September 8, 2008

Dear Sir,

I just wanted to commend Rickeesha for stepping out and sharing her testimony with the world.

So many people hide what God has brought them through, failing to realise that they didn't go through it for themselves but to help deliver others who are going through the same thing.

Even in our churches we are so quick to ostracise those that fall or those on the "outside" when it's our duty as Christians to reach out to the weak and wary.

If we didn't have issues then there would be no need for deliverance, and without deliverance there is no testimony, and without a testimony we are worthless to the Kingdom of Heaven.

Rickeesha, do your thing, gurl! The deeper you plough, the more God can continue to preserve you.

I understand that you have to battle everyday with what you have been through, because the enemy will continue to throw your past before each step toward your destiny.

And I know people at home would be quick to let you know that they haven't forgotten. Stay the course, God has implanted power in you and anointed your voice to praise His name.

I went to school with you and I'm proud to say that I'm glad to have known you.

We all struggle, but it's the true warriors that aren't afraid to embrace Jesus and tell the world about what He has done.

I pray that he will continue to watch and keep you. Stay prayed up girl.

And Church! I hope you're ready because there are many of us that have left home to find the same God that you claim to know.

The prayer caravan was wonderful I'm sure, but can we please go deeper still. The youth need you … please hear their cry through every act of violence, overdose, road killings, and disease.

Step up Israel … it's our time to show out for His Kingdom. Don't hide your trials, that denies God His Glory.

Drugs run rampant on our little island because God is being placed on the back burner for fear of someone losing their reputation.

Here's a reality check – everybody knows your business already! The distance between St. George's and Dockyard is a mere footstep when it comes to spreading dirty laundry.

Before you even leave the crack house or somebody's bed, more than likely half the island got the phone call. But then you're in church the next day acting as if His Salvation is enough.

We have to walk it out. We have to admit our downfalls and ask God, what will He have us do once He's delivered us. Do we go and sit in the pew looking pretty week after week?

Or do we put our hands to the plouugh and reach out to that next door neighbor who thinks that drugs are the answer to their stress?

Do we volunteer our time nurturing and loving on children who have been neglected by their own families or left to fight through the turmoil of death?

T. WALKER

Lake County, Florida