Personal Perspective - Kitty Self

Heeding God’s Nudges

They came frequently over a period of months. We both felt them. It was nudges from God that caused my husband and me to join one of our church’s small groups in 2006, and I am so thankful He kept prodding until we listened! The group was small; in fact there were just nine of us when everyone came, plus God. Later that year my husband was diagnosed with cancer, and a year later he went to be with his Lord and Savior. Carla McDougal and her husband, Fred, were in that small group, and our friendship grew through a year of doctor’s visits, chemo, surgery, and finally a diagnosis that there wasn’t anything else to be done. That small group sustained me and George, and eventually just me, helping in so many ways.

During the year following George’s death, Carla told me she was working on a ladies’ Bible study. I always liked to write, so I asked her if she would like to me read her chapters as she wrote them, and do some editing. It’s hard to believe that the study, Reflecting Him – Living for Jesus and Loving It! is with the publisher now! Working with Carla gave me a focus when I quit my job to adjust to a new life without my husband of 40 years. She and I both learned a lot about writing along the way, and it was a wonderful experience for me to watch this energetic, God loving woman heed the Lord’s call with her writing and speaking. She is the heart of Reflective Life Ministries, and although many of us work beside her, it is Carla’s vibrant willingness to share the truth and message of Jesus Christ to women everywhere that sustains us.

This blog is a new tool for RLM. I hope you will read it regularly to see what God is doing through this ministry. And please, don’t ignore the nudges God gives you!