Inspirational testimonies for Easter

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Happy Easter!

Easter is always a special day in prison because the prison residents get time to share their testimonies during Easter service.  Here are three quick testimonies for your Easter enjoyment.

Sam had recently been stabbed by a person on the prison yard.  Prison politics would dictate that he would have to stab this person back.  And yet, instead of doing so, Sam shared that he had forgiven his stabber.

Tommy had burned a lot of bridges in his life.  He had had no contact with his family and kids for at least 15 years.  One day, out of the blue, he felt called to write a letter to his family.  Right after sending it, he received a letter from his family.  They had sent letters to each other at the same time!  They reconciled and starting corresponding.  In one of the subsequent letters, Tommy’s kids drew a picture that Tommy then painted in, so that his kids could have something that they had created together, father and children.

Casey attended a powerful 4-day retreat of unconditional love inside prison and experienced an awesome transformation.  So much so that he felt strong enough to go sober for the first time in 20+ years.  Casey told his parents about his experience and about going sober.  Inspired by Casey’s commitment, his parents started going to church and they got sober too!

May these stories of God’s work in these men’s lives inspire you to see the transformations in yours.

Invitation:  Take a moment right now to reflect on the transformative experiences that have taken place in your life over the past month or two.

This is part of a series. You see, on April 1st, I realized that I have a unique perspective into confinement thanks to my past 4.5 years engaging several times a week with the world's leading experts on confinement: prison residents. For the month of April, I will provide a daily lesson learned in prison that will hopefully help us to survive and even thrive while confined to our homes. Go forward and back to enjoy each daily lesson.