Hello Beloved,
Today is a different kind of day.. I find myself in a negative frame of mind.
We all have them... I feel so guilty for mine.... As I try to grow in God's Word and change I am finding that the ugly in me is deep...... but I am finding that it is changing... It is not always easy to change , especially when the past comes at you like a roaring lion. We all have pasts and not all of them are pretty.. Everyone has a skeleton they would just as soon not come out.. Mine came out yesterday and it made for a unhappy holiday. My fault entirely. I am the one who chose to let the ugly leap out of me. I have repented and ask forgiveness from God..
Can I ask you a question? What would you do if your past came out at you ? As I ask you this question a scripture just came to mind.. I think I need to go and read it ..be right back.
Maybe you could go and read it too.. Acts 9. This is where Saul whom we came to know and love as Paul had his past catch up to him and how it was
dealt with.. Paul was converted in this chapter from a man who persecuted the church to one who ended up writing most of what we know as the New Testament. I guess I should be reading and not writing then eh? The more I read , the more I know I need too.. I don't want to carry the weight of all this ugliness inside me so guess I will go now and read and let the Word of God wash me some more.
Please forgive me if I have in any way caused you to falter in your walk.
tenderly, your sister in Christ Jesus
vickie
Friday, November 29, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Thanksgiving Eve
Good Afternoon Beloved,
Today is Thanksgiving Eve. Thanksgiving is my all time favorite holiday.
It is a day when family and friends get together and tell each other how .
thankful they are for each other.. Why do we do that only one day a year?
I want to try and remember to do this more often this next year.. I want to start with today.
I am so thankful for each and everyone of you and all the joy you have brought into my life this year.. Maybe it was a joke or maybe a sweet story you sent, may have even been hug from you.. whatever it was I want you to know that I am thankful for it and you.
I have many things I am thankful for but none as much as I am thankful that I know my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
As you sit down to your family dinner tomorrow I hope that you will not forget to thank God for all he has given you..
Jesus loves you.
Tenderly your sister in Christ
vickie
Today is Thanksgiving Eve. Thanksgiving is my all time favorite holiday.
It is a day when family and friends get together and tell each other how .
thankful they are for each other.. Why do we do that only one day a year?
I want to try and remember to do this more often this next year.. I want to start with today.
I am so thankful for each and everyone of you and all the joy you have brought into my life this year.. Maybe it was a joke or maybe a sweet story you sent, may have even been hug from you.. whatever it was I want you to know that I am thankful for it and you.
I have many things I am thankful for but none as much as I am thankful that I know my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
As you sit down to your family dinner tomorrow I hope that you will not forget to thank God for all he has given you..
Jesus loves you.
Tenderly your sister in Christ
vickie
Monday, November 4, 2013
Rockville part 2
Hello Beloved,
I just want to add some thoughts to the last post .... You know we are all at some point in time locked behind something... Whatever puts a person into a prison is something that they chose to do... It is really the same with what we do to lock our minds up too. We chose to do that...
These women had a chance to change the way they looked at themselves and the people in their lives. Family, friends, roommates, strangers ,,,, it didn't matter. They were open enough to let God come into their life and their heart, to change them. I truly hope and pray that these women will continue on the path of freedom from their pasts and grow and share the love that they found this weekend..... The love of Jesus Christ.
We all build walls and think we can handle it... Well, that just isn't so.... We all need Jesus in life.
Dear Lord Jesus,
I pray for my new sisters in Christ Jesus and that you will surround them with love and joy and peace and favor. I do not know their names nor do I know the circumstances of their lives.. I only know that You are bigger then all the problems they have now or that they will face later.. I know that greater is He that is in them, then he that is in this world.... I praise the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ and give all glory and honor to Him.. In Jesus name. I pray your will be done... Amen
I just want to add some thoughts to the last post .... You know we are all at some point in time locked behind something... Whatever puts a person into a prison is something that they chose to do... It is really the same with what we do to lock our minds up too. We chose to do that...
These women had a chance to change the way they looked at themselves and the people in their lives. Family, friends, roommates, strangers ,,,, it didn't matter. They were open enough to let God come into their life and their heart, to change them. I truly hope and pray that these women will continue on the path of freedom from their pasts and grow and share the love that they found this weekend..... The love of Jesus Christ.
We all build walls and think we can handle it... Well, that just isn't so.... We all need Jesus in life.
Dear Lord Jesus,
I pray for my new sisters in Christ Jesus and that you will surround them with love and joy and peace and favor. I do not know their names nor do I know the circumstances of their lives.. I only know that You are bigger then all the problems they have now or that they will face later.. I know that greater is He that is in them, then he that is in this world.... I praise the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ and give all glory and honor to Him.. In Jesus name. I pray your will be done... Amen
Rockville Woman's Prison
Hello Beloved,
I would like to tell you about something that I did yesterday. I was privileged to be invited to a very personal and everlasting moment of some young women who a lot of us would say don't deserve this post. I will strongly disagree with that..
I got to go and witness an amazing transformation at the Woman's Prison yesterday. I don't know why these women are in prison but I did get to see what the end result of three days with God did for them.. I saw lots and lots of tears and laughter and unity in God. It was very moving for me..
I must tell you that as I was admitted into the prison I had my moments of 'what are you doing here?" thoughts... some fear? yes.. The part that scared me the most was the locking down of the doors and knowing I could not get out again until someone let me out.....
I am not really sure what I thought I would see in there... woman to be afraid of or a harshness to the place, maybe just being ignorant of the place.
I know I came out with a different thought , then what I entered with..
I saw some pretty amazing things take place.... in me... I remember one young woman's face as they said, I would like to read her poem.. It was at first one of " o' no they will make fun of me that quickly turn to I am to embarrassed to have them here this, to one of one who had become humbled all in the span of a few seconds.. She was very beautiful to watch... Yes, I am speaking of one of the inmates ... but God had transformed her to His child and it was something you could see.. Beautiful, just beautiful.
One young woman got up to testify and what she said hit so close to home for me.... She said I want to thank God for this weekend . I was just off suicide watch and was told that my name was chosen to come on this journey.. She said " CHOSEN".. Her testimony said a lot to me...
It was something I am so thankful for ... I hope I never forget all the emotions I went through in such a short time... Panic, fear, anxiety, to acceptance, to calm, to freedom.
I thought about Paul and Silas while I was there.. How they were in a prison cell and they sang and the chains that held them were unloosed and they were free... I saw that in the woman yesterday . They would still be behind locked doors but they were free from all the burdens that held them prisoners in the mind. They were free .
Lord Jesus I want to thank you for allowing me the privilege of seeing
firsthand what true freedom is. I thank the women in this prison for not being ashamed of letting God's love show in them ... I thank my friend
Donna for inviting me to come and witness this beautiful and loving
tribute to our Creator and Savior, Jesus Christ.
tenderly your sister in Christ Jesus.
vickie
I would like to tell you about something that I did yesterday. I was privileged to be invited to a very personal and everlasting moment of some young women who a lot of us would say don't deserve this post. I will strongly disagree with that..
I got to go and witness an amazing transformation at the Woman's Prison yesterday. I don't know why these women are in prison but I did get to see what the end result of three days with God did for them.. I saw lots and lots of tears and laughter and unity in God. It was very moving for me..
I must tell you that as I was admitted into the prison I had my moments of 'what are you doing here?" thoughts... some fear? yes.. The part that scared me the most was the locking down of the doors and knowing I could not get out again until someone let me out.....
I am not really sure what I thought I would see in there... woman to be afraid of or a harshness to the place, maybe just being ignorant of the place.
I know I came out with a different thought , then what I entered with..
I saw some pretty amazing things take place.... in me... I remember one young woman's face as they said, I would like to read her poem.. It was at first one of " o' no they will make fun of me that quickly turn to I am to embarrassed to have them here this, to one of one who had become humbled all in the span of a few seconds.. She was very beautiful to watch... Yes, I am speaking of one of the inmates ... but God had transformed her to His child and it was something you could see.. Beautiful, just beautiful.
One young woman got up to testify and what she said hit so close to home for me.... She said I want to thank God for this weekend . I was just off suicide watch and was told that my name was chosen to come on this journey.. She said " CHOSEN".. Her testimony said a lot to me...
It was something I am so thankful for ... I hope I never forget all the emotions I went through in such a short time... Panic, fear, anxiety, to acceptance, to calm, to freedom.
I thought about Paul and Silas while I was there.. How they were in a prison cell and they sang and the chains that held them were unloosed and they were free... I saw that in the woman yesterday . They would still be behind locked doors but they were free from all the burdens that held them prisoners in the mind. They were free .
Lord Jesus I want to thank you for allowing me the privilege of seeing
firsthand what true freedom is. I thank the women in this prison for not being ashamed of letting God's love show in them ... I thank my friend
Donna for inviting me to come and witness this beautiful and loving
tribute to our Creator and Savior, Jesus Christ.
tenderly your sister in Christ Jesus.
vickie
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