Squished!
Why God Seemingly Destroys Our Fruit
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The best oil is smooth, clean, aromatic, without grit, or pulp. To achieve that, you force it through a very small screen several times. After the crushing in the vat, the beginning material doesn’t look the same and we throw it away. After the good is refined from it, you don’t keep the garbage. If we go through that pressure, we are oil poured out and useful for Jesus and we throw away the garbage of our past selves.
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Crash! Sunday’s attendance was chaos. Anger, shock, curiosity, and despair rocked our group. What happened?
This was the beginning of a year and a half of my home church searching for a new pastor. In desperation, I began reading the Bible, looking for truth, hope, and faithfulness. This book comes from my journal as I wrote down things I learned afresh from the Bible. In the end, I realized God was asking me whether I was walking by faith or by sight. In those eighteen months, I discovered walking by faith is more satisfying than walking by sight.
Are you experiencing a church split or any difficulties? Is God squashing you painfully through a press right now?
Read this book to find out how God took what I thought was fruit-bearing service to Him and squashed me through a press, making me something more useful for Him, just by getting me reading His Bible.
My fresh new look into God’s Word was an eye-opener!
About the Author
Susan Estes is married to Ivan Estes, a retired dairy farmer, and they live on his family farm in Palmyra, Maine. She accepted Christ’s free salvation in 1987. Her ministries include teaching Sunday School, hosting an in home Bible Study, and Guest Speaker. /p>
Among her hobbies are horseback riding, camping, kayaking, and hiking. Susan is an awarded artist and teaches painting.
Her writing career includes former journalist and columnist, blogger, short stories and flash-fiction, several which are included in Storm, A Wherever It Pleases Anthology. For 16 years, she co-led a writing discussion group where writers are encouraged to develop their work into the best publishable materiel they can accomplish.