Saturday, October 28, 2017

Day #1391

October 22, 2017

This writing by Sarah Carson from the blog, Daily Grace, by the Women of the ELCA spoke to me today. It's called "Prisoners Need Love, Too." 

Aren’t we all in a prison of some sort - a prisoner to time and its passing quickly; a prisoner to health or the lack of it; a prisoner to wealth or what we wish we had; a prisoner to love or the desire to have love?! Sarah writes: 
According to a 2012 study by The Sentencing Project, a not-for-profit criminal justice research and advocacy organization, 1 in every 108 people in the United States is imprisoned.“The number one thing a Christian in here needs is encouragement,” wrote a friend in prison. “The walls, the rules, the chains, the isolation, the sensory deprivation and everything else are designed to break a human being down.”Next, we can support those in prison through prayer, he added.“Lastly,” he said, “is fellowship—like what we do,” referring to our letter-writing. “It makes me feel good knowing someone was thinking about me. It lifts me up.” 
How can we be encouragement, presence, hope for all those imprisoned?

Blessings.

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