2012 Spring Newsletter.pub - Kairos

KAIROS PEOPLE
one was so concerned about all of
us – I mean genuinely concerned
that we were comfortable and had
everything that we needed. There
was even a “need-sheet” available
for us to write down anything that
we had forgotten or needed. I realized
that I had forgotten my meds,
and I mentioned it to a nurse that
was there. Well, that doctor that I
met on my first night called in a
three-day prescription for me, and
even drove into town to pick it up
for me. God is Good!
Those next three days were wonderful!
The women that I met
from all walks of life were different
from me; yet for that Weekend,
we were all the same. We were
sisters, mothers, daughters, and
wives – we were all one.
The very first talk took me down; I
felt as if the speaker had been hidden
in a closet in my house and
overheard everything that was going
on in my life. She talked about
her son and some of the enemy’s
distractions over his life. I, too,
was experiencing some of the exact
same things. Right then and
there, through tears, I had to tell
the Lord ‘thank you’ for sending
me a word of comfort through one
of His saints.
I’ll never forget the Dying Moments.
It brought things forth that I
had been holding since childhood.
It was simply amazing. I had asked
two of the pastors there to pray for
me, and they took me to the chapel,
laid hands on me, and prayed
like they were praying for their
own family member. Absolutely
awesome! I felt as if a weight had
lifted from my shoulders. Candlelight
was like climbing the stairs to
heaven and being serenaded by a
host of angels. It left me speechless
and in awe of God’s love. As
I write this, I choke back tears of
joy to have been so blessed to
experience this.
The 4 th Day – when all was said
and done, the letters and wellwishes
came; there wasn’t a dry
eye in the place, including my
own. People that you don’t know
had been praying for you for
months and were anticipating the
end of the journey with you and
for you. What love, what agape
love!
I will never be able to find the
words to tell my friend ‘thank
you’; there are none. I’ll never be
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witchcraft give their life to
Christ as a result of a Kairos
Weekend. I can only imagine the
joy God felt watching the same
thing. Luke 15:7 gives us a
glimpse of this, where the Shepherd
finds His lost sheep and
brings it home. Verse 7 says:
there is more joy in heaven over
one lost sinner who repents and
returns to God than over ninetynine
others who are righteous and
haven’t strayed away.” And to
me – THAT’S what it’s about!
Kairos volunteers are vessels of
God’s love who come into prisons
to minister to His lost sheep.
I found the closing ceremony on
Sunday to be evident of just how
many had in fact returned to the
Shepherd of their soul. Praise
God!
able to tell my sisters from the
table of Ruth ‘Thank You’ –
and I love them all. I told them
that I knew that God placed me
at that table for a special reason.
A part of my wedding
vows came from the book of
Ruth out of the Bible.
“Why have I found grace in
thine eyes . . .” I don’t know
how I found grace and love
from my friend, my sister, other
than God connecting our two
spirits together before He
formed both of us in our mother’s
womb. I give Him all the
glory, honor and praise!
Glory be to God for
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All I know is that Kairos can
amount to simply a “warm,
fuzzy Weekend” – if you let it.
Or, it can transform your life
and your spirit if you let it. But
we bear the responsibility of
tending the seed that gets planted
and cultivating it into something
that produces fruit for the
Kingdom of God. Read the
parable of the Four Soils in
Matthew 13:1 and see which on
you are. Jesus explains it very
clearly afterward in verses 18-
22.
For me, Kaiors was where God
reached me through the unconditional
love and service of the
volunteers and by watching His
Spirit work in the lives of many
of the participants, including
my own. I thank God for the
power of this ministry.
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