SummerLINK Clemson: Through the Storm

Yesterday, SummerLINK Clemson set off for Myrtle Beach. Within two hours of our departure, the back seats were all asleep and I had the quiet to reflect on life at its present stage. I am coming up on my first year anniversary of marriage, and I can tell you – the last year has been quite a ride. In between struggling as one sinner joined to another sinner in marriage (if you are married you understand the extreme hardships) and being rejected and scorned by my earthly family, the last year has been, quite honestly, a spiritual downhill mudslide. When I joined SummerLINK Clemson I was a very recent muddy wreck trying to let the Lord piece me back together. But I can testify that as long as I slid down the muddy slope, our God did not forsake me. He never left me alone. Though I went weeks without opening the Word to hear Him speak, He pursued me through His body, the Church, and spoke to me in the quiet as I laid down to sleep at night. He pursued me until I planted my feet in the mud, stood up, and took stock of my surroundings.

I firmly believe that He planted me in SummerLINK to provide me the spiritual refuge I need to rebuild. We have studied and prayed together, shared together, laughed together, and some of us have cried together. The Lord built His body as one, that we should have the heart to support each other in pursuit of Him, our glorious Father.

When we came within an hour of Myrtle Beach yesterday we were slammed by a fierce thunderstorm and traffic slowed to a crawl. It seemed that we rolled slowly through the storm for an hour, but we did come out from under that storm cloud. In my life the cloud is still over me, but our God has delt with me kindly. I have my husband to stand beside me, and I have the body of Christ to teach and rebuke me as I need it.

In Cornerstone Church at Myrtle Beach last night we kicked off our time together with a seminary lecture by Dr. Ewart and a period of corporate worship and prayer. I admit, at one point I looked up during our prayers (don’t tell me you’ve never done that before) and as I looked out over the bowed heads of my brothers and sisters and heard the murmuring of many voices beseeching our God for the sake of the lost, my joy was nearly complete. I have all I need in Christ, and these men and women who bow before a Most High God along with me are my earthly anchor in Truth. Praise be to God!

Ahead of us we have more knowledge to gain, more prayers to say, and strangers to evangelize to. We appreciate your prayers in love, and we pray likewise for you.

Blessings in Christ.

By Shelby Hercules