December 8th, 2023
by Leah Farster
by Leah Farster
You know, reading and studying for days on things that are not the goodness of God, is like binge watching the news, or things that are NOT uplifting. I’ve noticed it takes a toll! But on the other hand, it has made me so in awe of the love of God! How can He love me so? How can He be so patient? How can He take all the bad and turn it for my good? How was He able to save me from me?
Tonight, in order to relax and get away from my study of giants, (in preparing for Preppers), I read a book called Junkie To Jesus, by Guido Guidi III. It was a touching story, but a story that seems all too familiar. A broken home. Mom and step-dad on drugs. Molestation. Bad advice. Drinking started in the 7th grade, drug use to follow shortly afterwards and full addiction by early twenties. Jail, rehab, and stealing. The cycle repeated too many times to count. I’ve heard this same story more than I care to admit!
But he described something that I had never heard before and yet had experienced. He said, (and I paraphrase) “Drugs are like this euphoric warmth, that floods your body initially, but is followed up with paranoia, hallucinations, and even death.” He had an experience with God where he felt that same warm flow of euphoria sweep over him, but this time it wasn’t from drugs! The desire for drugs was instantaneously gone and he felt love that he had never felt and he felt a peace that was completly foreign to him.
I too had an experience years ago with the Lord, where I literally felt as if warm oil was being poured over my head. It truly was euphoric as I felt it go over my entire body and knew when it went out my toes. I too was left with a supernatural, not of this world love. A love that was not there before. A love that I had never known before. I was endued with HIS love. It was a life changing experience!
At 42 years old this man went to Bible school and allowed God to turn his life around, velvet having completed high school or held down a job. Now he sees what He couldn’t see before. He said, “I tried for years and years. But Jesus does it; He gives you His perspective and His love, His creativity and His joy. Sometimes it can be in an instant, sometime it’s more a process. Either way, He finishes what He started.”
It’s all about surrender, not about self-help. Surrender to the One who made you today. Allow Him to give you Himself. You’ll never be sorry!
lessings
Tonight, in order to relax and get away from my study of giants, (in preparing for Preppers), I read a book called Junkie To Jesus, by Guido Guidi III. It was a touching story, but a story that seems all too familiar. A broken home. Mom and step-dad on drugs. Molestation. Bad advice. Drinking started in the 7th grade, drug use to follow shortly afterwards and full addiction by early twenties. Jail, rehab, and stealing. The cycle repeated too many times to count. I’ve heard this same story more than I care to admit!
But he described something that I had never heard before and yet had experienced. He said, (and I paraphrase) “Drugs are like this euphoric warmth, that floods your body initially, but is followed up with paranoia, hallucinations, and even death.” He had an experience with God where he felt that same warm flow of euphoria sweep over him, but this time it wasn’t from drugs! The desire for drugs was instantaneously gone and he felt love that he had never felt and he felt a peace that was completly foreign to him.
I too had an experience years ago with the Lord, where I literally felt as if warm oil was being poured over my head. It truly was euphoric as I felt it go over my entire body and knew when it went out my toes. I too was left with a supernatural, not of this world love. A love that was not there before. A love that I had never known before. I was endued with HIS love. It was a life changing experience!
At 42 years old this man went to Bible school and allowed God to turn his life around, velvet having completed high school or held down a job. Now he sees what He couldn’t see before. He said, “I tried for years and years. But Jesus does it; He gives you His perspective and His love, His creativity and His joy. Sometimes it can be in an instant, sometime it’s more a process. Either way, He finishes what He started.”
It’s all about surrender, not about self-help. Surrender to the One who made you today. Allow Him to give you Himself. You’ll never be sorry!
lessings
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