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A
Tribute and Thanks to
My "Online Angels"
When
I launched this ministry
on the web in July of
2002, it was a new phase
in my Christian life and
one that I was not at
all sure of in many ways.
Just a few short years
before, I'd said that
I did not even need a
computer, and the internet
was surely no place for
Christians. But I came
around and joined the
twenty-first century as
my kids would say, and
decided to get my feet
wet. Actually, it was
my son, Jonathan's idea.
He knew I'd been despondent
due to the fact that my
health had kept me from
being active in my singing
and teaching ministry
as I had for so many years
been, so he convinced
me that I could at least
try to sell some of my
remaining CDs online.
Well, the website soon
became more than I'd dreamed
and I was able to resume
my teaching with a monthly
Bible Study online, we
added theme pages, and
best of all, began to
meet people who visit
the site and contact me
regularly, and now have
become friends who are
dear to me and my family.
And
I've even been able to
sell enough of my music
to keep this ministry
online and growing. I've
been given the added blessing
of many DJs visiting my
site to request my music
for radio play, and some
of them have even charted
my songs to my surprise!
Our generous and loving
Father gives us more than
we could ever ask for
or expect, doesn't He!
My
prayer has been that all
who visit will be blessed
by being inspired to walk
closer to the Lord, and
grow in their Christian
lives; and the unsaved
will be led to the Lord,
or a seed be planted in
their hearts that will
someday come to fruition
as they accept the Lord
as their Savior!
This
brings me to the purpose
of this tribute page.
I soon found out that
the internet world could
be a scary place when
you're a 'newbie' .. almost
like a world of its own,
and you can 'get lost'
in all the technical aspects
of it as well as the challenges
to get someone to notice
that you're there.
The
Lord knew I'd need help,
and plenty of it, and
He brought some 'Helpers'
to my site ... My "Online
Angels" Who were
more than willing to welcome
me to this new world of
ministry, befriend me
and give me moral support,
prayer, encouragement,
advice and suggestions
that would help me get
my site off to a good
start. Many of them even
featured me and my music
on their own sites, and
continue to do so even
now. I've been recommended,
uplifted, and introduced
to new members of what
I now call our 'team'
of online ministers. Because
I truly now feel like
one of the team, thanks
to the unselfish willingness
of those now precious
to me, to help promote
my site, taking time and
energy from work on their
own sites to take me 'under
their wing' .. Not to
forget their many sincere
prayers for me!
I
might have been tempted
to think this was not
of the Lord because of
the few I found who were
not so sweet spirited
as my 'Helpers' .. those
who display a competitive
spirit and an unwillingness
to share and treat other
online ministers with
a Christian attitude and
behavior. But they pale
in the light of these
wonderful fellow workers
in the Lord's service!
I continue to see more
and more real ministry
online. These people are
giving their time and
resources to evangelism,
edification, wholesome
entertainment, and just
being friends to those
who need someone in their
lives.
I've
discovered that there
are those who are unable
to attend church for one
reason or another, and
they rely on these different
ministries to fill a place
in their lives. And the
Lord knew that in this
time, the pace at which
our lives are lived would
call for the opportunity
to make contact with others
in this way. And the most
important factor is that
the devil has made inroads
on the internet but thankfully
God's people have taken
much ground for the Lord!
Together, we're taking
it back!
So
I want to honor those
dedicated sister and brother
ministers and thank them
from the depths of my
heart for being there
and doing the work they're
doing in their own ministries
and having had such an
impact on my own!
Please
visit their sites
... you'll find them on
my links page. You too
will be blessed by what
God is doing through them.
They have had a significant
part in the birth of my
online ministry. And I
truly believe that the
list will grow as time
goes on because I believe
that God will continue
to expand this type of
ministry in these endtime
days. Who would have dreamed
that this technology would
exist and that it would
prove to be yet another
way for the Word of God
and the Gospel to be spread
throughout the world!
Now,
I'm eager to help new
ministries get started.
It's humbling to think
that my own ministry
has come this far, and
because of the help and
love
I've received, I want
to do the same for others.
Isn't that just the way
God works!
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