Kathryn Walters Kathie's email: kathiewalters@mindspring.com Saturday, September 22, 2001

Dear friends,

I expect, like me, you have done a lot of weeping this last week or so - I was saddened by the many harsh judgmental words floating around the internet. People justified them by saying, " I wept for America." Well the unsaved people wept as well. They, the unsaved love America too and many of them have turned toward God.

I prayed that non Christians wouldn't get to read those harsh words. They would think that God hated them. We judge too much by what we see and hear in the natural. Why are people condemning non-Christians?

Jesus said " I didn't come to condemn the world, but to save it."

Non-Christians are going to believe in abortion and commit adultery. That's human nature. That's why we need a savior. That's why we need to pray for a visitation of the presence of God in this land. That's what real revival is.

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GOD IS NOT SHOCKED WHEN SINNERS SIN
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Do you realize God is not shocked or amazed at the way non-Christians behave? He is not making a demand on them to behave as though they had a new nature when they don't. But He does offer a way of escape. His name is Jesus. Nothing is going to change unless people meet Jesus and are changed by His power. It's no good trying to make your kids "Good" without the power of God in their lives. Only God can give transforming power.

Please, would you read this story the Lord gave me when I was driving home tonight. It's like this. . .

Suppose you had a son who you loved and sent away to college. But after a while he got bored and began to play around. One night while he was out partying he had a little too much to drink. His senses weren't working right and he got mugged and deeply wounded by a very vicious attacker. He was hurt - badly hurt! There was an emergency and he was rushed to the hospital.
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He called you because he knew you loved him very much. You rushed across the country to his bedside - praying that you would be there for him. Of course being in that awful crisis your son began to realize life was more than partying and he had maybe better find out about his destiny.

When you got there to his side, what would you do?

Would you lean over him and say in a stern voice "WELL YOU DESERVE THIS! THIS WILL TEACH YOU THAT YOU DIDN'T PLEASE ME AND I AM LEAVING YOU. I HOPE YOU LEARN A LESSON."

I don't think so!

You would think about how much you loved him and how you wanted to protect him. You hoped that he would let you advise him and give him some guidance and get close to you again. But, he had already been thinking about that before you came. Of course you couldn't guarantee that he would totally change his ways. But now, you have a fresh impartation of faith to pray, because he did call out to you when he was hurt and in pain.
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Well we are it folks. You and Me. What are people going to see now? They might pick up their Bibles, but they definitely are looking at you and me.

I hope we can offer them the love and mercy and lovingkindness of God. While people are grieving and wounded and fearful, they cannot receive harsh scolding words that will surely wipe them out.

That's God's business - He will MOVE-- as we BELIEVE.

Blessings

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