Last night I learned that a Minister in my town was beat up by her husband in the parking lot of the Renaissance Concourse hotel in Atlanta. It shook me up, reminding me of my own past. It shook me up, because the fairytale died, again, for another woman.
She had a very public and beautiful wedding. They have been married for the past 4 or 5 years and have ministered together since their union. She is nationally and internationally known as a psalmist with multiple worship Cd’s, an author with numerous bestselling books, a preacher, prophet & teacher of the Gospel, and a women who inspires and stands the test of time.
Tragedy doesn’t change all of that, it just changes the landscape of the process. It adds one more challenge that she is strong enough to face and overcome. And unfortunately she enters the cannon of women who have been battered and bruised and many killed by another human being’s “insecurities” and rage. She’s got choices to make, only time will let us on the outside know what she will do. As for now I will quote my pastor, “We Got To Pray.”
And you will find me on my knees allowing God to deal with my own pain and ‘standing in the gap’ for another family in need.
