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Testimony Tuesday
Episode 28: Tale of two brothers
December 31, 2024
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Happy Testimony Tuesday, y'all! Can you believe this is the last post of 2024?! I started this February 2023, and it seems I only made 28 episodes—a little more than 50% of the year—but I think that was a successful start! Thank you for coming along with me on this journey.

Last week, our office was painted, and if you know anything about me, I am nosey and curious about people. We had a family of painters in the office and for the first day or so, we didn't interact. On the 3rd day, the painter stopped by my office and started getting a little emotional. He recently lost pretty much everything the last Hurricane we had. He said he was a Christian and he knows to trust God but it is hard right now.

I confirmed to him that our flesh is weak**, and we just need to give it to God and stay praising him. He agreed and became a little weepy, and I told him "Hold my hand" He looked a little hesitant and I said "Don't worry, I am Jesus' Cheerleader and we are going to pray" We held his hand (my co-worker and I) and I began to pray over him.(**Mathew 26:41 41 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”) 

My boss laughed because I JUST CAN'T HELP MYSELF! All our tears belong to God**, I just want everyone to come to him with their crisis. He is our Healer and goes before us to clear a path***.(**Psalm 56:8 You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.) (***Deuteronomy 31:8 8 Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you.”)

The next few days passed and I then came into a conversation with his brother. This brother had a totally different vibe about him. He was a little jaded almost with Christianity. He mentioned he and his brother were raised Presbyterian and he read the Bible so many times he can debate anyone at this point. He likes interacting with Athiests cause they think they know everything but they don't know the written word so he uses scriptures to debate them. This kind of gave me a bad feeling. Instead of glorifying God and testifying how good God is in your life... he just challenges people.

This made me think of Cain and Able. Cain and Able were brothers, raised in the same household, with the same understanding of God. That was almost the same situation with the painters...One brother was weeping and bowing down to Christ, and the other brother was living in his Ego, challenging people, God, and the world around him.

We need to decide which brother we want to be like... Cain or Able. Brothers and Sisters, we are all God's children so let's stop being so combative with each other and be more humble and loving towards each other! This new year I pray that we can all lay our sin at the foot of the cross and just seek Jesus with open hearts. Let's learn more about who he is so we can be like him! Praying for many blessings over you for 2025! Let's bring in the new year with Jesus! Amen!

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The truly devastating part to me about his story is all the HATE from Christians online. Truly, that disgusts me, and makes me identify with this "Christian Ruler measuring stick" we all seem to have... "well he was trans, so he was an abomination" ...well, guess what?! So are YOU! Church is a hospital for the sick and needy, not the pious and righteous. You all are running around here like the Pharisees that KILLED JESUS! Woo, let me stop before I speak in anger instead of love.

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Happy Testimony Tuesday, Ya'll! We are gearing up for Thanksgiving in the States, and honestly, I don't know why we even celebrate this feast anymore. Americans have become so ungrateful that it is unbelievable! Each day is a gift from God, so each day is the perfect day to be grateful. Either way, I will be slaving away to make a feast fit for a king only to watch the leftovers rot in my refrigerator...LOL.

Recently, I had another big life change and blessings from God. I got a new job, with new opportunities, and new financial blessings. God trusted me with so little over the past years; he must have been proud of me to now bless me with a little more. I am so thankful and grateful for his love and grace in my life, I will continue to shout his good name to all who have ears to hear!

The transition was quite frightful as I put a 3-week notice in, and they decided to let me go the very next day. I think my relationship was so personal to the daily operations of the workplace, they just wanted to rip the band-aid off and let me go. They graciously paid me my remaining vacation hours to complete my week, and I was no longer employed. I am so proud of myself, I kept my head held high and did not even shed one tear. In my fear, I decided to trust the Lord.

Remember the story about me buying my home? I wasn't sure where I was going to land, but the Lord told me to prepare my ARC (the moving POD), and he would make a way for me. This is the same situation. I was unsure if I would be out of work for 2 weeks while I waited to on-board with the new company, but the Lord came through, and I was only out of pay for 1 day during my transition. You know how God's number is 7-7-7? Get this, I worked for 7 years and 7 months at my old job, and I waited 7 days to start the new position. God's stamp was all over my life and this new transition.

While I was off, I got some much-needed deep cleaning completed, and worked through the grief of ending a portion of my life without the oppertunity to say goodbye to people I truly cared about. I have learned so much about myself and about God this past year; I truly am a new creation. I can attest that God cares so deeply for us, and He DOES have a plan for our lives. Even when it looks scary, keep praising God and keep your eyes fixed on Jesus in the storms!

Let us live every day with gratitude that Jesus Christ died for us, to reconcile us back with the Father who LOVES us! (2 Corinthians 5:18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him.) If he feeds and clothes the birds, think on how much more he loves and cares for you! (Matthew 6:25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

I am so thankful and greatful for each and everyone of you. Your comments have made me stronger, wiser, and more hopeful than you could imagine. Happy "Thanksgiving", my friends!

 

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Episode 43: Scrim from Suicide Boys

Hello, my friends! Today, I wanted to highlight Scrim from the Suicide Boys. Most of my audience is older people, so I'm not sure if you guys are even familiar with this music. For me, I listen to a wide range of music, and you know the depressed version of Ally identifies with this music...and also I was raised in the 90's-00's where hip hop was KING. 

Recently, at the SuicideBoys Concert, Scrim has professed that Jesus Christ saved his life! I say Amen as a whole generation of lost souls has been told the good news! https://rapzilla.com/2025-09-have-uicideboy-committed-themselves-christ/

I have highlighted other people's testimonies on here before and was met with replies, "Well, this person did such and such and isn't a Christian," or " This person is a Christian in sheep's clothes." Honestly, it's not my place to judge an encounter with Christ or a person's walk with God. My job is to tell about the good news, share people's experiences with Christ, and encourage others to seek Jesus with all their hearts! The rest is up to you!

Anyhow, Scrim's journey touched my soul, as many of us walk around with depression and feelings of suicide and unworthiness. For Scrim to find Jesus, he has found the hope he has been looking for in life. I can relate to that as I am now a new person in Christ who isn't singing about death anymore, I am now singing about LIFE! For Scrim to profess with his mouth that Jesus Christ is his Lord and Savior, he is helping lead so many lost kids to seek Jesus for themselves. 

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At a Phoenix concert, fans recorded what has since become a viral moment: $crim changing the line “Satan, please come save me” to “Jesus Christ, please come save me” (Reddit). The change was subtle—but seismic. For an act built on defiance and darkness, the invocation of Christ wasn’t just a tweak—it was a turning point.

I love the phrase "an act built on defiance" in this quote. I once told a suicidal old man, "To stay alive is in defiance of the devil," and I meant it! I am still living today as I defied the devil's influence of suicide over my life! 

God really does use the most unconventional people to do the most extraordinary things. Don't count him out, don't count me out, and don't count yourself out! Say Yes when the Lord calls you to do something! What a world this would be if we just said YES to the Holy Spirit when he moves us! I once said at the bottom of the conspiracy rabbit hole, you WILL FIND GOD! Scrim's story of desperation and longing was finally satisfied when he met Jesus Christ.

I hope you stay in defiance of the devil today and LIVE for Jesus Christ! I love you all! 

 

 

 

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