Father God, oh what mercy! Though we have kicked You out of our schools and our government, You are on the move!
Forgive us when we get frustrated with the corrupt political situation, the massive propaganda media, and the promotion of sin.
Reinforce our peace that Your timing and Your ways are perfect. You are Holy, Just and True.
Our victory is in Christ Jesus and in His name we do pray. Amen
“Reinforce our peace that Your timing and Your ways are perfect.” - Amen SisterK and to all who have posted!
On that note I wanted to share some background and reflections on the story I pinged you all to. The clip is from 2018 and features The Today Show interview with Kim Kardashian and Alice Marie Johnson.
Ms. Johnson, for those of you who may not remember, made a special appearance and received a standing ovation during President Trump’s SOTU speech early this year. She had been serving a lifelong prison sentence in TN (without parole) since 1996 for a 1st time nonviolent offense of cocaine trafficking— a conviction she received shortly after losing her youngest son and falling under desperate times.
While in prison, she received certification in a handful of fields including pastoral counseling, fitness training, and hospice care. Her story reached the attention of Ms. Kardashian, who then phoned Ivanka, who then helped set up what would become a series of meetings between Kim and President Trump. Visibly moved, the President commuted Ms. Johnson’s sentence and has since made prison reform a pillar of his administration’s platform.
Anyway, the story is moving in and of itself, but think on this: when Ms. Johnson was asked if she had known anything about Kim Kardashian while in prison...She said “No.” And she had to do her research via magazine stacks and whatnot...in jail! To think that when she went in for her sentence in the mid 90s: the internet was just getting going, and reality TV wasn’t even a thing! (Albeit Kim Kardashian’s late father was a principal player in the reality show that was the OJ Simpson trial.)
Can you imagine?! Finding out that of ALL the people the LORD could appoint - your advocate, your Moses leading you into freedom ends up being...Kim Kardashian?!!
But the real clincher of the interview for me as around the 5 minute 40 mark when host Hoda Kotb hands Kim Kardashian Ms. Johnson’s Bible and says the following Kim:
Hoda: “By the way I don’t know if you know this, but Alice prays for you...and Kanye.”
And Alice opens up her Bible to reveal a magazine clipping of side by side HS yearbook photos of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West! And then she reveals to Kim that her recent prayer focus for her had been verse 6 of Psalm 105. “Touch not the LORD’s anointed...”
And as the interview proceeds further a few seconds later, Ms. Johnson reveals her gratitude at around the 8:00 mark. “Thank you President Trump!”
Moral of the story: both in jail and out of jail — Ms. Johnson has been interceding faithfully on behalf of Kim, Kanye, Trump, and whoever else the president has placed on her heart. And we are only witnessing just SOME of the fruit! May we continue to as well!
AMEN!