The Lord allowed a wonderful miracle to take place today. Inside the prison's visiting room I was reunited with a dear cousin whom I had been estranged from...
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It's been said that New York City is a changing scene. Business establishments come and go, and so do buildings of all kinds. But one's memories can live on long after the old landmarks are gone...
I grew up in New York City's borough of the Bronx where for me life was an adventure. I loved riding my 3-speed English racer almost everywhere...
But after that the kindness and
love of God our Saviour toward man appeared... Titus 3:4 Once again my chaplain has earned himself another vacation. This is the second Sunday that he's been absent. Therefore both myself and Felipe (Philip) had to oversee the morning's chapel service... On this bright and warm Saturday morning I left my cell to go to one of the prison's two recreational yards. During the weekends every inmate, unless he's at his work assignment or is confined to his cell for disciplinary reasons, has the choice of which yard he wants to go to...
Several of my friends from the outside have asked me to tell them more about Talky. I first wrote about him last month. Talky lives in a world of his own...
Casting all your cares upon the Lord,
because He cares for you. I Peter 5:7 I find that many Christians, myself included, don't know how to deal with pain. I'm referring to the inner kind in which the hurt is inside the heart and one's spirit is bruised... It was obvious that today was a special day because of the number of men who were in attendance in church this morning. Our normal average is around fifty, but we had 63 inmates in the chapel...
Righteousness exalts a nation:
but sin is a reproach to any people. Proverbs 14:34 As a nation we are at times very naive and forgetful. We're guilty of being ignorant and forgetful about some of our history... For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. Isaiah 55:8 The Lord always amazes me at the way He does things. Very often it is not in the way I would expect... |
AuthorDavid Berkowitz |
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