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Looks are deceptive. People`s kindness is obvious. It is nice you honestly remember such kindness. We all should. That makes us human beings. This is an eye opener.
Martha --thankyou thankyou thankyou . God does speak through you . it's true . i hear his voice through you . you are doing amazing work . trust Jesus . Simply TRUST . That is the message I got .
Thank you Again, Karen
I know there is a God because if it was not for him I would had given up on live along time ago for I have lost a daughter to a din ken driver and two brother and my mom & dad and been beaten by my first marriage & my next marriage husband killed him self & raised my 4 girls on my own and I have been thought alt . But God has always been there to help me .
Dear Martha,
I twoo left home when I was 18 years old. It was very hard but I too as well had great landlords and if it wasn't for them I don't know what I would have done. The rest of the years I have beeen struggling finanicially and have two children now as well. We lost our home about 7 years ago shgortly after my son was born, but since themn we have had great landlords who have had hearts and understood our constant stuggle, so I guess when I sit here and write this that since I left home on my own I have always as you had someone that cared about us and had great big hearts who were understanding. I have always been blessed with landlords who cared. Thanks for the video it reminded me of just what life can be like and how fortunite I am that I have had real people with caring and open hearts even when I didn't see it some 20 years ago.
Good morning Angel...
As you were speaking I was thinking that we are about the same age..although, I think you are a year or two older. I like that...lol
Anywho, I would love to hear "your story" one day. Any suggestions how I could do that? Do you have a website or a book that is "all about Martha Williamson?" The reason I would like that is because I have such a bond with you...from afar, of course, and the tidbits that I hear, every so often, about your past, intrigue me.
I have a very colorful past & I have shared it on this blogsite, as well as whenever I feel the urge or God's urge, I should say. As we say in Alcoholics Anonymous, "we do not regret the past, nor wish to shut the door on it. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others."
My story, (what I used to be like, what happened, & what it is like now) is a tapestry of vivid colors & creations, and it is my tapestry, a beautiful tapestry. I too have a "green plate." Although it is not actually a plate, it is the Farberware pots that have moved & been stored & moved again for almost 30 years....they remind me of where I've been & the grace of God in my life.
Thank you again, Martha, for being my morning inspiration. I love you.
Smooches, Lori K.
Dear Martha,
I came across your website the other day as I was going through my emsil. I have always enjoyed the series "Touched by an Angel", and was saddened to hear that it would no longer be in production as a regular weekly series. The inspiration and the hope you gave to others through that series is a testament of your faith and love of the Lord Jesus Christ. So many need to hear the Good News of the gospel as we are living in a world of lost and lonely people with out a relationship with the saviour.
I was always impressed by the personal message that each episode of the series would bring and the way that each story would minister to the heart. I have been so encouraged by the brief vingnettes and glimpses into your life and faith experiences through your new venture.I myself have experienced first hand the blessings of God in the times of sheer despair. I have recently had nine surgeries in twenty two months and lost my job due to the nature of the medical problems that have ocurred with recovery and rehabiltiation.
I basically am starting part of my life over, so to speak and these stories are so uplifting encouraging and inspiring, and even in the midst of difficulties, the truth of the living God is glorified and praised. May you find many blessings along this new path of life that God has directed for you. I pray that all who come across your stories would be blessed and encouraged and feel the love of God as I have. This is your ministry Martha, and may all who wander here find what they have been looking for!
A sister in Christ Jesus,
Peggy
What a wonderful story. I too moved out of my parent's home at a young age. I heard thru the grapevine that I would be back in less than 6 months...I was even more determined to make it work...I would live in the back seat of my car if I had to. Thank God, that never happened (that I was forced to live in the back seat). I did what I had to do and survived. The Good Lord has been kind to me...I faced many trials and tribulations...but I have been so blessed. I have a roof over my head, food in my stomach, a wonderful job which I can help people as well as support myself, 2 wonderful children...these are not necessarily in order of importance. Your story made my life come back to me...it was a trully heartwarming story...and you sound like a wonderful person. This is the first story that I have watched...hopefully the first of many. Thank you so much
After reading and seeing the green plate. I get it, alas again. And, I remember what my Dad always told me, "If you can't be thankful for all you have, be thankful you don't always get everything you deserve." I am grateful for God's Grace and sacrifice of his Son, so that I don't always get what I deserve.
Blessings,
Barbara
Remembering all of the things we need to be thankful for is a hard lesson for all...but a VERY necessary one. Having a home and even just the basic necessities is more than a lot of others in this world. It would be great if all people could wake up and just give thanks to the Lord for having another day, people who love us and the ability to love others and show them God's love through our actions. Thank you Lord for all of my many blessings, the other things that seem to pull me down, those things can only pull me down as far as I will let them. I have lost my job due to my company leaving the US...I am a single mother of 4 small children...but God is on my side because I have faith.
Dear Martha, Hi I wish I knew a Mr. Venard. My family and I are about to be homeless in less than a month and I am very scared. I know the good LORD will find us a house but I am very scared.
I lived in Pasadena, CA for some time in my life beginning in the early 1970's and stayed in local motels from time to time until a friend invited me into his home. He is no longer with us, but the hospitality of that community has always remained with me.
Pasadena has many Christian believers and from that, comes a loving spirit that is evident in the lives of many. What would any of us do without the love of God in Jesus Christ being there for us?
Thank you, Martha for bringing that love back into my thoughts this Sunday morning.
Hi Martha,
Nice story. I am a landlord here in Denver. I have had freightened little girls come
to my small apartment house as you did. The Lord places us landlords here to help and be of service. I remember so clearly the first place I stayed when my folks moved to Texas after I graduated from High School. It was a motel on Colfax Avenue. I was scared and nobody cared.
It gives me a sense of pride and thankfulness to the Father that I am available to others.
I too do as Mr. Vernard. We have to have compassion on those in need.
My best to your endeavors.
It never cease to amaze me how GOD has an angle in every place we trust HIM in the faith you had moved GOD to the point HE smiled and Mr. Vernard was obedient enough to see the need and trust you Thank you for reminding us just how near HE always is when we need HIM be blessed ! ! !
Could it be that Mr Vernard was an angel sent from the Father in heaven to watch over you? I am not above believing He cares for us just that way.
Sounds like God had your life in His hands. That worked out GREAT for you. Your probably A good person and you probably deserved it.GOD BLESS MR. VERNARD.
May God bless everyone who need help and watch over us all as a one nation committed to the world needs . Take care me also God in your prayers and my marriage and any other daily event i go thru in life.... Amen.... R.B.
Always pleasant to hear of your stories,
and savor your people/lives impressions.
Knowing there are good times like yours
that came to you is reassuring.
Being as confident as you are inspires.
I read most of the other people's comments before I went back to view the Miracle of the Green Plate. However, I have a dial-up internet provider and my sound card doesn't work, so I couldn't listen to whatever it was that was so inspiring to others. If possible, could a text be included of what was said, so I could read it and be inspired as so many others have been. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing such an uplifting story.
I think you are such a nice lady you have so much to say and you do it so beautifully.
Thank You for being so sweet.
Wow, loved the green plate story. Funny, how quickly my brain forgets my very own history. got sober at 21 and had nothing my first christmas 26 years later I still get full of fear and self doubt that needs to be removed by stories like yours and many other human beings all on the same path. Thank you for your story, I am very grateful for your story and the memories of my own that like most people have seen worse times.
Martha,
I really look forward to your postings. I'm encouraged, reminded of situations in my life and uplifted and inspired. I also enjoy reading the comments that are posted. They also are enlightening and inspirational. God Bless You All!
You have many stories of how the Lord provided for you in times of need. So do I but my latest story is similar to the lady who is paralyzed only a life was lost by murder and I am still struggling. I remind myself of the faithfulness of God but He wasn't able to save my granddaughter and I am so hurt. I live for the hope of our reunion. I pray for strength. Daily the tears continue to flow though I will trust Him. Thank you for encouraging me with your messages. Lynn
I look forward eagerly for each presentation and share them as well. Maybe others have joined up as a result of me introducing them to Martha.
Many thanks for your stories and messages.
God bless you!And,keep up the great work!
What happened to you can happen to those who loose hope, Your story can give others hope and know that their is a way and know that their is a GOD and the Angels watching over you. Your story touched my heart and I wish my kids would have faith and make their move without mom and dads help all the time, and just believe that they can also experience something similar to your story and take their first step on their own. GOD BLESS YOU! THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY TO THE PUBLIC.
Martha: I am a newcomer to your messages, but I will look forward eagerly, even hungrily, for more of your soul food.
I've just come home from a warm, cozy evening with my new ladyfriend and her mother, and her mom's Schnauzer, Lily. It's become my 2nd home, since I live alone in a small apartment, but I'm not a recluse. In fact, I'm a retired Psychologist/psychotherapist, with 47 years of teaching college psychology courses, and a simultaneous 36 years counseling individual adults, couples, children, and whomever else was hurting a lot.
Your wonderful and loving message in this program, made me feel that I will always need love, but will also try to give love whenever, to whomever needs it, and find loving relationships my inner worth, and my purpose here on this planet. I will enjoy seeing your next and any previous messages, and find any tapes or books you may have made. Thank you for being on my computer tonight, and it will enable me to sleep even more soundly than usual. I will share these joys with as many others as I can. It was thanks to my loving mother, that I have learned the important of being a loving person to my partner and my children (4) and my grandchildren (8). Thanks again, for being there and inspiring me so much in this short evening's experience with you online.
With God's love, John B.
You are such a brave person. I would have love to have the courage you had to go and step out in the unknown but have total faith. A lesson to be learned for the young and old.
I really enjoy your little conversations. I watch reruns of "Touch by an Angel" as often as possible. I have seen every episode many times. You are an extremely talented writer. God has blessed you with a big heart. I have learned that God is so loving and wonderful.Thank you for what you do and God bless you.
Martha,
This is so true. I married when i was 15 and on my honeymoon, i thought i have made the biggest mistake of my life.
but like you i made a vow to God and my husband to make it work, so i am here 34 years later with 2 daughters, 5 grandkids still working at my marriage and thanking God everyday for what i have.
You know life may not always turn out like we want it to, but we always have to remember God see the big picture and we don't always. If we give our lives over to god, he is going to protect us and take care of us and let no harm come to us.
May god bless you everyday for being such an inspiration to us out here.
Linda
I love to open each of Martha's Touch of Encouragment messages. Keep up the messages as they do encourage and make me smile and ponder God's goodness. I feel I know Martha as a good and dear friend!
Thank you for that. I love Touched by an Angel, that is my all time favorite show!!!!!
This is so enriching for the Spirt of the Lord to touch hurting hearts and the ones that have gone dormant and tired! Merci!
When we share our down and out stories, they collaborate with other's stories and it sure makes a solid occupying force of evidence that God is in the mix. He watches over us - he is in the smallest of details. As I listened to the narrative, however, I thought of how Martha's folks must've screamed into a paper bag, as they hyperventilated, with her taking her leave for California, with no life under her belt, much less a job and housing, at 22 years old! OH, to be that youth-filled, unencumbered and fresh to the world status again, with every confidence and ignorance (lack of knowing), therein! ......
So true, so true. Thank you for sharing.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Remember the small things in life, because someday you will realize that the BIG THINGS ARE THE LITTLE THINGS.
Thanks, Martha....listening to your story gives me hope. Your blind faith and your trust had been in my heart also, but I have not had the fortune of the happy ending...yet. Still, I view the possibility that all will turn out positive and that God will send good fortune and good people into my life too. Thanks for sharing your inspirational hope and the twinkle in your eye. I, too, will go forward today expecting the best!
I just want to cry! You have the best stories...Somehow, you make those hard times sound so wonderful and rich. It's poignant, to say the least, but as you were speaking, I felt as if I were watching a movie in warp time, feeling your fear, anticipation, and excitement at the beginning, freaking in horror at the suspense of what the scary and mysterious landlord was going to determine, reaching the pinnacle at the point at which you landed the apartment, and crying at the end when you were greeted at the door, your life at the peek of newness, with the hospitality of the strange landlord who brought comforting commodities to help you kick off the new year. I wonder if my story of hardship and faith could sound that well if I told it myself...
I really would like to meet you,or at least talk with you. Maybe I could get some sound advice. I am a single mother of three children, two of which were diagnosed with Autism at three. I am a singer, a musician, a performer, and a writer (degree in voice performance). I know that my destiny is to help and inspire people (I've had much experience with my children, for whom I'd give up everything), but at present I am teaching voice lessons in public school. It doesn't sound so bad, but at times I can see my heart-felt dreams and visions passing me by, without any "farewell". I am a contractor, so I have no benefits, and when we have big holiday breaks, my pay is significantly down-sized. I work this way because I need to be available to my boys...I need a job with at least minimal creative outlet, and flexible hours. It's difficult right now, with my children needing so many things. Do you have any advice, or maybe a recommendation for the job of my dreams :-) ? Seriously, though, I am so blessed by your daily stories, that I look forward to them whenever I actually have a moment to sit and enjoy a nice, long, deep breath of inspiration. I thank God for you!!! God bless you!!!
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