I am headed off to another FLAME class. I will be in South Carolina and looking forward to warmer weather and better yet.....not having to shovel any snow to get to my car!!! I will be back in a week.
What a great day! It started out so rocky that I knew that Satan was busy at work trying to thwart the good that was about to happen. I offer to take any of the men and women in our transition/shelter to church every Sunday. Anyone who wants to go, I will pick up that morning. I had a gentlemen who just got out of prison and said that he would not ever go to church. He has been a member of the white supremacy group before he went to prison and he wanted nothing to do with church. I told him that I offer it up to everyone and there's no pressure, but if he wanted to go, he was welcome. As we were driving down the road, he said "Hey, about that church thing, I think I'll go, if it's still ok." I was grinning from ear to ear on the inside. I didn't know if he would change his mind before Sunday came, but this morning...he was ready to go. And I found it funny that he came with the Korean man that we have in our house. So, backing up a bit....Brian was g
by Ted Heatherington Today we talked. I said, "I'm confused." You asked about my devotions. I said, "I get angry." You quoted a verse. I said, "I hurt." You said "Believe." I said, "I'm depressed." You said, "Rejoice." You said I could call. I said I would try. You said you would pray. I suppressed my doubts. You said things would get better. I wondered, When? As we parted, you waved with a smile. Today we talked. neither of us listened. And though we talked, there was silence. Nobody said, "I care." Today we talked. I said, "I'm confused." You asked, "About what?" I said, "I get angry." You asked, "When?" I said, "I hurt." You asked, "Why?" I said, "I'm depressed." You said, "I care." You said you would call. I said, "Please do!" You said you would pray. I knew you would. You said things will get better. I tried
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