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"Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and
invite the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame... and urge anyone you find to come and fill up my house." Luke 14:23 We see what is broken and dirty, and of seemingly little worth... Yesterday, our beloved brother Edwin walked out the front doors of the prison to head back to New York City, where he will rejoin his family...
Yesterday during our Sunday worship service in the chapel, we all said our goodbyes to our spiritual brother, Edwin*…
I wait for the Lord, my soul doth
wait, and in his word do I hope. Psalm 130:5 I continue to look to the Lord for my help... Jesus said to his followers, "Go into all the world,
and preach the gospel to every person." Mark 16:15 My dear and faithful friend Mark is now visiting the war torn African nation of Uganda... It was seven years ago as of yesterday when I was suddenly uprooted from Sullivan Correctional Facility to where I am now...
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that
curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you. Matthew 5:44 As I shared in my previous journal entry, there are people, even organized groups of them, who have been pouring their energy into finding ways to hurt and shame me by spreading lies and outlandish tales about me… God blesses you when people mock you and persecute
you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers. Be happy about it! Be glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven... Matthew 5:11-12 NLT I have now been in prison for 45 years and I admit that I deserve the life sentence I received from the court… My mother Pearl's untimely death in 1967 at the age of fifty-two, left my dad without a wife, and me without mom...
The Lord is good to all: and his tender
mercies are over all his works. Psalm 145:9 I cannot begin to thank all those who have written to me letting me know how my story of forgiveness, redemption, and hope has touched and inspired them... To every thing there is a season, and a
time to every purpose under heaven... Ecclesiastes 3:1 They're back, and in bloom... |
AuthorDavid Berkowitz |