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    In His Service, Love Always, Ms. Jackson
    In His Service, Love Always, Ms. Jackson
    In His Service, Love Always, Ms. Jackson
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    In His Service, Love Always, Ms. Jackson

    By Okisha Jackson

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    Dear Humanity,
    I wrote this letter because this world is a cold and mean place. There are people who want to make a difference. That desire to live a life of purpose and be remembered for bringing out the best in others, but don't know where to begin. I'm hoping this letter find those individuals and they obtain everything they need.
    I will share with you what love looks like from the world and what love looks like from the heart by sharing the good and bad tales of my life. I hope you learn, enjoy, and even laugh from those experiences.
    Most importantly, I hope we all choose right and leave a legacy of giving and showing real love.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateMay 21, 2018
    ISBN9781532365249
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      In His Service, Love Always, Ms. Jackson - Okisha Jackson

      Peace

      January 8, 2018

      Good Afternoon,

      I’m sitting here at the table while I’m waiting for the cleaning service to arrive at my mother’s place. I have some time since I’ve moved things out of the way to make things a little easier. I felt led to start writing you about love in place. I know what you’re thinking. What does she mean by love in place? I’ll be glad to answer that. Matthew 7:1 states, Judge not, that ye be not judged. It’s kind of hard to not judge a book by its cover, isn’t it? Everything is advertised to us to entice us to buy, admire, or even inspire us to become something or someone else. I’ll be honest. When I’m on Facebook, I get more responses from my pictures than when I ask a question. I could post right now, I’m going to jump off the cliff, and nobody would say anything because we all have become desensitized to each other’s concerns. We’re more obsessed with how we look to one another than how we are doing internally, which to me is not only sad but makes our world much smaller and lonesome.

      People, we are so much more than how we look. We are all gifted and special in some way that needs to be acknowledged, shared, and celebrated with one another. But before we can truly celebrate with a right spirit, we must learn to love in place. Love in place to me is being able to look at someone and show them God’s unconditional love and compassion instantly without the negative standards of acceptance from all forms of social and political backgrounds.

      This is challenging because I have been the judge and the judged. I have been high and mighty and then brought down low and learned humility. It’s a very interesting journey. I’ll give you an example and a quiz.

      One day an unmarried, pregnant young lady goes to church because she feels that she needs spiritual guidance. She is engaged to a man that just divorced his wife for her and has a three-month old baby by him already. You are the pastor or a leader of some sort in that church. What do you do?

      Or

      The obvious answer is C and guess what? That girl was me over 13 years ago and I am here today, able to testify that loving people in place works. Showing genuine love transforms lives. I’m not the person I was thirteen years ago, glory to God, and it has a lot to do with people able to look at me with all my flaws and showed me love. Pastor Howard A. and Maryellen Crockett did this for me and it transformed my life. Loving in place is powerful.

      As a society, we love the outer more than what’s going on internally. We have unrealistic standards and goals to make ourselves look like we’re truly happy. Yet we see the reality daily on television. I believe we could be happier if we spent more time on what really matters in our lives. When you woke up this morning, you woke up with the opportunity of becoming somebody’s hero. I enjoy watching all the Marvel Comic movies with my children, especially Thor and Captain America, but we are heroes, too.

      I went back to substitute teaching last year. I really didn’t want to because even though I love children I don’t agree with the system of education. Teachers and substitutes really don’t get enough pay for all that they do. I know that now after working behind the scenes and seeing what really takes place. The Holy Spirit told me that His children need Him. Go in there and give them my love. Isn’t that interesting? He didn’t say give them money or toys, food or clothes, nothing material, just love on them. Everything flowed easily after I did my training. I’d been helping the music teachers in the morning because that’s when they have little children, pre-k to second grade. It’s hard to teach with little kids running around. I had a few that needed a little discipline here and there, but once we got to pre-k, I wondered if I heard the Lord say what He said.

      For one class, there were two little boys running all over the place. Trying to catch them was like playing football Oh, my goodness, they ran me down. They were so cute, but busy bodies for sure. Then I could hear that voice again telling me to love on them. I took them both under my wings, hugging and tickling them, telling them that they were good boys even though they weren’t acting as such. After a while, the boys’ behaviors began to change. For one, they clung to me like glue and began to do what they were told. They were still energetic, but I could manage them better. I realized that some of these babies just need a little more attention and if you give it to them the right way it’ll make a difference. Makes you wonder if children are bad or just not receiving what they need from home. This was another example of the power of loving in place, loving people where they are.

      Now I’ll admit, I can love children, glory to God, but I still struggle with adults. Let me tell you about this dream I had. I was in a church and across the way I could see my grandmother. My grandmother passed when I was 12 years old by the way. I was seated in this row and this little girl began to frown at me. Then this lady gets up to come out of the row. She doesn’t say excuse me, just squeezes pass me like I’m invisible. I didn’t let it go. I went after her and said, The next time you do that I’m going to snatch your wig off.

      And yes, that’s something I would do in real life because most church folk I have encountered have always judged and rejected me. Well, next thing I knew, my grandmother was dressed in white and she was walking past me and a lot of people began to chase after her. She kept walking and entered this room filled with a whole bunch of sweets, cakes, and pastries of all

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