“God can’t
cover what we aren’t willing to uncover”
This picture is a beautiful depiction of freedom and imprisonment. After an incredible experience at a prison we saw that amidst being in prison true freedom could happen. We witnessed prison mates sobbing and surrendering their lives to the Lord and in turn experiencing the truest meaning of the word FREEDOM.
Although we are a group of believers who have been freed at the cross there is still a working out of freedom that happens daily. Consequences of our sin and the sins of others affect our behavior and life sometimes without us even knowing.
This month the Lord led our coach to keep our whole squad(60ppl) together. Little did we know what would happen…
I have tasted this type of community before but nothing to
this extent. I don’t even think I can explain it adequately. Basically we are
FREE! There is this new level of freedom to be who we are, to talk through our
past and to be HEALED.
This week people shared about being raped, using
prostitutes, abusing loved ones, aborting their babies, dysfunctional families,
insecurities, molesting/molested, and the list could go on and on. Wow a bunch
of messed up people huh? Not exactly. You see we all have our junk we all have
things we would never want to tell anyone. This week we changed that. We
brought darkness to the light so that freedom and healing could rush in! The messed
up things that have been done to us or we have done to others would no longer
hold us captive.
We conquered the lies of satan that say
-you are alone in your sin
-that is too disgusting to be shared
-this is YOUR thing you need to only work it out with the
Lord
-people will look at you different
-you already dealt with it
-your ministry will be hindered if you say anything
GET OUT of here satan! We destroyed those lies through uncovering
the hidden things so that God in all His goodness could come in and cover it
all.
The hardest thing for me was to take that initial step to
speak. Everyone else was doing it would I? I think that most of us know that when we try and conceal
the past it eats us up inside. Through college I experienced sooo much healing
by walking through vulnerability. I was blessed to be around women who pushed
me to the uncomfortable places of my past. Here, it is at a whole new level and
it didn’t take years but mere days.
So thankful for this community of believers! As we love each
other through our mess we are better able to love these people…
to this
To love the Lord through His creation, to love each other in our past and in turn love these beautiful people has truly been breathtaking. Each day I want to pinch myself…is this real life? LTD LTD LTD!!!! (livingthedream)
I pray today you would allow yourself to be uncovered and let the Lord cover you with His abundant love.
