How often do you reflect back...
...on the time when you first truly loved and had a passion for Dear Jesus? Surely you remember well when His Word became so alive to you that it was the very life blood flowing through you, you could not get enough of That Wonderful Stuff.
I remember when I first knew Him, due to my first glimpse of Him hanging on that cruel cross. From His eye flowed love like I had never known, it was as if it were liquid. I knew He loved me, yet I felt His sorrow and pain it was all woven together. And I was so ashamed before this Gentle Caring Soul. It was if a shroud was wrapped around my perverted, shameful soul. I felt as if He were inside that shroud with me, and somehow melting away all of the years of guilt, hopelessness, degradation and shame.
I had a sudden urge to turn that car toward home. I was filled with Life, Love and Freedom, for the first time in my life the war in my head was gone. I was a brand new woman. I had met the Master face to face and I loved Him more than words can express.
Nothing had changed; same house, same clothes same children, same financial situation but, Oh, I was completely changed, the old had truly passed away and all things were made brand new. The sun in the sky was brighter than it had ever been. The grass was greener; the noise of the traffic was like music that announced to the world that life was good.
The frowns that had been on the faces of people were now signals that shouted out, “I need love. Somebody care, somebody help me.” I felt that I had been changed to turn sorrow to joy, hunger to fullness, the imprisoned to freedom. I felt it, I was alive to make a difference, Life was flowing into me and out of me like a river unleashed that could not be stopped. That was over half of my life ago; over thirty years.
Sing with me this song,
Where are the people of passion, where are the people with zeal, where are those with grateful hearts and hands that truly heal…?
We are the people!!! And the Lord is searching the earth seeking to show Himself mighty to us, though our greatest desire is that He show Himself mighty through us.
Is this your heart? Can you truly sing with me ; “Everyday With Jesus is Sweeter Than the Day Before”! Let this be our love song to Jesus this day.
All with love,
Benji
About Benji
- Benji
- A miraculous encounter is the only way to describe the instant transformation of Benji’s life. After walking in a blinding darkness for thirty-two years, experiencing the horrors of mental, physical and sexual abuse as a child, she grew into everything she despised and came to the point of suicide. The loneliness that comes with thinking “no one knows, no one cares”, coupled with extreme shame and guilt manifested through violence, caused her total despair. But in an instant, through a personal encounter with Jesus Christ, her life was forever and totally changed! God had truly heard her dying mother’s prayer, “God, save my babies!” No doubt, every miserable path of her life led her to Calvary. Benji knows that Calvary is the answer for every living human being. Her loving Jesus has given Benji the ability to teach in a way that is understandable for a child as well as enlightening for a Bible scholar. She is a “preachin’ teacher” who balances humor with a seriousness that causes the listener to be stirred to action.
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