My interviews
with women of God.
Diane Earley loves the beach. When she and her husband
go on vacation, along with fishing and other beach
activities, she loves to walk the shore line, praying and
meditating on God’s word. It gives her a sense of peace,
with the sound of the waves rolling in, and the warm
sand beneath her feet.The scenery and the tranquility
sets the tone for her to commune with God in a quiet,
intimate environment. In essence, the beach is her
prayer closet.
But, since she lives in the mountains, those beach visits
are confined to a few days a year. So, Diane brings a little
beach back home with her every time she goes. Seashells,
a little sand, pictures and large helping of rejuvenation
from those walks along the beach.
But, Diane has another love. It’s a love for people, but her heart is especially
directed toward young women. In the last several years, God has opened the
doors for her to minister to women in various homeless shelter, as well as
several jails, and she has seen fruit from her labors.
Her heart is for the hurting~to help undo the damage done to them from others,
and from themselves. The Lord has now moved her and her husband into an
orphanage as house parents, where she ministers to young girls from all kinds of
backgrounds, with all kinds of issues. Here is a little of her story, in her words,
that explains how she got here.
PPM: How did your burden for women, and in particular young women, begin?
Did it stem from experiences from your own childhood?
Diane: Yes. It came from not being understood. I know the Lord had my heart
from a young age, but from not being fed through the church body, I chose to go
to the world. I see now that it was a path that God let me take. And I spent many
years there, but I can see where God had His hand on me all the way through it.
By man’s standards, I should have been dead, or in jail.
The people that I hurt should not have been in my life, but God used it to teach
me forgiveness by having them forgive me. Through the whole thing, God was
teaching me perseverance. It was a lesson in persevering to the end goal.
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