... need to break the silence...

... this morning...holding on to my Saviour as I am so used to doing...So thankful for that!!!... holding on to Him, trusting Him for all preparations to work out..without technical glitches or malfunctions.. bathed in prayer a special event... a God ordained "First"....

... after meeting at the same time, same place, different session....my partner and I were this morning addressing the ladies of GAC, or should I say, the ladies of RENEW, our Women's Bible Study...
sharing with them our hearts... facts, statistics and information about the ministry the Lord has both called us to...sharing a story, moving testimony of a life gone down the path of destruction because of a fatal misconception...the misconception that God would indeed want burnt offerings and sacrifices... that He would want us to come and sacrifice for that one "unforgivable" sin over and over again.... not telling anyone, alone in the guilt and shame, locked into a prison of self destruction....
..the message: the sin: as any other sin... very much forgivable, indeed FORGIVEN and paid for, by the One and Only, the Lamb without sin and blemish... is what He did not good enough???

..."to forgive ourselves"... too hard to do when we are talking about "that" sin???? Abortion?
... theologically speaking there is never even a need to do that.... God forgives us, we need only believe that this is exactly why Jesus died on the cross and that by believing we are saved, our sins are forgiven and we are washed clean.... white as snow...

..emotionally this is a different scenario and he who wants to keep us in that place of guilt and shame plays with our minds and torments us... in this case, the story we heard this morning until death came... in the arms of Jesus the poor, tormented soul, safe, never to be snatched away...
..today the story.. told in obedience to the calling from the Father..

..WE NEED TO BREAK THE SILENCE.....

18 % of abortions performed every year are performed on women that call themselves evangelical Christians...to me that means in my church, in your church... in all the churches women are sitting in the pews ( or in more comfortable chairs like in our church ;) that are and will continue hiding that one sin, that one sin that no one can ever know about... that unforgivable sin, that haunts them, that makes them afraid and anxious, sometimes not able to cope with every day life....

..while all along all He requires is a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart He will not despise...
.. so the message today...come to the Healer... come to the Cross and once and for all tell someone about your sin... confess it and ask the Lord for forgiveness... He will remove it as far as the East is from the West and He will remember it no more...... NO NEED to bring it up again...

... this morning... blessing after blessing... hearts shared... a journey started... a beginning.... healing extended from on High... through humble vessels powered by GRACE... the unmerited favor... there is an infinite fountain of it right where He is.... the Saviour and Redeemer... Jesus, the Son of God...
my bestest forever friend... to Him be all Praise Glory and Honor, AMEN