God Loves You Better Than Mac and Cheese
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These encounters from the classroom, church, family, and life will let you discover that God often works through everyday experiences. Having volunteered for twenty-four years in crisis pregnancy ministries, Helen has seen the miracles of God that changed lives and circumstances beyond her greatest expectations. She invites you to join her on this journey through a lifetime revelation of the love of God.
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God Loves You Better Than Mac and Cheese - Helen McLeod Rogers
God Loves You Better Than Mac And Cheese
Helen McLeod Rogers
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Contents
Not Him Lord
Bucket of Blessings
Mount Diaper
Special Delivery
From Death to Life
Yvonne
Heidi
Heart’s Desire
Love is Color-Blind
God Speaks Chinese
One Baby’s Worth
God’s Box
Money from Heaven
Seven Abortions
Seeing with God’s eyes
The Greatest Gift
Precious Memories
Heavenly Haircut
The Nightmare
Hope
Amy’s Miracle
The Not So Good Abraham
Diapers from Heaven
Sue’s Story
Cole
The Eyes of a Child
Katie’s Story
A Friend’s Story
The Double Sunflower
Chloe
Show Me My Baby
Kassi
What I Learned On The Farm
Macaroni and Cheese
Never Tell Dad
Zucchini
The Dead Cat
Tim and the Tape
The Truck
The Turkey
My Baptism
Dawn’s Graduation
Mission Home
Pray for Me
The Dream
Money Hunt
God is Calling
Poochie and the Snake
Are You a Dandelion?
The Man on the Cadillac
Together Forever
A Blessing
Tommy
Neal
The Doughnut Prayer
I Aborted Three Children
The Atheist
The Homeless
Daddy and Me
Ms. Halley
Bill
Modern Day
Proverbs Women
The Job
Mom
Math Teacher of the Year
Jesus With Skin On
I Needed A Dad
Author
cheese.jpgThank you to my wonderful husband who loves me and gets me to all my speaking engagements. He is my EPS (Ed Positioning System).
This book is for my precious children Marsha, Dawn, Tom, Tim, Jeff and Susie. I love you precious grandchildren: Heidi, Kassi, and Cole, Sean and Ericka, you are miracles from God.
To my sweet sisters, Marilyn and Sue and to our parents who are with Jesus.
Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior; for allowing me to be your child and work in your kingdom.
cheese.jpgThese stories are true but the names and places are changed to protect our clients.
cheese.jpgNot Him Lord
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an unexpected end.
Jeremiah 29:11-13 (KJV)
I saw an abortion on television around 23 years ago and it made me very angry. The red-head
temper in me wanted to punch somebody for killing God’s precious babies. I believe the womb is supposed to be the safest place on earth for a baby. I wondered what has happened to us as human beings that we would kill our own children for the sake of convenience. I went to God in prayer and He assured me that He had a better way to fight this attack on life. I saw a flyer for a life ministry in Rocky Mount that was conducting a volunteer training. My intentions were to volunteer in the clothing closet since I was too shy to become a counselor.
On Saturday, I was at the center and the main counselor called in and she was sick. I remember standing at the crisis pregnancy center door praying that no one would show up as I did not feel prepared to counsel. God’s answer to that prayer was, I have a divine appointment for you today. You are my handmaiden and I am in control. Now, pray, Lord, whoever you want to send today, we are ready.
Ten minutes later, a large man on his Harley motorcycle rode up in front of the center. I looked at this man. He was dressed in black leather, black boots, long stringy hair, gold chains around his neck, and tattoos everywhere.
On the back of the motorcycle sat a 15 year old girl. I prayed, Dear God, please send this man to the shoe store next door.
God said, No!
That big man walked into the center, he never said a word, and pushed the teenager toward me. She said, Miss, I need a pregnancy test, I think I’m pregnant.
I looked at the big man and felt afraid. I quickly took the girl to the counseling room. We did a pregnancy test and the test was negative. This gave me an opportunity to share God’s love for her and His plans for her life. We talked about second virginity and that she was precious to God. She accepted Jesus that day. After she accepted Jesus, she asked me to please tell her Daddy the things I had shared with her. I agreed to tell him and told her to bring him to the center.
She turned to me and said, He’s in the waiting room.
I cringed at the thought of sharing with this man. I even asked God if He knew this man was her father. God knew and reminded me that he had a plan for this encounter. I asked the man into the counseling room, my thoughts were running wild. God, this is a really big scary man. He looks like he could hurt me, he may not listen.
I prayed, Lord, this is all yours.
Since I am a kindergarten teacher of 38 years, I have learned to talk fast because kindergarten children have very short attention span. Remember this man had not said a word the entire time. I shared as quickly as I could. The man never moved or spoke, he just sat there. I finished what I thought God wanted me to say. I felt good about things so far. Then God said, Ask him if you can pray for him?
I told God I didn’t know if this man knew much about prayer. Have you seen this man?
was my question to God.
You see I was judging and that was a sin. God’s reply was I made him and I died for him, who made you judge?
My answer to God was Yes, Lord, and I ask you to forgive me for judging.
I asked the man if I could pray for him. The man nodded, he never said a word, he stood, took my hand and his daughter’s hand. We formed a circle in that room that day. I felt like the Bible story of the three men in the furnace and the fourth was like unto the Son of God.
God did come into that room that day and spoke to each one of us personally. He