On Saturday last (Saturday, January 28), I went to a women's conference. The host, a local anointed Gospel minister, knows from experience that God has a plan for all of us. This year the main speaker was an American minster, but each of the other women speakers were just as dynamic in her own right.
I found out a few things at that seminar:
1. That abuse, especially child abuse, is more rampant than you think. So many times a victim of childhood sexual abuse may be hidden under the guise of a smiling, poised, beautiful woman who ministers to others. We look at them and long to be like them, not knowing what they have gone through, or what they might be going through even as they minister. As Joyce Meyer sometimes say, you must never wish for someone's ministry or be envious of her; you don't know what she went through to get where she is now. Going through the "preparation period" for the writing and counselling ministry that I believe that God would have for me, I know that there is a 'cost' to be paid.
2. That we Christians need to stop judging and pulling down each other. We need to walk in love. Jesus says that people will know that we are His disciples if we love one another. So many people are walking around hurting and may act and look funny. Others look on and laugh or reject these people. I unfortunately have done this, and I have been the recipient of this behaviour from other believers. Let us not let another wounded soldier die.
3. As I sat and heard each speaker, I knew that God had brought me there for a purpose. Each speaker honestly and plainly spoke about what they had gone through, and where they were now. I cried as I realized that man of their past and present experiences is what I was going through now. For example, I often of them said that at one point in time, when she heard people laugh or talk, she thought they were speaking or talking about her, and she would react very negatively. This was due to the abuse in her childhood,. I do so, too because of insecurities due to certain situations in my life. A next speaker talked also spoke about how you have to walk in love towards people, especially your enemies. This is also something that God has spoken to me about and that I'm struggling with/
4. The overall fact that impacted me that most in that seminar is that God is in the saving, healing, deliverance.and guiding business. I sat, listened and wept as I felt God's healing power going through me as the speakers ministered in song. . God is able to do in my life and all of us, exceeding abundantly above all that we can ever ask and think.
"He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds." (Psalm 147:3 KJV)
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