Based in the desert of West Texas, Amara Bratcher is a full-time student minister who also writes, takes pictures and volunteers with at-risk children. She has written a book entitled The Bridge That Love Built for adopted kids who have gaps in the early years of their lives. She likes her coffee French Pressed and wears her hair curly 365 days a year. 

Three Little Words

My sheep hear My voice and I know them and they follow Me. - Jesus

Here is the thing - when you know the voice of Jesus, you can spot the counterfeit.

That’s why, four days before Christmas in 2022, I heard it. Loud and clear. Noisy gong. Clanging cymbal.

It was not the voice of God and I knew it.

I was not surprised when 6 months later, everyone else knew it too.

God always gets the final word,” is what the text message that came across my screen that morning read. It was from someone who was removed two to three degrees from the impact. I had no response.

The words that I had known since December 20, 2022 tasted like ash in my mouth.

I
was
right.

Dirty Job