hope and conviction soon took over, and God began His mighty work within her. In 1998, she was granted a closer walk with my Jesus. All the things sin took from her, God was going to restore.
Cassandra wanted to be a good Christian, but was more inept than good. She had lived a life of failure after failure. It seemed that every time she stood up, she would fall down. Cass was a clear example of a life not filled with the Holy Spirit. She remembered praying prayers that were heartfelt and sincere, but her life was missing an understanding of the relationship component. That 12 year old girl who walked the aisle to congratulate her father on his restoration to the Lord was duped by the devil into believing that what she had in Christ was enough. In the process of completing the class, she learned that her salvation opened a door to a relationship with God. Those little churches back home never preached relationship, hell fire and brimstone, but never a relationship. She had learned about God, but started to realize that she did not know much about who He …show more content…
Her views regarding family and relationships were extremely skewed as a result of her childhood experiences. She had lived through enough hell as a child, and she was determined her adult years would not be filled with such nonsense. She would find herself sitting at the well drawing water in the heat of the day waiting for her deliver to arrive. She could relate to the woman at the well depicted in John 4 more than she would care to admit. At the first sign of confrontation, she would abandon her matrimonial vows and head for the hills of home. It would take years before she realized she was the problem. In her younger days, these ex-husbands were the blame for her unhappiness, but her problem ran more deeply than confrontation, Cass had a father
Cassandra wanted to be a good Christian, but was more inept than good. She had lived a life of failure after failure. It seemed that every time she stood up, she would fall down. Cass was a clear example of a life not filled with the Holy Spirit. She remembered praying prayers that were heartfelt and sincere, but her life was missing an understanding of the relationship component. That 12 year old girl who walked the aisle to congratulate her father on his restoration to the Lord was duped by the devil into believing that what she had in Christ was enough. In the process of completing the class, she learned that her salvation opened a door to a relationship with God. Those little churches back home never preached relationship, hell fire and brimstone, but never a relationship. She had learned about God, but started to realize that she did not know much about who He …show more content…
Her views regarding family and relationships were extremely skewed as a result of her childhood experiences. She had lived through enough hell as a child, and she was determined her adult years would not be filled with such nonsense. She would find herself sitting at the well drawing water in the heat of the day waiting for her deliver to arrive. She could relate to the woman at the well depicted in John 4 more than she would care to admit. At the first sign of confrontation, she would abandon her matrimonial vows and head for the hills of home. It would take years before she realized she was the problem. In her younger days, these ex-husbands were the blame for her unhappiness, but her problem ran more deeply than confrontation, Cass had a father