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Words to Live By

Mark 5:36

As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not be afraid; only believe.”

Coffee Hour @ Chicklit Power...

Thanks for joining me for more of this true story which runs parallel to what is happening in Mark 5 to Jairus and the woman who has been healed of a 12-year disease. Grab your coffee and please come back to the gym with me and Sarah.
When she told me this was her second divorce, the cracks in my compassion turned to huge gaps and I immediately felt her pain and I had to tell her so she would know she wasn’t alone; that others had gone through exactly what she was walking through in these moments.
When I finished sharing why I could feel her pain, that much of the stories in her book of life had been lived in my own life, I began to have this out-of-body sort of Holy Spirit moment where what came out of my mouth came directly from Him who poured it first in my heart, all those years ago, and now He was drawing it out like water.
Now don’t go getting all freaked out; I didn’t start speaking in tongues and prophesying over her or anything! :) I did however confirm that it was no accident that I was here with her in this moment. “God has gone through great lengths to love you,” I said, “Because I don’t come to the gym at 7:30 a.m.! “
She smiled. “The funny thing is, we believe. We were real involved in church and then my dad got real sick and moved in and we stopped. And then” . . . Her words faded.
“So what happened?”
She looked at me with this frozen look and what she said collided with the realization of the very words she finally did say as she turned away and looked down. “Shameful, it’s just shameful.”
Wow, the very thing that kept the women in her disease for twelve years, Satan’s most powerful weapon, shame, is what was holding Sarah hostage too.

Another set of goose bumps ran up my legs and down my arms. “Do you realize, Sarah, that shame is not from God? You can’t out-sin God and/or His grace. Shame is one of the most common tools that the enemy uses to keep you from experiencing the true love of Christ.”

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I went on to be an open book for a few more minutes, sharing with her       
some of my shameful stuff that used to keep me from unpacking it and away from the love and grace of Christ in order to unpack it. I wanted her to see she wasn’t alone; that there was hope and that nothing was too wrong for God to right.
I looked at her and her eyes welled up, and then got wide as she saw the tow truck driver pass by. She hopped off the elliptical. “That was them. Let me go out there.”
I jumped off of the elliptical I was on and followed her, totally in the moment, wondering how it would all end. Today, when you are out and about doing your thing, may the eyes of your heart be opened to His appointment(s) for you!
Join me Monday for what I think will be the conclusion to December’s WOW as we bring the verse to Sarah, and anyone else who needs hope and these words to live by!

Evinda