I cry like that, Phil.  But, I suppose that is different, some are 
probably thinking.  After all, I am a woman.  I ask anyone, what the 
freaking difference that makes.

When GOD squeezes your heart, the juice comes out your eyes, is a 
beautiful little truth in and of itself.  I respect and am very proud 
of men that can cry.  In my humble opinion, these are the real men of 
this planet.

IN HIS MATCHLESS NAME,

purple Mari



At 02:13 PM 5/30/2007, you wrote:
>Rhonda,
>
>You, unfortunately, made the same mistake I have made more than once in
>churches I attended.  I tried letting people know who I really was, and got
>burned every single time.  One time, the pastor's wife, where I had been for
>13 years, where I had preached, and where I served the Lord, lied about me.
>How do you think I was going to go about convincing her husband, the pastor,
>that his wife was a bold faced, bare faced, liar?  That's right.  I
>couldn't.  She lied about me, regardless, and that was the third time I let
>this pastor into my life intimately in a spiritual sense.  One day, while on
>my knees praying about all of this, and crying my artificial eyes out, I
>realized that three strikes and you are out.  I wrote that pastor off.  I
>still love him to this day.  He is 86 years old and pastoring a new church
>he started 25 miles south of Denver.  I learned more from him than anyone.
>I'd do anything he asked me to do.  I admire him nearly above any man of God
>I know but he will never be my pastor again.  this is why we call our little
>church, Safe Place Fellowship.  On Friday nights, and Sunday mornings, I
>encourage people to speak about exactly how they feel and I don't care what
>it is.  No, you can't do this in a meeting of 3 or 4 hundred people as
>easily, of course, but that is what home groups are for.  If we are that
>large some day, we will still have home groups every night of the week in
>various parts of the city for that very reason, to create a Safe Place for
>people.  No, I am not talking about therapeutic sensitivity group meetings.
>There is only one problem with this.  I keep forgetting I have to be honest
>and reveal my feelings, too.  That's very difficult to do when people
>consider you the shepherd.  Fortunately, I cry easily and it is hard being
>proud when you cry.  I used to hate how easily I cried in front of others
>and about the simplest of things, too, until God said, Jeremiah was known as
>the weeping prophet.  I figured if Jeremiah could be a thumb sucker and God
>used him mightily, that was good enough for me.  Besides, as Lester Rolloff
>used to say, when God squeezes your heart, the juice comes out your eyes.
>
>Phil.