Thank you for sharing your story, it is woven with so much grace and compassion for your father and so beautifully written in a way that we can all catch the parts we see in our own lives and history.
Thank you for bearing your heart, wounds, and soon testimony of healing. I strongly identify with your story about your father. At one point in my journey I grew aware of how much my father endured and still shielded from me. Although at first I thought for sure I endured the culmination of generations of abusive fathers, little did I know the demons my father quietly fought and did his best to shield me from.
Thank you for opening your heart, Dr Mark. It is as if you were talking about my life. I recognize so much. I am 58 and revise that I have not yet lived. Yes, only Jesus can shine the light, direction our steps.
I so relate to your writings before I was born again in 2000 I used to watch you on TBN doing healing services and I remember saying to myself I wanna do that and so I continued to watch and read your books (the first was stepping into greatness) and it’s interesting here how you felt so lonely with no siblings I had six and still felt lonely never wanting to ‘upset the Apple cart’ I was very different very different and not till later what I know was because there was a calling on my life and my hearts greatest desire was to serve the Lord.
I so understand the tension you lived in your younger years, and the rebellion that creates.
The resemblance is uncanny my father also lost a sister to a boiling pot of grease at two never to be spoken about and lived the rest of his life with parents who so withdrew.
It must’ve been so lonely for him.
I also saw you in 2001 in Manassas Virginia only a year into being born again and reading the Bible. You had us pray for the person sitting next to us and I wanted so badly to be prayed for but I took my time with her and she burst into tears as shock and trauma left her it was amazing.
Looking forward to continue reading!
Thank you for taking the time to do this there’s such an anointing and healing on what you write. blessings to you and your family
I couldn’t get passed thinking how you felt as a child makes me wonder if that’s what Adam felt after naming the animals and noticing they all had a counterpart and he did not.
I know there’s more to contemplate but this is what kept going through my head as I was reading your experiences.
Once I wrote this, I think my brain will let me get to the next thought when I read it again. Maybe tomorrow.
Thanks Gale.
Sobbing after reading the depth of truth written here. This is truly deep calling unto deep…
Thank you for sharing your story, it is woven with so much grace and compassion for your father and so beautifully written in a way that we can all catch the parts we see in our own lives and history.
Thank you for bearing your heart, wounds, and soon testimony of healing. I strongly identify with your story about your father. At one point in my journey I grew aware of how much my father endured and still shielded from me. Although at first I thought for sure I endured the culmination of generations of abusive fathers, little did I know the demons my father quietly fought and did his best to shield me from.
Thanks Rachel for the affirming feedback.
Thank you for opening your heart, Dr Mark. It is as if you were talking about my life. I recognize so much. I am 58 and revise that I have not yet lived. Yes, only Jesus can shine the light, direction our steps.
Thank you Bishop for sharing your own story
I so relate to your writings before I was born again in 2000 I used to watch you on TBN doing healing services and I remember saying to myself I wanna do that and so I continued to watch and read your books (the first was stepping into greatness) and it’s interesting here how you felt so lonely with no siblings I had six and still felt lonely never wanting to ‘upset the Apple cart’ I was very different very different and not till later what I know was because there was a calling on my life and my hearts greatest desire was to serve the Lord.
I so understand the tension you lived in your younger years, and the rebellion that creates.
The resemblance is uncanny my father also lost a sister to a boiling pot of grease at two never to be spoken about and lived the rest of his life with parents who so withdrew.
It must’ve been so lonely for him.
I also saw you in 2001 in Manassas Virginia only a year into being born again and reading the Bible. You had us pray for the person sitting next to us and I wanted so badly to be prayed for but I took my time with her and she burst into tears as shock and trauma left her it was amazing.
Looking forward to continue reading!
Thank you for taking the time to do this there’s such an anointing and healing on what you write. blessings to you and your family
I couldn’t get passed thinking how you felt as a child makes me wonder if that’s what Adam felt after naming the animals and noticing they all had a counterpart and he did not.
I know there’s more to contemplate but this is what kept going through my head as I was reading your experiences.
Once I wrote this, I think my brain will let me get to the next thought when I read it again. Maybe tomorrow.