MAKE
A DIFFERENCE
(for Friends of
Pink or Blue)
Volume 5
September 11, 2003
Today, a lot of people are holding their breath wondering what
the enemy is going to do next. I know what he’s going to
do. Kill unborn life, while luring our youth into sexual
"freedom" that comes with a great price-tag. But, it’s buy
now--pay later. Grab all the gusto you can, because you only go
around once, and you deserve a break today, so have it your way.
Never has it been more important for our youth to look sexy and be
attractive. Three years ago, Jo and I walked through the
blue-light district in Amsterdam, at our host’s insistence. We
saw women in their underwear showcasing their sexuality in windows,
looking for customers. I asked the Lord, "Please keep my heart
clean that I would not be enticed to think wickedly." In our ten
day tour of Germany and Holland, I saw more "skin" than I normally see
in five years. Fortunately, it went in one eye and out the
other. But, while I deliberately choose to lead a sheltered life,
our youth are exposed almost constantly to these images designed to
arouse their desire to "do it". The provocative dress of both
sexes these days shows how far our culture has slidden. I’m
reminded of Balaam, who when he could not curse God’s people, advised
the heathen king, Balak, to introduce his young women to Israel’s young
men, and see if that didn’t help. (Revelation 2:14)
What can we do?
Here’s an answer you might not expect. I don’t know. I do
know that this is a spiritual battle, and that the weapons of our
warfare are not carnal weapons. I know that we need to pray and
listen for God’s voice. We need to hear from Him and do as He
leads us. We can commit to our cause (which is good), but we need
to beware, lest we become blinded by our cause. Satan would have
us become finger-pointing blame-gamers, and he would especially like us
to blame the church for the evil in our society that he himself
inspires and oversees. I have spoken with several who say, "The
church needs to do more." While, I would not argue with that
statement, we need to see if our attitude has become negative because
of our cause not receiving the attention we would like to see it
get. The bible way is to be thankful all the time. (I
Thessalonians 5:18) Definitely, it seems impossible, but through
our God, we can do it, and to do less is to fall short of God’s
standard for our life. Believe me, I know it’s hard, and the
longer you’ve been in this the harder it could be. But at the
same time, with experience comes knowledge, and from God comes wisdom,
so we do have a lot to be thankful for, don’t we.
August was an incredibly active month for me, with nineteen
speaking/singing engagements and more finances flowing into the
ministry than ever before. We added eleven more participating
centers, plus two more since September 1st, and we will give out
cartons of CDs to four more centers in the next two weeks. We will be
ordering 1000 more CDs very soon, also. We have been going into
larger population centers in the past month, including Salt Lake City,
Baltimore, Richmond, Raleigh, New Orleans, Waco, Albuquerque, Wichita,
Memphis, Indianapolis, and Wichita.
The highlight of the month for me was visiting Hope House, a maternity
home in Pottsville, about 260 miles to the east of Pittsburgh.
Here I met the director and four young women who live there with their
newborn babies. The women had all listened to ’Pink or Blue?’ and
treated me like a celebrity. I sang for them for almost an hour,
and what a joy it was to experience God’s love for them as I
sang. They had a thousand questions it seemed and I was very
blessed to answer them. I think we could have stayed up all night
sharing music and fellowship, but I knew, by the guidance of the Holy
Spirit, when it was time to leave. I asked these lovely young
ladies, Rosalina, Tiffany, Katrina, and Naomi, if I could pray for
husbands for each of them. They were pleased to tell me to go
ahead. Praying for them was pure joy. It was just amazing
to experience the love of God that Marietta and Hermelt Montalvo have
pored into these lives and so many others . THANK YOU LORD, FOR LETTING
ME BE PART OF THIS.
Sisters and brothers, don’t grow weary of doing well.
I was thinking about an old Dr. Seuss story, "Horton Hears a
Who." Maybe some of you remember it. Horton’s this elephant
that finds this daisy or flower and is about to stomp on it when he
hears a tiny voice begging him to stop. He pulls the flower close to
his ear and he hears the voice. It turns out there’s a little
city of tiny people living on this flower, so he protects it. Everyone
thinks he’s crazy and tries to take the flower from him, but he keeps
saying: "I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. A person’s
a person, one hundred per cent."
Pray that those around you would have ears to hear. Pray for me,
once in a while. And be thankful.
God loves you, and I do, too. You are making a difference!
David Benrexi
Zephaniah 3:17
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