Neosho, Mo
Sept. 10, 1943
Dear Mac,
Received your good
letter yesterday, and was glad to hear from you again. And was also glad to
know you were still encouraged in your soul.
I don’t know of any better news you could give, for victory is the best
thing this side of Heaven. Some people
might be able to report of some earthly gain or honor, but that is nothing to
be compared to being able to report victory over sin. That is something that brings Gods favor on
us And I would rather know that the Lord is satisfied with my life than
anything else, for that is what is going to be proved in the day of judgment. The favor of the world can’t help us any
then.
We have been having some cool weather here
too, the past few days. It also reminds
me of the days we were at Langdon. I don’t
believe we can ever forget those good days.
The meetings were so precious to my soul. And also those good talks I had with you
leave pleasant memories in my mind.
Anna and Frank plan
to leave for Georgia about the 27th of this month. I guess you remember Anna.
Frank’s home was in Georgia before they were married. So now he wants to go back there to
live. He is giving up a real good job
here, but I guess he must be home-sick. We sure hate to see them leave. Anna seems almost like a sister to me.
There won’t be
very many young people left here when the leave. Only one other girl and I, that go to meeting
regular. It is quite a lot different
than it is at Guthrie I guess, for there are so many young people there. But I don’t hardly notice it that there aren’t
many here. The saints are all so dear to
me.
I believe you said
you had never heard Bro. Strech preach.
He is one that I sure have a lot of confidence in, and I love to hear
him preach. He brings out such deep
thoughts. And he is very encouraging to
young people.
Mac I feel the
same as you said in your letter. I’m
glad the Lord saved me in my youth. I
can see in so many ways how that young saints have opportunities of doing more
for the Lord. In some ways they can have
more influence that older ones, because people seem to give more attention to
them. But anyhow it is so important for
people to spend their time and talents for the Lord’s service, and so if we
start while we are young we can give more time for Him, if He permits us to
live until we are older in years, we can then be thankful that we spent the
most of our life for God, instead of for ourselves. I am glad the Lord burdened us, and helped us
to see the need of trying to help souls who are in need. I find that it is a life of self-denial, but
it is also the happiest and most unselfish life. A person can’t know what a pleasure it is to live
for others until they try it. When I first started working for the Lord, He blessed
me so much for it that it put a greater desire in my heart to do more for Him. And not only for that reason, but the more I
did for Him the more I see the need of doing more, and felt a greater burden of
letting the Lord use me in the ways He saw best. I feel the way Bro. Strech said Sun. He said it took all of his time keeping saved.—That was saying a whole lot in a few
words. He meant that in order to keep
saved he had to obey the Lord and spend his time in the way He wanted him to.
Well Mac, I guess
it does seem rather strange to you the way things have worked out this summer
about you going to Ala. The Lord lets
things happen sometimes that we can’t understand, but I guess that keeps us
trusting more. I’ll admit that it does
all seem queer, but Mac as long as you are doing your best to follow the leadings
of the Lord, that’s all you can do. Sometimes
we have to just wait on Him. But I will
confess that it isn’t very easy to do many times. Yet if we content ourselves to wait until He
sees best to change things, then in the end we can see how much better it was
for us to submit to His will. Really, I
have found that it is hard to just wait
when we are burdened or anxious about a thing.
But even though we can’t understand why
sometimes, if that’s what God wants, it pays to just stand still until He says
move. I think I know about how you feel,
but if the Lord continues to let you wait a while yet, just keep it fixed in
your heart to be ready to go, or ready to stay.
It could be that maybe He has something to learn that you might not be able
to learn otherwise. We don’t always know
what is in the mind of God.
I remember last
winter, I felt so burdened to do more for the Lord, and wanted to be where I could
spend more time for Him. In other words,
I felt that since there were several ministers here that surely it would be
more profitable for me to be somewhere where there wasn’t so many. –Not that I
was tired of Neosho or the saints here, for this is a dear place to me, and
seems so home-like. But I just wanted to
be able to do more for God. But as time
went on, He didn’t lead me to go anywhere else, --except to Tulsa a few times,
so I decided that the only thing I could do was to keep my heart open to the
Lord, and be ready to go if He said so, and then if He didn’t lead that way, I
would know He had some use for me here yet.
So I made up my mind to do everything I could for Him while here, so
there would be no time wasted, if He should call me to go somewhere else
later. And I have found plenty to do,
that has been very helpful to me, and I feel that I have learned so many things
that has helped me to be stronger. After
I made that decision, I feel satisfied, and believe He would help me to be
satisfies anywhere He could use me best in His service. I can’t see into the future to know how He
will work things out for me, but I leave it all in His hands, for I know He
will work it all out right.
I don’t know what
reason the Lord could have of working thing out for you, but I’m sure that He
has some purpose in it for you, and no doubt you can see it later.
Mac I’m glad you explained some of your thoughts and plans
about what you felt burdened to do.—About going to Ala. –etc. so I can
understand better what it’s all about and what you have in your mind, so far.
There are several
things I would like to mention, and also ask you, but since you plan to come
before long, I will wait and just talk
with you instead of writing it. I think
I would enjoy that much better.
Well I
guess it is about time for me to close this. So I’ll say Goodbye.
Always
keep good courage, and may God bless you in all you do.
Your Sis. In Christ,
Carrie Wyatt
--Sunday evening—
Mac I’m sorry I
didn’t get this letter mailed sooner, but it rained all morning yesterday, so I
couldn’t go and mail it, So I hope you will understand, for I really wanted to
send it on to you.
We had another
good meeting this morning. And then a
big crowd here for dinner. Tomorrow is
Grandma’s 86th birthday, so we had a surprise dinner for her. My Aunt had wrote to several of our
relatives, so they were here when we got home from meeting. She sure was surprised. There were about 32 here.
Well I must hurry,
so I will close.
Yours as ever,
Carrie
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