Good Morning My Beloved Ones,
I
pray you are making the most of every moment of your life here on earth, for it
is but a vapor.
Today
I want to talk to you about “The Defense Rests”. A few months after John
left me, I received a letter from his mother. The letter said that she
would always side with her son, that I am no longer part of the family and that
I was not to contact anyone in her family ever again. I was
devastated. I loved John’s family. I didn’t have a problem with any
of them. What could he have told her to make her send such a letter to
me? My first reaction was to write a letter defending everything I’d ever
said and done in John and I’s relationship. I knew that if I could just
explain, I could make her understand. The urge was overwhelming.
But God said, “No”. For a long time, I didn’t understand why. Now I
do. He wanted to set me free.

The
Bible tells us that we have an advocate (lawyer) who argues our case before the
Only Judge (Father God). His name is Jesus. It is through Him we
are justified (just as if I’d never sinned). We are told in
John 8:36 “Whom the Son sets free is free indeed”. So why don’t we feel
set free? I think it’s because we keep ourselves in the turmoil of the
trial by constantly defending our words and actions to others, our thoughts and
intents to ourselves and our motives to God.
I
could have responded to Marie’s letter. I could have explained. I
could have justified. I could have defended and the prosecution would
have sent a rebuttal and I’d have to defend some more. I thank God for
His wisdom in not allowing me to respond. I needed to let the defense
rest so He could set me free.
I
read a poem over 30 years ago by BJ Hoff that illustrates this point. I
remember it still today. “It matters not if the world has heard or
approves or understands …the only applause we are meant to seek is that of
nail-scarred hands.”
Letting the defense rest, Raelynn