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My Bible Study Class. I'm the third one from the left. |
Standing Stones Baptist Church
5220 West 135th St
Crestwood, Il 60445 USA
Naomilady@aol.com
I come from a family with seven children and am the eldest of those seven. I am married to a
wonderful man and we have three adult children and ten grandchildren life has not always been easy but then that is never what the Lord has promised us, rather he told us that in this life we would have trials but that we were to remember that he had overcome the world.
Today I am a ladies Bible teacher and lead support groups for women who have been sexually abused as well as another group for women who have grown up in dysfunctional
families. Over the years I have seen about 75 women come through this ministry to the glory of Jesus Christ Jehovah Rapha who alone has the power to heal emotionally or physically and so to him goes the praise for his unspeakable grace! I love Jesus.
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My Bible Study Class. I'm the third one from the left. |
I grew up in a home where hearing about Jesus was simply part of my life, and I suppose it was for that reason that I saw I too was a Christian after all I knew the Bible stories, and could quote the verses even give their address.
It was one summer as I went to a Bible camp that I learned that God didn't have any grandchildren ( I
was not a Christian) I had never personally trusted Jesus Christ to be my
Savior, You see I did not know that kids sinned I thought that was something only adults did, so of course since I didn't think I was a sinner I did not need a Savior! Under the direction of a camp speaker I opened my
Bible and read a verse in the New Testament Book of Romans chapter 3 verse 23 that "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God" I remember looking around the room to see a bunch of mostly kids ( with the exception of some camp leaders) just like myself. God was forming a new concept in my mind he was really talking to me a kid I was a sinner and then I heard him say that Jesus died
for my sins.
But, you see, God has taken what was awful and shameful and has used it to give birth to a ministry for his glory as women learn that God Jehovah Rapha still
heals, still forgives, and still is the leader of victory! Does that then mean that God allowed my abuse because he later wanted to use it for a ministry? I don't believe so, he allowed it because he had given free will to the one who abused
me, God is not an Indian giver but will hold him accountable for his actions. Remember Jesus loves children and anyone who causes one of them to sin God says that it would be better for him that a
millstone be tied to his neck. I have a poem that means much to me and hangs in my home to remind me where I have been and where God by his grace has brought me to! Alleluia!
Lord I come into Your presence and bare to you these scars.
Some received in private battle, some received in holy wars.
Even some were self-inflicted, but no matter how they came
I bear them all before You, to the glory of Your Name.
All my wounds cry Alleluia. All my bruises honor You.
All my scars are just a trophy of the grace that brought me through,
and the tears I shed before You, when I did not understand
Are now diamonds of redemption sparkling in Your nail scarred hand.
All my wounds cry Alleluia, You redeemed them by Your own
that you carried in Your body from the manger to the throne
and Your priestly intervention has relieved my deepest shame.
All my wounds cry Alleluia, Alleluia to Your Name!
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