God Moment at The Lydia Center

Psalm 68:19 (New International Version)
“Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Selah”

This beautiful story, experienced at the Lydia Center, is a true demonstration of the freedom, and renewal found in the healing embrace of God. May we be encouraged by the strength and hope that God revealed in this experience!

We went to the river with a bucket of stones. Each stone represented a “failure” that she had been holding on to. She read the list & after each one would throw the stone in the river as in giving it to God. Then after she threw all of her stones she read a letter that was from God to her with truths for each “failure”. It was truly a sacred moment & I can’t tell you how privileged I felt to be a witness of God doing a tremendous healing just with those seemingly small things. She read a scripture from Ephesians 1:4 which talked about how God loved her & “chose her in Christ to be holy without fault in His eyes.” She then played her guitar & sang the song “Lead me to the Cross”. We both just sat there & looked out at the river. It was so heavy with the presence of God that neither of us could or wanted to speak. This was a really a healing time for her since she carried such a weight around with these. God showed her just how big He is & when she has her head up she sees His bigness & not her failures.

Carrie Libonati • Learning Center Instructor