{"id":2414,"date":"2024-12-23T05:46:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/?p=2414"},"modified":"2025-01-20T12:13:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:13:01","slug":"encouragement-from-prison-how-god-speaks-in-unexpected-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/?p=2414","title":{"rendered":"Encouragement from Prison \u2014 How God Speaks in Unexpected Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Encouragement-from-Prison-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Encouragement-from-Prison-980x552.jpg 980w, https:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Encouragement-from-Prison-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The Greenville County Detention Center has neither censored nor inspected this item. Therefore, this facility does not assume responsibility for its contents.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GCDC-letter.heic\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2418\" style=\"width:287px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was home in bed devastated by the flu when my husband brought me the mail. I\u2019d had a bad night. Alternating between burning up with fever and shivering with cold, I\u2019d battled a temple-splitting headache. Body aches made my skin, my hair, and my eyes hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In the frailty of a miserable illness, I questioned everything about my life, including my call to write.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who am I fooling? I asked myself. What makes you think you have anything to say that could help anyone? Why would God use you, a nobody from nowhere, to write for him? You don\u2019t even have a degree in writing. You were trained as a dental hygienist, for heaven\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe I\u2019m done, I thought.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then David handed me the mail. I flipped through it halfheartedly when the red-stamped envelope caught my eye. Amidst foil-edged Christmas cards, colorful sale flyers, and bills, the plain white envelope stood out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Greenville County Detention Center?<\/strong> I flipped the envelope over and read the return address\u2014a&nbsp;&nbsp;name I didn\u2019t recognize and a number: #657848*&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Printed in black ink on college ruled paper, the letter began:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To Lori<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hello,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>My name is James, and I received your address from a minister friend of yours. Someone donated your book&nbsp;<em>Refresh Your Hope&nbsp;<\/em>to our chaplain, and I got it. The devotional really spoke to me in times of despair and not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. It brought me back knowing that I have sound hope in Jesus Christ.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I have passed the book on to two other people, and they both love it as well. I still borrow the book sometimes and read certain devotions over and over that give me the most encouragement.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I am wondering if you or maybe the publisher if you can\u2019t, but I would like another one of your \u201cRefresh Your\u201d books. I have no way of ordering or paying for a book. If not, that\u2019s OK to. I still want you to know how one of your books impacted my life and to know others are being impacted by it also! I pray God continues to use you to reach many lives for His harvest! Merry Christmas!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In Christ,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James*<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I flopped my head back on the pillow as silent tears leaked from my eyes and dripped into my ears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>First,<\/strong> I cried for James, struggling to find hope in the darkness of the prison system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Then <\/strong>I cried in repentance, asking God to forgive me for ever doubting His ability to use a nobody from nowhere to encourage one of \u201cthe least of these.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Then<\/strong> I cried in gratitude, humbled and thankful that I get to serve God through the ministry of writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I don\u2019t know what you\u2019re feeling on this Christmas Eve eve.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe, like I was, you\u2019re feeling sorry for yourself and wondering if God is still at work in your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe, like James, you\u2019re struggling for hope in the darkness of your circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe you\u2019re lonely, or scared, or sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Take comfort today.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It\u2019s not an accident that you\u2019re reading this post.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God, who loved you enough to come to earth as a baby, live as a man, and die on a cross to pay for your sins, sees you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>He cares about you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>He is with you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just like He prompted a nobody from nowhere to write a book that found its way into a prison so a hopeless inmate could read it and be encouraged, He is working in the circumstances of your life. And He reminded me to tell you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Two thousand years ago He sent His Son, Jesus, into the world to save you\u2014yes, you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then He sent believers down through the ages to share the good news until it reached you\u2014yes, you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So you could know you\u2019re not alone. You, yes you, have a Savior, and His name is Jesus. Take comfort in this today. No matter what happens, He is with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel, God with us<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Isaiah 7:14).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>P.S. You\u2019ll be happy to know<\/strong> that I shared James\u2019s letter with my publisher, <a href=\"https:\/\/ourdailybreadpublishing.org\/books.html\">Our Daily Bread Publishing,<\/a> who responded immediately and sent James a box of books, including my newest release,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4iLhXyZ\">Think on These Things, 60 Thoughtful Devotions for Renewed Peace.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>We pray God will use the material to encourage and equip not only James, but others as they live out their faith within the prison system.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019d like your own copy of&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4iLhXyZ\">Think on These Things,<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;it\u2019s releasing soon and is available now for preorder.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4iLhXyZ\">Click HERE<\/a>&nbsp; or on the image below to start 2025 with peace and joy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*The details been changed to protect the sender\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/41LEoxT\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Facebook-Page-Cover-3-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Facebook-Page-Cover-3-980x552.jpg 980w, https:\/\/lorihatcher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Facebook-Page-Cover-3-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Think on These Things available for preorder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Greenville County Detention Center has neither censored nor inspected this item. 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