NOT FOR SALE

I KNOW THIS IS NOT TO BE MY TESTIMONY, BUT I FEEL LIKE I GOTTA TELL YA'LL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF SO THAT YOU ALL GET THE WHOLE PICTURE.  I DIDNT GROW UP HERE IN OAKDALE.  WE LIVED CLOSE TO LAFAYETTE.  I HAVE ONE BROTHER AND OUR PARENTS RAISED US THE RIGHT WAY.  AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I WENT TO COLLEGE, GOT MARRIED AND HAD TWO WONDERFUL CHILDREN.  MY LIFE WAS ON THE RIGHT TRACK, BUT IT SLOWLY BEGAN TO UNRAVED.  I SLOWLY BUT SURELY SOLD MYSELF OUT TO LIFE IN GENERAL.  I SOLD MY SOUL QUITE CHEAPLY TO THE DEVIL.





I SOLD MYSELF TO LIES.  I SOLD MYSELF TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.  I SOLD MYSELF TO DECEPTION.  I DESTROYED MY FAMILY, MY CAREER, MY EVERYTHING.  IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING MYSELF TO DESTRUCTION, I HURT EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO CAME INTO CONTACT WITH ME.  WHEN SOMEONE SAW ME COMING, THEY KNEW I WAS CARRYING SOME SERIOUS DRAMA WITH ME.  MY CHILDREN AND MY PARENTS WERE EMBARASSED AND DISAPPOINTED.  NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD EVEN CONSIDER GIVING ME A JOB, MUCH LESS A CAREER.  I SOLD MYSELF OUT TO SATAN IN THE WORST OF WAYS.  





DUE TO MY LACK OF SELF CONTROL, I ENDED UP IN SO MUCH TROUBLE.  AT ONE TIME, I WOULD HAVE BEEN EMBARASSED TO SAY THIS, BUT, I ENDED UP IN PRISON.  I SPENT 18 MONTHS IN ST GABRIEL.  I TRULY WAS THE LOWEST OF THE LOW.  I HAD SOLD MY SOUL TO THE DEVIL, AND I SOLD MY SOUL COMPLETELY.  I WONT BORE YOU WITH THE DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THEN AND NOW.  I WOULD MUCH RATHER GET TO THE POINT.....





GOD STEPPED IN ON ONE MISERABLE DAY.  I FELT USELESS, DIRTY AND UNWORTHY.  THE LORD ARRIVED UPON THE SCENE AND DESTROYED EVERY PLOT, PLAN AND AGENDA WHICH SATAN HAD SO CAREFULLY LAID OUT FOR ME.  HE RECOGNIZED MY BROKEN HEART.  HE SPOKE TO MY SOUL AND HE REPLACED MY SORROWS WITH JOY.  ALL I HAD TO DO WAS TURN TO HIM WITH A REPENTIVE AND SINCERE HEART.





THE LORD SHOWED ME HIS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.  HE TOUCHED MY HEART WITH HIS GENTLE TOUCH.  HE MADE ME REALIZE THAT I AM NOT AND WILL NOT EVER BE FOR SALE.  SATAN HAD ME FOOLED WITH HIS LIES AND DECEPTION.  GOD SHOWED ME MY TRUE VALUE.  I LOVE TO SAY THAT IN HIS EYES, I AM MORE VALUABLE THAN THE RAREST OF DIAMONDS AND THE MOST EXPENSIVE PEARLS.  THE LORD MADE ME SEE THAT I WAS BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY THE BLOOD OF HIS SON JESUS CHRIST.  NOTHING ABOUT ME CAN EVER BE CONSIDERED CHEAP.  GOD SENT THE ONLY SINLESS ONE HERE TO EARTH TO SHED HIS BLOOD FOR ME.  HE BEARED THE TORTURE OF CRUCIFIXITION IN ORDER THAT I MIGHT LIVE.





NO MATTER WHAT WE GO THROUGH, GOD LOVES US ALL.  WE ARE NOT FOR SALE.  WE ARE ALL OF THE UTMOST VALUE.  NO SIN IS TOO GREAT THAT WE CANNOT BE FORGIVEN.  WE ARE BLOOD BOUGHT AND PAID FOR THROUGH HIS FORGIVENESS, HIS GRACE, HIS MERCY AND HIS LOVE.  WE ARE NOT FOR SALE!!!!!





1 CORINTHIANS 7:23  YOU WERE BOUGHT AT A PRICE; DO NOT BECOME SLAVES OF MEN


THANKS FOR READING MY "NOTE"


LOVE,


M