wed august 8th, 2007
today i had a young girl come into the center crying and in pretty rough shape. she'd been beaten up the night before by her "boyfriend" (last i check our friends aren't supposed to beat us up). she was asking if i could find her a safe place to go. as i took her into my office i sat and listened to the lies that her "boyfriend" had been telling her... that she was stupid and that she was useless and worthless. as the tears poured down her cheeks and hit the floor my heart broke not because she was crying or hurt but because she believed those lies which meant that there were far deeper scars left behind then the ones she had on her body and as i began to call around to different shelters to find a spot for her her "boyfriend" called and threatened to come to the drop in centre and kill her. she panicked and ran out of the establishment. as i tracked her down trying to convince her that the safest place she could be at the moment was in the facility she began to cry and say "i have to go he's gonna be mad at me" go where? i asked "he's given me money to go to the island to visit my family" i did my best to try and convey that perhaps the best thing for her would be to go to a shelter and receive counselling first, at least to build her up before she heads home but mostly i was afraid he would talk her into going back to him and then beat her even worse for telling on him. as she left her last words to me were "i love him and he makes me feel safe" the very man who beats the crap out of her makes her feel safe. with friends like that who needs enemies?
Lord Jesus thank you for loving me. thank you for showing me that i am special, precious and valuable. and although there are days i too get caught up in the lies fed to me by the enemy you are there with the truth. that i am first and foremost your kid and God Don't Make Junk!
thank you, thank you, thank you for the constant reminders in my life that keep on telling me I am a princess bought with the highest price of all. your blood shed so that i may have life...and have it i do, more abundantly then i could have ever imagined.
did i fail today? absolutely not! cause for just one minute i had the opportunity to share with this young girl the truth about what God thinks about her...and i know she heard it.
Lord keep all those i know and love and those i have yet to meet and love safe and from harm.
thank you for the many blessings that you have bestowed upon me daily. i will and am forever in your debt and will go whereever you lead me to go. i love because you first loved me.
xoxox andrea
today i had a young girl come into the center crying and in pretty rough shape. she'd been beaten up the night before by her "boyfriend" (last i check our friends aren't supposed to beat us up). she was asking if i could find her a safe place to go. as i took her into my office i sat and listened to the lies that her "boyfriend" had been telling her... that she was stupid and that she was useless and worthless. as the tears poured down her cheeks and hit the floor my heart broke not because she was crying or hurt but because she believed those lies which meant that there were far deeper scars left behind then the ones she had on her body and as i began to call around to different shelters to find a spot for her her "boyfriend" called and threatened to come to the drop in centre and kill her. she panicked and ran out of the establishment. as i tracked her down trying to convince her that the safest place she could be at the moment was in the facility she began to cry and say "i have to go he's gonna be mad at me" go where? i asked "he's given me money to go to the island to visit my family" i did my best to try and convey that perhaps the best thing for her would be to go to a shelter and receive counselling first, at least to build her up before she heads home but mostly i was afraid he would talk her into going back to him and then beat her even worse for telling on him. as she left her last words to me were "i love him and he makes me feel safe" the very man who beats the crap out of her makes her feel safe. with friends like that who needs enemies?
Lord Jesus thank you for loving me. thank you for showing me that i am special, precious and valuable. and although there are days i too get caught up in the lies fed to me by the enemy you are there with the truth. that i am first and foremost your kid and God Don't Make Junk!
thank you, thank you, thank you for the constant reminders in my life that keep on telling me I am a princess bought with the highest price of all. your blood shed so that i may have life...and have it i do, more abundantly then i could have ever imagined.
did i fail today? absolutely not! cause for just one minute i had the opportunity to share with this young girl the truth about what God thinks about her...and i know she heard it.
Lord keep all those i know and love and those i have yet to meet and love safe and from harm.
thank you for the many blessings that you have bestowed upon me daily. i will and am forever in your debt and will go whereever you lead me to go. i love because you first loved me.
xoxox andrea
posted by Andrea at 8/09/2007
1 Comments:
wow! This really confirms that you are in the perfect position. You are such a blessing to girls like this who come in to the center I am glad God is using you in such a meaningful way!
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