When I was in Toronto in January some people were praying over me and one said that Jesus was going to answer my prayer for greater intimacy and that I would experience it primarily through journaling. Since I returned I have found that it has been true! In my journaling I have been asking Jesus questions and just starting to write. In one case, I had an image of me sitting with Him by a slow moving river near a foot bridge. I asked Him what He wanted to say to me. He said that He really loved being with me. I asked Him, "Why?"
He smiled and said that my question was about measurement and that His love didn't measure. His love isn't based on worth and my question was about worth. He said, "I AM Love, and My love is what gives worth, it is not based on worth. Receive My love and abide in it."
There have been many other encounters, too, around theological questions and wrestling, asking about certain people I am praying for, and asking Him to teach me about the scriptures I am reading. It has been really beautiful, dynamic and full of life.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Legal Issues
Last Wednesday I went with my friend Zach to meet with a retired judge. Zach has done his share of time and has been out and clean for four years. He is now our head roaster of our Underground Coffee project - tattooed men with dark pasts are now artisan coffee roasters...
In the process doing time, a person can accumulate a lot of court fines which in turn accumulate interest to the point where it is next to impossible to pay them off with the kinds of jobs ex-offenders get hired for, if at all. The coffee project is helping with that. One way is by giving guys like Zach a job and helping to pay their bills. Another way is to advocate for them in the court system. Thats what we were doing last week when we met with the judge to get advice about getting some of the fines dismissed so that Zach wouldn't live under such oppressive debt. At the end of the time we prayed together and the judge blessed Zach and Zach blessed the judge! When we were leaving the judge went to shake Zach's hand but Zach asked if he could give him a hug. When he did, Zach looked over at me with a big grin and said, "I've never hugged a judge before!"
Then Zach invited me to lunch with his wife and then asked the judge if he'd like to come - and he did. What a beautiful picture of the Kingdom - the lion and the lamb, the convict and the judge, eating lunch together and blessing each other!
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