From My Sincere Heart........Thank you everyone for the love and chastisement this past week....LOL....it has cause me to think, reflect and plan. I know you want the best for me and so do I. It is easier said than done to just take a vacation. I DONT HAVE THE FINANCES TO DO SO and ministry has had me dealing with people having greater needs than my own. Yes, it has caused my bills to go lacking and even off. When you have a small ministry such as we do and the majority of your members didnt come from THE CHURCH and are unemployed, it is not as easy financially to take certain liberties. Several members/attendees barely have roofs over their head and eating out is a luxury phrase. Most of my friends and family dont understand why I cant just STOP trying to help EVERYBODY. I say.... I know...I know they will survive after I am dead and gone. True, but it is a joy knowing I did my part. When I received Jesus Christ as My Lord and Savior at Green Pastures Christian Pasturess with Pastors Ronald and Collette L Gunby on August 12, 1984, one of the first things I was taught was SERVICE. We went into the downtown community and brought homeless to church and fed them spiritually and then physically. I didnt mind the smells of the homeless nor the tattered clothes they had on. Each week they came and some received jobs, places to live and families welcomed them back CHANGED. The smile on a transformed persons face tore at my heart and I knew this was a GOOD THING. GP taught us that the greatest way to gain Gods favor was serve His people. Not only have I given of myself to help those in need, but also aided churches, pastors, choirs, groups, soloists and community organizations where service was needed. I have come to realize in this last year that my service has been abused for years because of ME. It was pointed out to me recently that because I didnt value myself properly over the course of my ministry, others didnt either. That is why I could Emcee programs, Praise & Worship, Preach/Teach and Serve and get no dollars or a few dollars and others on the same program would get honorariums and sizable gifts. Therefore, in order for me to change my circumstances of INSANITY I would have to place greater worth and value on who I am and the gifts, talents and anointing’s God has given me. I wish I had learned all of this yeeeeears ago to save me the countless events I have done and gone home with no gas in the car, utilities off or no food. But I thank God for His enlightenment through the Woman of God who gave me that word. No longer walking in His Permissive Will but the Perfect Will of God. So please do me a favor, dont beat up on me to bad, my going and serving comes from a genuine place. You want to see me take a vacation, come help us do ministry or send finances. I have no prophesy, book, handkerchief, oil, pen, medallion or bookmark to give you in return. With the Love of God I can say THANK YOU!!! Humbly Submitted, Yves T McKenzie
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:27:10 +0000
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