SHE CRIED HELP!
by Ruth Lambert

She Cried Help and No One was There! Not her family, not her friends, not her church, not her pastor. She suffered alone. Misunderstood, too often blamed. Crying, no, more like sobbing on the inside, heartbroken and soul ripped and torn, please love me, please understand what is going on........ and no one did! In silent shame and false guilt, she was bent over with an infirmity that she had not deserved nor invited but that she bore alone because no one would tend her wounds!

But God saw and He understood, because He alone knew the truth.

One woman's plight, can be any woman's plight; because ABUSE has the same sound. It is a word no one wants to talk about. It is the saddest sound, but the majority of people say "it's your problem, not mine!" They don't want to get involved. Her family is guilty! Her friends are guilty! Her church is guilty! Her Pastor is guilty! Just like the man who was beaten and robbed and left lying alongside the road to die, while the Priests crossed to the other side of the road to pass by him .......... we do the same thing today!

WE WALK ON BY THE HURTING!

God's heart must bleed for all those women, for they are His daughters and His heart is love! He never changes.

Abuse can have many faces! Sometimes it is violent and physical and comes in the form of direct attack upon one who is defenseless or who is overpowered by force. It may be sexual in content and result in rape or ongoing incest within a family. It comes in the form of physical battering with intent to bring harm or even death. Abuse can also be subtle, not visible to the outward appearances, but never the less just as deadly! Skillfully perpetuated against us, it slowing but steadily cuts and chips away the foundation of self esteem and self worth thru acid words or subtle insinuations and false accusations spoken to us and about us.

ABUSE is a killer! ABUSE is a robber! ABUSE is a destroyer! ABUSE is SATAN in action working thru a human being to destroy the work of God and all His creation.........it is out to destroy YOU! It will steal your joy, it will destroy your self worth, it will rob your well-being, it will attack and destroy your mental abilities, it will kill you, with temptations of suicide. ABUSE IS DEADLY not matter what form it comes in or who it comes thru! It has a purpose, it has an agenda, it has a target, it leads to one goal......death in some form!! ABUSE is sent from the pits of hell with intent on destruction by any means possible!

THE CHURCH CAN NOT LOOK THE OTHER WAY ANY LONGER NOR CAN WE PUT OUR FINGERS IN OUR EARS TO BLOCK OUT THE CRIES OF THE HURTING WOMEN IN OUR MIDST!

The heart of God the Father, the heart of Jesus Christ the Son, the heart of the precious Holy Spirit all cry out for workers in the fields for this harvest of souls which is ripe and must be brought into the family and healed and restored!

Jesus Christ came to heal the suffering and afflicted, to comfort the brokenhearted and to set the captives free from their prisoners and to announce their freedom and liberty. Jesus Christ suffered great pain and death to provide us with the power and authority to "go to all " with the Good News of redemption and restoration, WHY ARE WE LOOKING THE OTHER WAY when those He died for are hurting? Why do we sing and dance and shout in a spirit of praise to our God who's heart is breaking for hurt of the hurting, being very sure to keep our fingers tightly in our ears so as not to hear the CRIES OF THE HURTING ALL AROUND US?

I can not bring hope and healing to all but if I can be an instrument of His purposes to just one hurting soul in need of healing, I have made all of Heaven to rejoice at the throne of my Father! How many hurting, hopeless women would be saved, healed and restored if each of us would touch the heart of just one? TRUE MINISTRY has always been the ministry of One to One...allowing Jesus in us to touch the wounded heart of the one sitting before us!

" I wish I could give this message to every Pastor who stands in a pulpit to preach God's Holy Word and then challenge them to "go, take the Gospel to ALL " for there is great need in our body of believers! And the JESUS of whom you speak is waiting on YOU to touch just one heart that needs His healing."

Perhaps this is why God is calling forth an Army of Women to minister in these last days! God's heart is still LOVE!

HE IS NOT LOOKING THE "OTHER WAY".......BUT DIRECTLY AT THE NEED OF HIS DAUGHTERS!
Lord Jesus, HELP US to do the same!