Far Above Rubies and Pearls

Far above Rubies and Pearls...

 

Her name is Tina.  A 25 year old heroin addict on the streets in phnom penh, cambodia. She sat waiting for the dealer to come make his round so she could numb the heart of her pain. The sight of her on the street, broken and hurting, left me broken in return. I was able to share with her my story, as a former addict I know there is a God of restoration, who truly values us, even in our mess!! I shared this message with Tina that day, I also let her know that He calls her beautiful.

 

I had a hard time telling her that we love her, God loves her, and yet leave her in the streets. I knew the options to do more weren’t really something i could fulfill with the resources in Cambodia. My heart was broken for her, and yet overwhelmed with gratefulness for the people God brought into my life to shine light into my darkness. The people who remind us that what God says about us is far more important than what the world says about us or what we think about ourselves!
The spirit reminded me as my heart continued to hurt for Tina of Mark 11:1-7.

Can’t you just hear, Christ saying that day to those two disciples see i don’t have the way of cross, the goverment, hypocrites on my mind–cause you see something of MINE IS TIED UP —yeah TIED UP but HE’S MINE. He’s got some things on him but he’s mine, he’s not loosed yet but he’s mine, haven’t been able to use him yet but He’s mine. He doesn’t understand YET that I know him, I knew him before i knit him together in the womb, I know where they’ve been and where they are…and I still hold Jeremiah 29:11true for them, everything we have come through or been through is not without purpose unless we choose to reject OUR PURPOSE, and that purpose is bigger than OURSELVES. Therefore, it Must be HIS. Tied up can’t get ourselves free….but Shouldn’t we take some comfort in the fact that HE KNOWS WHERE WE ARE even when we don’t know where we are, or understand why we are even there. There is still a GOD in HEAVEN shouting out I HAVE NEED OF YOU!!!!!! Just as He knew where that colt was tied up that day…I believe He knows where I’m tied up now, and what exactly has me tied there, but today I also believe He is saying I see you there tied up, and oh yeah you have tried to move, you have tried to get loose, but when you are tied up you can never get far. Yes, you can have some movement in your life, but you never move far. So Yeah you’re tied up but guess what I’ve sent people to help you to help set you free…cause I HAVE NEED OF YOU. And then they LED THIS COLT TO JESUS…and HE SAT ON HIM. TO RIDE OUT HIS PURPOSE???? Their Purpose???

 

So glad He sent us into Tina’s life that day to let her know He has need of her!! Just as He had need of me even in the middle of my mess! So thankful for the people he continues to put in my life when I get tied up to loose me and bring me to Him, and my heart overflows for the ones He sent in my darkest moments!!

Far above Rubies and Pearls is the value he has for us!! Please continue to pray for Tina, because The Lord has Need of Her!!