The greatest stories of God helping humanity triumphing over extreme tragedy to total victory involves people who God loved dearly, these stories are told throughout Christian history  from Biblical times to the present.

From Adam, Moses, David, Job, Samson, Ruth, Joseph, Solomon,  I could go on and on including Jesus and His twelve disciples, but most of us know at least one or more of the Biblical heroes above and how God was there for each one of them and many more.

Remember everything that happens to you in your personal life, is not by accident or by coincidence so that you hide in your closet of skeletons but by God's grand design of turning to Him to prove that His Word works. Even thou God has spared me in my destiny from never spending a day in jail convicted of a crime. Just like the millions of other people before me, I know what it's like being detained in a holding cell. I am here to tell you that one hour without your freedom, waiting to be questioned can seem like an eternity.

If we learn to do things God's way, He will never leave us or forsake us. God will shape our lives to be used by Him to do great things whether we are in prison or out on the streets.

There is one man who God loved dearly back in Biblical times who is a living example of how we should all act when we go through extreme adversities in our life including if we are incarcerated or falsely accused of a crime. His name was Joseph and I am deeply humbled by this man's grace, humility, honor and his ability to have the faith and the love to trust in our Lord Jesus Christ through any adversity. That during the lowest moments of his life of having his very own family abandon him and selling him to slave traders to being falsely accused and thrown in prison. He was not there for just a short while until they cleared up this matter where he could just go back home to his father. God had plans for Joseph which included him being in prison for 13 years to carry out God's divine Will. If anyone felt that they had to right to become bitter and angry, it was Joseph. But Joseph knew not to blame God but to accept what purpose God had for him, and Joseph was blessed greatly for it by becoming the most important man in all the land next to Pharoh.

May we be blessed by learning to accept our present circumstances that we are in today which will soon be a part of our past and trust and believe that God is in control of our lives and that He has a divine purpose for us today by the experience of what we have learned from our past circumstances.

"A righteous man may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all." Psalm 3:19

God believes in you

Reverend Michael Cartwright