God hears the cry of his children

Marian Barge

Many of you will know that at the A.G.M. I was not a very “happy chappie...”    All the odds seemed stacked against me.     Someone, (and we all know who),was trying to undermine the work I was planning and deceiving me into thinking that no-one cared.  At that meeting I poured out my heart to the group I was with.   Since being ordained I seem to have been alone.    Nick Jones, our speaker, had talked of the wonderful things that were happening in Llandaff..............nothing, it seemed to me, was happening in Monmouth.

But that night, as I lay in bed, God gave me the name of a priest in our deanery.    I asked God for confirmation as to whether  I was to contact him.   Two days later I met Kath Shenton, from Bridgend, and she asked after this priest, as she knew him!    God gave me that confirmation and I met up with him and we had a great time, I had found some human support.

The other problem that had seemed insurmountable was  the work I was endeavouring to do in Wyllie.    Wyllie is a village on the side of the mountain, consisting of two hundred and ninety houses, one pub, a post office, which opens twice a week.    There is no Christian input whatsoever.   I have been given the task of evangelising this area.   The Landlord of the pub gave me permission to hold a Carol Service in his dining room.   I fixed the date, had all the publicity set up and then the Landlord changed the date.   Help.......Everything that could go wrong then went wrong.   I seemed unable to make headway.   Then a fortnight after my cry for help, I went to the Brecon Renewal Day and was introduced to a lady who had just moved from South Africa.........Guess where to?     Yes to Wyllie.    Praise the Lord!!

My last problem was solved by a ‘phone call to our Chris Daniel.   A change of  date meant that I had no musicians, but Chris and his wife Brenda came all the way from Swansea and Chris led the worship at the carol service in Wyllie.   So thank you Chris and Brenda, may God bless you for what you did that night.

Fifty or sixty people came to that service, it was wonderful and so blessed by God.   I am hoping that I will soon be able to get something going on a regular basis...Please pray for that..

So God is not deaf, he hears our cries for help....... but we have to ask.

Brian and I would like to send our best wishes for 2001 to all our friend in A.R.M.

                                                                                                                                                                        Your sister in Christ,   Marian.