When I read the Psalms I find great encouragement. The psalmist is never afraid to admit to being sad or downhearted. But he always makes a choice to praise God and to acknowledge the good things God has done in his Life.
When the old building was to be sold I was very sad. I have so many memories in what was called The Princess Louise Institute, (PLI). I attended my first Sunday school class there when I was 4 years old, then moved on into the junior S.S in the main hall. My S.S teachers were husband and wife Alf and Lollie Diggins, I was taught that God loved me and Jesus died for me. When I was 10 we had a children’s campaign where I asked Jesus into my life that night. I found it very hard, I tried very hard to be good, but I tried in my own strength, not understanding what it all meant, so I let it slip. I still went to SS and the Brownies, still heard about Jesus and I loved to be in the company of Christians. I came to love the old building. When I was fifteen Billy Graham came to this country, I heard again that God wanted to be part of my life. I responded to the message gave my life again to Him but this time I was in no doubt what it meant.
We had a great group of young people that used to meet on a Saturday evening. We had a club, Rambles and we did so many things together in the Old PLI. We also wanted to learn and grow as Christians, we visited other churches and meetings and shared our faith, and sometimes took the meetings ourselves. The heads also met for nights of prayer in the Old building. I became a leader in the Girl Coevanters class we had 20 to 25 eleven to twenty year olds and I still have contact with some of them and some of who gave their lives to Jesus. So that’s why it saddened me when the building was sold and more so when we had to empty it. But like the psalmist, I made a choice to remember the good and wonderful memories I have of all that happened in the PLI building, knowing that God still has great things to do now. It’s not the building that is important it’s the people.
Yesterday, today and forever Jesus is the same, all may change but Jesus never changes, Glory to his name.
It no longer saddens me I look to the new things God has in store for us, because he has promised us.
Pat Maslin
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