Words Of Encouragement To Start The Day (Thursday 9/10/09)

Today’s Devotional Written By a Someone Truly Freed: Tracy Koweh

Part 2--The Intervention

John 8:35-37 (Amplified Bible)

³⁵Now a slave does not remain in a household permanently (forever); the son [of the house] does remain forever.

³⁶So if the Son liberates you [makes you free men], then you are really and unquestionably free.

³⁷[Yes] I know that you are Abraham's offspring; yet you plan to kill Me, because My word has no entrance (makes no progress, does not find any place) in you.

Today's blog is about the true climax of the show, it's the part when the addict shows up thinking they are about to face their final interview for the documentary. They walk into a hotel room and find that all of their loved ones and friends are sitting on a couch waiting for them. At first sight some addicts run, some fall down and cry, some scream and yell out of fear and confusion. Most times the addict will come in, sit and at least listen to the letters their family and friends have written.

Now, this is about the time in the show I lose it. I'm crying my eyes out at this point, because in the first half of the show you learn that one or more of the people on the couch were the true source of the addicts pain. Whether it was their molester, the person who abandoned them, or the person who let them down the most- - -they are now there trying to reach out and save this soul.

This past weekend as I was cleaning my house, I took a moment and sat on my couch. I then had a beautiful vision of God, the Holy Spirit and Jesus sitting around me. I then realized I had sat in the midst of my intervention. I had been dealing with some issues of my past that were hindering my future and I hadn't realized it. I had become a past junkie. I had begun to live, eat and breath my past. I had allowed the hurt and pain to turn into a hard shell around me, protecting me from future disappointments. What I hadn't been unable to see before, was that I was also protecting myself from future happiness, joy, peace and love.

As I sat there and truly heard the letters that my father, comforter and big brother read to me, I could not hold the tears back. Today no matter where you are in life or what you've survived in your past, take a moment and let the power of His word and blood cleanse you. Let it heal and restore you. Let it make you whole. Today accept “the gift” that is Jesus Christ.