There are too many people dying without ever experiencing the love of Christ. People are suffering, living miserable lives, just plain in pain: mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually; we bicker, fuss and fight over foolishness and the only person benefiting from it is the devil. Lord helps us look beyond ourselves. Diamonds ask God to search your heart to find anything that will hinder you from growing and going further in your purpose for the kingdom of God. Time is winding, we are losing too many all because we have taken our focus off of GOD!
Today, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season. The lenten season is observed to better appreciate the death, and resurrection of Christ through self-examination, repentance, prayer, fasting, and self-denial. In addition, Ash Wednesday has another significant meaning for me. It was on this day, Ash Wednesday that the Lord brought me out of my induced coma in 2000, March 8th to be exact. Prior to that, I could only recall seeing my brother the night of the fire in January who accompanied me in the ambulance while being transported to what was then called UMDNJ in Newark, NJ. On that Ash Wednesday, I can remember seeing both my grandmother and my mommy sitting in my hospital room. Grandma holding a can of Pepsi, and mommy doing something with my feet, lol. Probably clipping my toe nails. There is also that taste of chicken broth or soup I will never forget fed to me intravenously along with other fluids to sustain me while I was in a coma. Its been 16 years fr...
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