spirit were right there on that road with me. They never left me. They gave me grace, strength, and courage to keep going.
Satan was my enemy on this road. He hurled stones at me, tripped me, tormented me, and tried many ways to instill fear in me. He wanted me to travel a road of defeat. God would not allow him to win over me. God was my refuge, my rock, my Father, and my victory.
This book is as much about living as it is about dying. You do not have to be in grief to read this book. Open the book and take a look.
About the Author
Rhonda J. Goff traveled the road of grief when her only son died in a car accident. She received many spiritual experiences from the Holy Trinity during her grief and she wants to share with you. She loves the Lord, her family and friends, music, travel, reading and writing. She makes her home outside Chaplin, KY.