Breaking Chains Ministries

Kinsman Redeemer

PLEASE PRAY AND ASK GOD HOW YOU CAN HELP

MAKE THIS A REALITY IN OUR COMMUNITY!

To my friends and ministry partners,

I am nearly shaking as I write this to you. A friend told me once that God will never call you to do something that you can do?on your own. God?s missions are always God-sized. I?d like to say I feel like little David staring up at Goliath, with complete confidence. I have confidence in God; I just don?t want to get in His way. Here goes:

Four years ago, God changed my heart. I asked Him to give me His heart forhurting women and He did. As time has gone on, He has put more and more women in my path. Women in all sorts of situations who need someone to come alongside and help them physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

I?ve been mentoring "Suzie" for about two years since I met her in jail. "Suzie" has determined not to return to her former lifestyle. She works 12 hours a day in a factory. She takes care of one of her three children of whom she has regained custody. She is a loving mom, though usually exhausted and often at the point of despair. She has often made choices that have put them in difficult situations, but she is learning.

Until recently, she and her son lived in a trailer with holes, rats, and no heat. They are currently looking for a safe place she can afford. She has successfully completed probated drug counseling and parenting classes. She has never missed a probation meeting and does her best to pay her monthly probation fees. She has purchased a car (at an outrageous interest rate)
which breaks down regularly.

Over the last couple of years, "Suzie" has numerous times not had the money to buy food, repair her car, buy gas to get to work, pay for medicine or doctor?s bill, or come up with a deposit for an apartment.

Without outside support, it would have been physically impossible for her to have survived legally! Impossible. It's no wonder so many women, mostly mothers, turn to prostitution and selling drugs. Only recently, with probation fees, rent, and her electric bill due, and with worn out brakes, "Suzie" asked me about making arrangements for the are of her child as she contemplated returning to jail. It's no wonder so many give up and return to drugs!

"Suzie?s" story is like that of so many women I've met. They are alone with no help to provide for their children. They may not have committed a crime. They may not have been to jail. They may not have used drugs. But they are alone and on the brink of despair. And their children suffer.

They need life skills. They need self esteem. They need rides and jobs and food and gas and homes. They need someone to believe there is more for them in life. They need someone to believe in them. And they need to believe someone cares.

They need a Kinsman Redeemer. The Bible tells us a Kinsman Redeemer is one who takes in the widow and fatherless as part of their family and gives them hope. The Bible gives us this example to show us what Jesus did for us? He bought us for a price, made us members of His family and gave us hope. Then He commanded us to do the same: "Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow." (Isaiah 1:17) and "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." (James 1:27).

This is a ministry I can no longer fit into the "spare moments" of my life. God is calling me to step out. This is a ministry of mentoring, advocating, finding physical resources, encouraging, and, above all, pointing them to their Comforter, their Provider, their Healer? their Kinsman Redeemer. I?m not too sure what God wants me to do exactly; I believe He wants me to be available and to ask you to find a way to be involved.

So here?s my point. I?m asking you to pray. Pray for God?s leading, His order, His plan and His provision. Ask Him to give you a heart for single moms and their children. Ask Him how He wants to use you. As my pastor said recently, ?it?s not about walking on water, it?s about responding to the call of Jesus, who said, "Come to Me." ?

I don?t know how God wants you to be involved; maybe you have resources or time, or encouragement, or wisdom, or expertise, or services? I just know I?m supposed to ask for help. Thank you for listening. If you are to join me for a water stroll, get in touch. Let?s see what our Kinsman Redeemer will do.

Blessings,

Marty Wilson

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