The Free2BMe Project had the opportunity this past week to go to Lansing, MI to partner with Eve's Angels for a night of testimony and love! We had the privilege of loving on some awesome women who have big dreams for their lives and love Jesus! I've posted a blog already, but wanted to share some pictures!
0 Comments
Last night I sat with two fabulous women in a strip club in Lansing, MI. The scene was one that I'm all too familiar with, but as we sat watching the surroundings and getting a feel for the place, all three of us at the same time were capture by the dancer on the stage. It wasn't her body, or anything sexual. What captivated us was the look of hopelessness and disconnect that pierced through the dark room. It caused all three of us to perk up and watch this beautiful woman as she paraded herself despairingly from pole to pole. Sadly, we all saw it and even commented on it. How long had she been there? How did she get there? Did she have any hope? And then the lyrics... Music speaks to me in a way that I have never been able to explain. Last night, Anny said “Music is the entrance to the spiritual realm.” And she’s so right. As a dancer, in case you didn’t know, you choose your music. And I'd like to say that you chose what would make the most money, what was most popular, but honestly, 90% of the songs are songs that spoke to you. Songs that expressed what the deepest part of your soul was feeling. You'd never admit that but really it was. So as I began to become attune to this girl’s looks and feelings, the lyrics of the song that played began to pierce my soul. So much so that I began to scribble them on the clubs promo card that was lying on the table. I've added a picture of what I was able to scratch down. I didn't know the song, but as the words poured over me, I felt for a moment as if this girl on the stage was speaking through the words. The look of hopelessness and despair that, I'm sure she unintentionally gave off, suddenly had words and real meaning... I'm broken down inside Livin' with myself nothing but lies I always thought I'd make it But never knew I'd let it get so bad Livin' with myself is all I have I feel numb I can't come to life I feel like I'm frozen in time Livin' in a world so cold, wasting away Livin' in a shell with no soul I'm too young to lose my soul I'm too young to feel this old So long, I'm left behind I feel like I'm losing my mind Do you ever feel me? Do you ever look deep down inside Starin' at your life, paralyzed? In that instant, my heart broke for her and I began to pray that God would give the hope that he gave me. That he would give sight to this blind woman, to this hurting soul. That he envelope her with his love in a very real way.
The Free2BMe Project partnered with Eve’s Angels last night, that’s what we were doing there. And the setting above is how we ended our night. Before this there were 18 of us, current dancers, ex-dancers, pastors, prophets, children, women with no past and women still living in the pasts that some of us had left behind. We were one in a small room in a Methodist church on the corner of a college campus. God moved through that room. His love permeated each word that was spoken and I saw a glimpse of heaven here on earth. A place of healing, restoration and redemption, a place of unconditional love and forgiveness! The God of the universes loves…the God of the universe is love…the God of the universe…oh the God of the universe… He is mighty and He alone is worthy of praise! My prayer is that that girl on the stage would find her way to that room in a Methodist Church on the corner of a college campus…not so she can find us…but so that she can encounter and experience the love of the God of the universe that created her for so much more than hopelessness and despair… On February 10, The Free2BMe Project is going to be beginning a new resource for women in the adult entertainment industry. On the 2nd Thursdays of each month, we will be gathering at the Summit YMCA in the Multi-purpose room. These meetings will be a place that women will find support and encouragement no matter where life finds them. If you attend, you will find a safe place to explore your faith and your relationship with the God of the Universe who loves you more than you could ever imagine; a safe place to ask questions, find prayer and most definitely
We are excited about the possibilities and the journey that we are starting! There's no need to RSVP, you can just show up! There will be coffee, tea and light snacks! We are praying for these meetings now! Knowing and expecting that God will move and that He will speak to us all in mighty ways! This Easter season, we pray that you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are loved! You matter! Easter is a special season for me. This song captures my thoughts. It shares my heart and my joy that I have found knowing that no matter who I was, or who I am that Jesus Christ loves me. He died for me! So that my brokenness can be made whole in Him and in Him alone!
|
Archives
August 2014
Categories
All
|