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INSIGHT
"Reflect on what I am
saying,
for the
Lord will give you insight into all this."
2 Timothy
2:7
written
by Mary Hamrick
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May 2008
Since moving to Illinois, I have accepted position in a full-time ministry role, traveling through the states of Wisconsin and Illinois. I actually get paid for talking to women about Jesus! It is the most amazing thing to me, that God would allow me to leave the corporate world of employment after 30 years, and put me in the field doing His work (Click here for more)
March 2008
Quiet times of reflection seem few and far between. These days, quiet times seem to be surrounded by music. This insight finds me sitting in the restaurant of the House of Blues in downtown Chicago. Our sons are attending a Christian music concert and I haven’t quite worked up the stamina to step into the hardcore metal arena of Christian screamers yet, so I sit with my salad and listen to the blues, “A Rainy Night in Georgia” plays, and I am taken to reflection of how God is faithful in providing all of our needs. (Click here for more)
February 2008
Once again, after surrendering my life to the Lord, again, here I am; here we are … Settling in. Unpacking. Making friends. Finding a church home. Meeting prayer partners. Discovering malls, shopping centers, grocery stores. Visiting doctors. Shoveling snow. And enjoying this place where God has brought us. (Click here for more)
January 2008
Out of obedience, this young man set aside all pride and inhibitions and during this chorus, I believe I witnessed his spiritual heart-cry of sacrifice and surrender to God as he sang, “I’ll stand, with arms high and heart abandoned; in awe of the one who gave it all. I’ll stand, my soul Lord, to you surrendered, all I have is yours.” I could almost see God’s blessings pouring into the heart of this young man as he surrendered his heart to God. (Click here for more)
July 2007
A young friend at church recently shared that he had a friend who needed Jesus and he asked, “Miss Mary, will you please pray for my friend?” Shelbi’s story was fresh on my mind, so I shared with him her story and the burden she carried for her two friends and how she prayed for her two friends, week after week, knowing that God would honor her prayers. (Click here for more)
January 2007
The security guard looked at me and said, “step back”, which I did, but the tears flowed as I realized that I was not in control of the future of my Bible. Someone that I didn’t know was in control of the situation and it was completely her decision as to whether my Bible would return home with me or go into the trash can at the airport terminal. (Click here for more)
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