Ridgell's Originals

Margo had gone thru a rough time in her life.  Her marriage had broken up, she was a single Mom with three kids, and well ... she needed help.

She was working at Abilene Christian University and connected with some people there who really cared for her.  They listened, offered advice, became her friends.  Some of them asked her to church.  She She came and even brought her new boyfriend with her.  And that is how I met her.

It was her church Moms that introduced us.  It was a group of older ladies who became her Abilene Moms.  They really took her under their wing:  relationship advice, spiritual counsel.  I visited with James, her boyfriend.  Over time I got to ask if they wanted to sit down with Marsha and I and talk about Jesus.

We started meeting regularly and telling Jesus stories.  They decided to get married ... and then decided not to ... and then decided to again.  The whole time, her church Moms were walking right beside her.  Doing life together.

I did their wedding.  The church Moms helped her put it together, organized the reception, and help her hand thru the whole process.

We kept talking about Jesus.  But she just couldn't decide to buy into Jesus.  She was falling in love with him but just needed to be sure.  She worried about knowing enough, she worried about staying faithful enough.

Then one day she decided.  She had been praying, studying, thinking it thru.  She wanted to do it on the ACU campus at Jacob's Dream right before the Homecoming Game.  Her real Mom came up from Austin to see it.  I was just getting in from a week long preaching trip and had my son's family in for Homecoming.  Margo was worried I might be too tired or Marsha and I might be too busy.

Not a chance.  And now she is my sister.

Because a bunch of church Moms decided to serve, love, pray, and do life with someone who was looking for something better.

And she found Him.