No, I am not praying that I would get a hooker…I very much love my wife and my amazing children. I am praying that God would redeem a specific prostitute that is in the national spotlight right now. Her name is Ashley and I feel compassion for her. She is one of the ladies caught up with the governor of New York and today I saw her name, her life story, and her photo splashed across the front page of CNN’s website. Wow. Talk about a scarlet letter…having your face associated with being an adulteress for the whole world to see. Shame on CNN. I am not saying that what she did wasn’t wrong; but who are we to judge her and call her out in front of the planet? This desperate woman desperately needs to know the Father’s love, not people projecting their own shame & guilt onto her.
I have known (not in the Biblical sense) strippers in the past. These were ladies who had children, no husband/boyfriend, little education, and stripped to make ends meet. None of them really enjoyed it and all of them had wounded hearts from their past and their present. I have gotten to see someone from this lifestyle turn her heart towards God and had her life changed by Him…it was then that she found her beauty…in His eyes. I pray that Ashley experiences Him and is able to use her life song to testify to God’s goodness.
Great witness! Thanks for sharing that!
Wow, good material. I have heard about the situation, but no details.
I pray, too, that God would pluck the wounded out of that lifestyle and redeem them.
One unrelated question: I get the “tech” part, but what about the “spoon?”
Curious,
Sean
BP & STK in my area! I am truly blessed. My homies back at Tech gave me the moniker Spoon. The pic from my first post hints at the source of the dubbing. The youngins at Tech today still call me this. As a matter of fact, the only person I have ever forbidden from calling me that is Jessica. I like the name, but it was weird having my wife call me anything other than LoveTrain.
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