I heard Carol Kent speak decades ago and just stumbled on this moving interview. Wow! God speaks through her so clearly with a Corrie ten Boom kind of giant faith. She has used her family’s terrible pain to bless and minister to others while most of us would wallow or crack up. I will be praying. I am very sympathetic to her son. Because of him those those girls will be safe. . We will never know what might have happened to them otherwise. Many mothers and grandparents who fear for the safety of their children would completely understand. I wish that the courts would understand.

@reframingministries

Жыл бұрын

Oh how we all wish that. And yet, I always think of the Apostle Paul whose ministry from behind the prison walls continues to this day through all he wrote in the New Testament. Carol is one special lady! - Colleen

This story is so very much like my story. I was a very young and new Christian, building a church with my friends in Houma, Louisiana. My special friend David and I worked side by side, pouring concrete, framing the walls, building trusses, and all that went along with it. In the middle of construction, I was called to work in a health food ministry in Arkansas and I bid my friends goodbye, but kept in close touch with David and another friend. On the day Elvis Presley died, I got word that my special friend, David, had been arrested and accused of four murders. This was so out of character and I looked at the evidence and it just didn't add up. In the seven years he spent on Death Row, I spent looking for the real killer. But David died unexpectedly in the electric chair before I actually found the killer. Also during that seven years, I got involved with Prison Fellowship, and I'm still writing to inmates by correspondence as I'm old and crippled now. I wrote a book about David called No Stones to Throw. I had to fictionalize it into a novel in case the real killer should find out I know his identity. Prison Ministry is not for amateurs and I don't want to romanticize it in any way. Inmates are manipulative and if you aren't properly trained and certified, you can find yourself behind bars, or worse, the victim of a crime. I share empathy with Carol Kent and her family, having gone through the same experience, but sometimes you do have to face facts that in certain circumstances, a family member or friend can be pushed to the limits and end up in prison. Do pray for these inmates and their families, and if you feel uncomfortable doing prison ministry, consider a ministry to help their families. They need your help and the knowledge of Jesus also.

Having tears watching this interview. Be encouraged, this video is giving me strength.

@reframingministries

Жыл бұрын

Truly, one of the most inspiring interviews. So thrilled to know it encouraged you! - Colleen

What a friend we have in Jesus! Thank you for sharing such a painful story with such grace. Your such a strong and faithful person!

@reframingministries

2 жыл бұрын

Sandy, Carol is one amazing woman. She is living through a modern day "Paul the apostle" as her son remains to be a light in those dark, prison places. Blessings to you today. - Colleen

This interview sure tugged at my heart. It makes me question”What have I done with the hurt in my life or my family’s lives?” Carol, you and your husband and son are such an inspiration! God bless your mission! Thank you Colleen for broadcasting this message. God bless you as well!

Thanks Mrs. Kent and Mrs. Swindoll 🙏❤️😣 You have blessed me so much with your vulnerability and openness 🙏❤️ I am learning, I want like you said “the new me” be just like you Mrs. Kent.

@reframingministries

Жыл бұрын

Elizabeth, she is a most outstanding, courageous, and enduring woman I’ve ever met. SO thankful your heart was encouraged! - Colleen

Wow! What a Statement: "God would not waste this great sorrow..." I must say, that I have looked for a definition or phrase which gave meaning to who I am and boundary to a lifetime of painful experiences and genuine questions from the depth of dark why's. Waste is such a heavy word, malodorous and repulsive to a point of being diabolical..... I'm experiencing a kind of undone-ness because God used you both and spoke this phrase into the depths of my brokenness to frame or shore-up what has seemed abysmal for 61 years. What precious tears I weep in relief. Hope floods this chasm of pain and scattered wonderings. Although I've always wanted to believe I'm not alone, I felt that I had to complete something on my own without having any clue what that thing is... I was responsible to love God through emptiness, pain, accusations, spiritual flailing.... and be content with the outcomes of barely squeaking by. Now, it's like a 'blow-up' assembly diagram - - it makes sense! I can see how the pieces fit, and none of them are are missing - NOTHING is wasted, they've all got purpose and place. I'm safe now.... I don't have to figure it out alone. It's His Design, His Diagram, and I don't have to do anything. The search is over and I can rest knowing that when I'm to move or do something, He will show me what and where and to whom..... What EXQUISITE Love and tender Mercy!!

@pamscheese4944

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story! I’m 61 and am in this same place that you were. So much pain, rejection and abuse has been a part of my life. I have been a Christian for many many years and am in a place of brokenness. And believe God wants to heal and restore me. I have moved a lot since my divorce in 2009. Specifically the last 7 years. I so badly wanted to live near my daughter and her family. I now realize that this was not God’s will. I find myself alone in a state that is not where I’m from. And having a hard time finding a church. I so want to find a church that is my family. If you read this please pray for me, thank you ❤🙏

@paws271

2 ай бұрын

@@pamscheese4944 praying for you! Don't be afraid to ask God for direct help - He's more interested in planting your life than you can imagine!

@pamscheese4944

2 ай бұрын

@paws271 thank you 🙏

@paws271

2 ай бұрын

@@pamscheese4944 hey there, Pam. I've been thinking about you while I work today and wanted to give you something I know launched healing into multiple areas of my life - some seemingly unrelated, but just facts. Forgiveness was the first point. I remember the day like a movie. I was angry at the direction of my life, feeling trapped and spinning in circles. I couldn't figure out why it was so flippin hard for my Dad to help me out. It wasn't that he couldn't. I'm pretty sure it was because of the lies he chose to believe about me (longer story), but I refused to cry any more! So, I got mad. I asked God what was I s'posed to do and busied myself cleaning. I searched my memory for an applicable scripture... Years earlier I'd put several verses of Psalm 35 to music and so I rehearsed it in my head. Then verses began to rush in... Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors... Be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you... If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will forgive you.... I stopped what I was doing, and I clenched my fists and said out loud, "I. for. give. them." I meant it - even angry as I was, I was serious - so God brought to memory things I still felt sadness or bitterness or complacent about (kinda like 'oh well, same story, next page). There were only a handful at that moment, but I began to soften. I imagined a picture of myself in the dark. Then I realized I was under a black shroud kindofa thing (closest I can equate it with is a ginormous, black, plastic trash bag). I reached up and poked my finger into it and created a hole. Then, I knew.... When I forgive - blatantly/wilfully/with or without supporting emotions - I'm poking holes in the darkness, which allows the Light of God and the water of His Word to come in to me AND anyone involved in the story. Then growth in me began - whether or not I had anything to do with the stories, when I forgave, I got more of His light, and the washing of the water of the Word nourishes me still.... So, what I can tell you (as a little bit bigger sister) is Start Poking Holes! Feel what you feel as you remember the stories - every time you remember the stories (you won't always need to forgive... maybe remind yourself you've done that...) - but allow God to show you a deeper look at reality. Maybe you'll see how much you've grown. Maybe you can empathize with the other's experiences in your stories. John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” When you're walking in the light, you're more likely to see the uglier things coming and by the blood of the Lamb and the word of your testimony, you overcome. You're not victimized again. Then you have to figure out how to walk in the joy of THIS FREEDOM! Jesus means what He says!! He loves you and smiles knowing what He created in you to bless Him and the world.

Buy the book! It is a great read.. She is a lady I believe who has a critical huge message for the American church. She has been through the fire and she and her husband have navigated this journey with a grace that shows God’s mercy and faithfulness.

@reframingministries

22 күн бұрын

SO MANY “AMEN’S”!!!!! Carol and Gene are absolutely incredible people! I will send this along to her as well. - Colleen

Loved this interview

@reframingministries

Жыл бұрын

She’s one of my favorites too . . . an amazing woman! - Colleen

What an incredible heart rendering, but faith encouraging interview❤️. I am curious as to what came of Jason’s wife and the two children? Did Carol ever have the opportunity to minister into the family of the man that her son killed, if so have they responded in a positive way to the Lord’s offer of salvation?

@reframingministries

Ай бұрын

I am happy to say there has been tremendous reconciliation with the girls and Carol. Her faithfulness to write them, love them, and communicate it all without ever knowing if they received her messages; God has rewarded her in abundance. While her son continues to serve a life sentence, he is (in my thoughts) a modern day “Paul”; faithfully serving Jesus and being protected by our faithful Father every day. Our prayer is that he will one day be released. And if not on this side of heaven, most certainly when he enters heaven. Love hearing from you! - Colleen

This is a truth. God ways are beyond finding out.

Looks like Jason Kent joined the WRONG church 3:36-3:40 friends with the WRONG woman, otherwise he would have been an admiral

The way this interviewer just disrespected certain networks,this negativity is toxic. Professionals do not criticize ~~ever. Being professional is always taking the high road. Especially if you call yourself a Christian.