After our Easter celebration at home the next day Duane came to me and said:
“Ann, honey, just so you know, this doesn’t go in the dishwasher.”
What was the this? It is a beautiful soup bowl. Now normally, Duane doesn’t leave them on the counter to be washed. But there were tons of dishes (not literally – I do not lie) and some had to wait until morning. They really don’t make dishwashers that big… I told him that I totally forgot! It was my fault. And my Sweetie said: “It’s probably just as much mine too.” What a guy!
But: I told him no. I was wrong not him. And then came a joyful note!
I just loved seriously telling him: “I’ll tell you when you’re wrong!” (And I do!)
Laughter is great medicine!
Correction is biblical and to be received with gratitude when the correction is correct! And rebukes are necessary as well!
2 Timothy 3:16-17
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Growing up in a home without the love for God, an invalid father, heavy financial hardships, and tremendous (sometimes dangerous) discord is always difficult. Add on to that extreme shyness, a feeling of inferiority, and some may think this girl was rejected. But God’s hand was on her and His heart was for her. Today, Ann Marie Turner has performed many great services in Jesus’ name for the love of God and man; and for herself! She has ministered in the male correctional for over ten years. Along with this website, Ann is the author of Joy Stories, Volume One and The Free Incarcerated Man. Writing about the joy of the Lord and the victory that is available for a willing soul is one of Ann’s now greatest joys! Ann’s prayer for you is to overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of your testimony. Celebrate the God of the Bible and your personal victories in Christ unceasingly! Revelation 12:11 They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.