Get Away...

You will also defile the covering of your images of silver, And the ornament of your molded images of gold. You will throw them away as an unclean thing; You will say to them, "Get away!" Isaiah 30:22 (NKJV)

When I came to know Who Jesus really was - the Living God! - I did some house cleaning. I had some religious items that in the past I looked to as more than symbols. I knew they weren't actually God, but I believed they had "some" power, some connection to God. For example, I had a wall statue of Mary the mother of Jesus holding the baby Jesus, around her neck I had hung a strand of pink rosary beads and a white strand given to me after my communion ceremony. I also had a cross with an image of Christ on it that I received as a wedding gift. (I even had it blessed by a religious official). As if that might give it that little extra something.

No one told me to dispose of anything, I just knew in my heart and soul that these items had been objects of worship at one time or another in my life. But no more. I had the real deal! Why should I worship, or call on an object made with hands when I had the real living God? I shouldn't and I wouldn't. In the trash they went. Some might say that it's a terrible thing to throw out items such as that. But it's not true. What I was really throwing out was a part of the old self who was as dead as they were. They never really held any power, nor were they God. Their services, which were none up to that point, would no longer be called on. No one ever answered anyway. Sad to think I spent many days looking to something worthless for answers. Then one day, I looked to the God I cannot see except with eyes of faith and HE answered!

Dina Seaton

DIGGING DEEPER
Psalm 51:
9) Hide your face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.

UPCOMING EVENT
May is fast approaching and we will be hosting our 2nd annual Family Freedom Walk on Saturday, May 8th. You can help in two ways. 1. walk - call guest services to obtain a walk package, solicit sponsors and come to the walk. 2. (this is a fun one) Sponsor Victory Call for the walk. We are having a friendly competition between the 2 groups of devotional readers (Freedom Fighters and Victory Call). Our goal is to raise more funds for the Victory Call team than the men raise for the Freedom Fighter's team. If you would like to join the fun, simply go to this link on our website https://01.secure.elexio.com/donations.aspx?id=366346&websiteurl=http://www.americaskeswick.org&siteid=2184 fill out the information and indicate in the "DESIGNATION" area : Family Freedom Walk: Victory Call or if you prefer make your check out to America's KESWICK and put in the memo line: FFW/Victory Call and mail to : America's KESWICK 601 Route 530 Whiting, NJ 08759. ALL DONATIONS MUST ARRIVE NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, MAY 5TH in order to be counted for our TEAM. Come on ladies, we can do it!!!