I was so angry at a young woman, I had known her and prayed for her all her life. She had problems with her heart and was not supposed to live past 4 years old. Well she's now close to 30, but to me she was the same little girl I'd prayed for so much
One day after service we had a meeting and she yelled at one of the Deacons, I thought it was very disrespectful and immediately turned around and said, "If you would sit down and shut up, you may be able to hear and understand him". This girl jumped up at me, screaming and yelling and trying to fight! In God's house!!!

At the time we had lost our Pastor to a massive stroke and were still in mourning and the church had just gone crazy! I got tired and told my husband, who is the Head Deacon, that I wasn't going back. As I was having my morning devotion I told God that I just didn't feel comfortable there any more and that I wasn't sure that my prayers for this girl, her mother & aunt were sincere. I asked Him to lead me and my family to a place where we could serve in comfort and joy.
Then, I started to read my Scriptures for the day and looking at the commentary, God said, "Be angry, but sin not". The commentary also said that God did not call us to comfort, but to commitment! I was in awe of the Lord's quick response. It just shows that if we listen with our hearts, we can hear His answers.

My church is still in a mess, but I'm not going anywhere until the Lord my God says so. I love the Lord, He heard my cry!

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