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Hi Martha,
I truely love you and thank you for all what you give to all of us.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU MARTHA AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY NOW AND FOR ALL TIME AS I AM SURE HE WILL!!!
Hello Mrs Martha I don't know how but somehow I skipped over this video and just as I cant sleep and want answers to how did I get where I am in life, I ran across this video. It seem to be just what I needed to lift my spirits up. Don't you just love how God loves His children sooooooo much until He just put things in their way they need to be complete as He's moving things out of their reach they don't need. I get mind blowing chills just to know I am loved like that. Thank you Mrs Martha for allowing yourself to be used by our father which art in Heaven and be blessed ! ! !
Thank you Martha. Ignore Elaine from New York, this video needed to be right here where you put it, when you put it here. Elaine tends to be overly critical and comes off as judgmental in many of her posts. It should be obvious from the majority of responses that you did a good thing by posting this video on this date. Thank you, and keep them coming...new or old, your brand of encouragement never gets stale! God bless you.
Thanks for your message. I have rivers in my life that I am trying to stay afloat in right now
Martha:
Thank you for being who you are and for your ministry on here. You are a true embodiment of Christ: loving, kind, honest, respectful, and human.
God bless you and allow to reach more people with your presence and words.
Good morning, I really enjoy reading each of these, we don't understand when we have rivers possible flowing that other may have Oceans, so thanks for sharing.
Dearest Carol,
I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your daughter. You are right it is an ocean! I loss my son Chris 12-06-00 it is almost 9years. I miss him everyday. I'm not going to tell you it gets easier but it gets different. Hang on, talk to people, find other bereaved parents there are a lot of us out here. Please know you will be in my prayers. I don't know if there is anyway this can be done but if you'd like to be in touch with me I give tthis website permission to give you my e-mail address. Just mention we met through Martha's site in the subject line.
Thank you Martha for all you do. I think you are Great and this web-site has been touched by God!
Donna
Dear Martha: it has been 1 month today that my daughter died. of all of the things that I have endured this is definitely the hardest yet. my faith has gone up and down for a few years due to what I will call rivers. because this feels like an ocean not a river. I know it is the wrong thing to do but where I once had friends went to church was in a close relationship with God I closed myself down . every time that i would open up another pain came along. there are alot of people suffering and I guess self pity has made me hide. idk. maybe I just can't take any more pain . but still I send your stories to others and I guess this one was meant for me as instead of just forwarding I listened to this one. could be God saying this is the way to get through . don't fight don't hide . he is saying you are drowning carol . well this isn't making sense to me just a bunch of words . I am trying to figure out what to do how to do it . thank you for your stories and time . as far as repeats . sometimes people like me miss the first time so repats are needed. God Bless you and all your readers
I have been going through bad financial issues that have gotten worse. I have 4 kids trying to run a business and get ahead but it seems like an uphill battle with no end in sight. I do feel if we all pray for eachother and read eachothers posts it can only help!! Thanks for the encouragement!
Loved your river item. My river is partially blocked with cancer but I have faith in the saying"If God brings you to it, He will see you through it ". I believe that God is clearing the way in my river so I can continue my journey
Martha, a dear friend shared your homepage with me and since then, I treasure your daily messages. The days in which I have felt swept away by the river have been colored with despair and desolation. But it is because of these moments of despair that my relationship with the Great Spirit has become embracing and richer. Have a blessed day!
Dear Martha,
I grew up near the Charles River. This river begins in Boston and it winds it's way through several small towns. I lived in one of those towns and I had loved living in this small town which seem to followed this river.
People who lived in my town treated this river like a person or a favorite pet. Our lives were rooted on Charles' banks.
Early every day my Dad in his sweat pants and his old leather slippers would go outside to get the morning paper. My father would always spot a neighbor picking up thier morning paper. "Hi, Charley!"
" John, Good morning to you also. How are you?"
" I'm good. How about you?"
" Great. So, Charlie, how's the river doing?"
"From my yard he seems quiet. The breeze seems to be pushing the water into smal waves."
"That's good."
"Of course Charles is a moody old thing. He could change in a moment"
"Very true."
This is how everyone was in this small town. The river wasn't a body of water floating unnoticed. The river was our neighbor. Charles was the quiet soul and suddenly he was angry. Living and pushing beyound his banks in our town. He would get grumpy and spreading over our backyards,down the streets, creeping through cellars. Sometimes, flooding kitchens, living rooms and dining rooms. He toppled and crumbled a few homes. There were days when he would pull steal homes from hard working people.
Many of our neighbors would stand along the banks, as we passed bags of sand downward as we made barriers to put Charles back into his own property. I can't count the many days when the last bag of sand was placed down, "I hope he has learned his lesson." Other neighbors would shake thier heads agreeing that moody old Charles had hopefully learned to stay where he belonged.
This river was very much a part of all of our lives. He had a name, a place and boundries where he belonged.We would paddle our boats, fish, and peacefully enjoyed his view. This river affected our lives everyday. Charles was our cranky old neighbor who disrupted our lives from time to time.
Charles in certain places would rush down a water fall. He found this fun. Charles would give and take, acting like a toddler having a temper tantrum. It was unusal for him to take a neighbors' home because he had been our forever neighbor and his problems and behaviors we had learned to take care of him from our parents and grandparents.
The Charles River is polluted and has been all of my life. Many of the towns and cities are working to clean our river. This is just the begnning. Also, every year people drowned in the river mostly because they were foolish. We would try to save them, but often there was nothing we could do.
When my friends and family were growing up I can't count the number of times some adult to warn us about staying away from Charles. He could be dangerous. Most of my family and friends stayed away from the banks. We had seen to many foolish deaths. We didn't want another victim or to be a victim of Charles.
When I look back to these days, I understand how a child of mother nature needs to be treated with respect and fear. I also know that when people live near a jungle, a mountain, beach, a forest, and other works of nature, including the Charles River, these special places become our neighbors. We need to pay attention and be ready for the dangerous, and we need to enjoy his beauty and his kindness to the birds, fish, land animals and humans.
I grew up in a rare but wonderful place. This was a small town and when people moved in they would get cookies,cakes,pies, and dinners.People would introduce themselves. The kids (including myself) would become apart of us. They were our new neighbor. They were our new friends. Sooner or later they would meet Charles and over time understand that this river had a life here. This river was our neighbor who we respected and loved.
Just thought I'd ask - does any one else believe that it will be Jesus FIRST who will be "bringing our boats ashore"? I know there will be wonderful angels in heaven when we get there, etc, but the Bible says that we will meet HIM in the clouds first. I am glad for that... Our amazing Savior will greet us and welcome us home.
Martha (and Friends:) Yes! I too so appreciate how you, Martha, remind us of SPIRITUAL REALITIES, e.g. that our earthly life is really a journey carrying us towards our BIG WONDERFUL HOME! These reminders do help us get our eyes off the five-senses happenings; I was freed more from the trauma of past rough "river trips" as I thought about some tough things that have happened. And I realize that I can say more and more, that "all things work together for good to them that love God..."
I recently discovered this website, and am very grateful that you are repeating previous messages Martha... God's richest blessings to you and yours! Ann
What a blessing this video is. . .I love the part that the river is not leading us away from home but toward it. Sometimes we can feel we are drifting further and further out and will surely drown. Like the Poem I was not waving but drowning. Nice to know we are not drowning but moving closer home.
And to Elaine I thought I had heard all of Martha's video's as they have been presented but I missed this one and so glad it was repeated and I heard it today. To me Martha's video's are like a Great movie they NEVER get old and are always timely and universal. Just like a great movie collection, Some I have listened to over and over. Like the child at the top of the stairs. When something touches your soul it is worth repeating and you don't forget it. And who knows why but the person in need of that particular video just might be listening or run across it just at the right moment in their life. A message from God is never to be thrown away.
Thanks, Martha!!! Just what I needed to be reminded of today!!!
Elaine In New York: Do you also feel the same about the bible??? We usually repeat (re-gift) its contents too!!! Did you not think that even a repeated event could be of benefit to someone???
~~~~~~~ The repeat videos are stale.
This could most possibly cause long-
standing readers to lose interest
in this site -- never to return. So,
Martha, perhaps give an explanation as
to why you're "re-gifting" with the
repeat videos.
Your new videos,as a way of being
in service for God, are far reaching and
are of good. Don't lose your readers, because
of your lack of explanation. Be in touch on site.
Avoid being aloof and remote. Further, don't assume
your readers will accept your unspecified loss of
momentum on this site and remain loyal viewers. You're
only as good as your last piece of work. Period.
It's a smacking, cold, competitive world out there, honey!
Stay in the game.....
(= ^_^ =)
DEAR MARTHAIlost my very best friend 5 months ago to cancer.I feel extremely blessed to have cared for her for 6 years.No matter how much pain she must have been in(she always tried to hide it so others wouldn't hurt)Or how sick she eventually became,her faith NEVER faltered.Mine,on the other hand did,more than once.I have since Lori's passing, found God again,but my grief just about consumed me.Your kind words and unconditional support,much like my sweet,sweet friend,have helped me more than you will ever know.THANK-YOU MARTHA.I believe you just may be one of God's "special angels"My granddaughter was born 2 months before Lori's passing.I think MAYBE that God knew there would be a HUGE void in my daughter's and my life,so He gave us the blessing of Alexa. What do you think? Well,once again, Thank-you and may God love and keep you and your family Take care-LYNDA
dearest martha what a wonderful lady you are i love touch by an angel and so does my husband thank god for great shows like that.what touchins stories i feel we all have our crosses to bear.what jesus did for us could be no bigger cross to bear.please keep my husband and son in your prayers too.they are not saved i am the only one in my whole familly who is saved.my sons name is chris he is 22 yrs old my hubbys name is noe we have been married for going on 13 years also i have known him for almost 23 years he is wonderful to me and my son but they both need jesus in thier hearts more t han anything too.sometimes i do not have enough faith in the lord i get anxious too many times i am a caregiver and sometimes there are not enough hours and i get so frustrated too.please pray for me also.my name is laura rios and i live in san antonio texas.you are a great person god bless you and keep you safe always too.these stories touch my heart so much god bless you in what you do martha laura rios
Your messages of faith and acceptance help me each day. Thank You
my daughter who is 33 yrs old is going through breast cancer treatments, kemo and radiation. i live 1300 miles away from her and do not have the resources to be there with her. shes was very scared and unsure how this all is going to turn out. absolutely normal. her first infusion she called me from the hospital and told me "ma youll never believe who i've just seen". she said this lady came in to talk to her about what to exspect etc. she said mom she looks, acts and talks just like aunt Sherlynn." Aunt Sherlynn" is my sister and my daughters second mother that passed a year ago (almost to the day that my daughter was diagnosed) from multiple sclarosis. she told my daughter dont be afraid youre going to get through this, you're going to be fine. a week later she told me she saw two other ladies that were very important in our lives for some years while she was growing up, they too had also passed. for my daughter as you can imagine this was a great source of comfort. and to me it let me know that even though i can not be there for her, our heavenly father sent these people to her because of these two resons. just to let people out there know, if you can not be there for very important things such as this in our loved ones lives, take comfort in knowing that god has it under control and he will make sure that person knows they are not alone. thank you for being here this web site, and thank you martha for posting your stories, it was through your postings that i realized what i just told you all. may god bless and be with all of his children.
Thank you! You lift my spirit with your faith.
My son is serving our country in Iraq. We are all in this river. Him; fighting the rocks and the current. We are waiting for him to come home so we can wrap our arms around him. He is very special guy. Please say your prayers for him and all military serving our country.
Chris
Beautiful Martha,
We love you very much, please take care and God Bless you... I used to watch, Touched by an Angel and I really enjoyed it very much.
Please keep coming to this website, your awsome.
Martha, I hope this reaches your eyes. In May of 1981, we REALLY did have a river, a flash flood after 6 days of rain, come through the middle of our home, taking everything but our lives. We found the most important thing was to show our four children how to handle adversity, through doing the practical things that need to be done, as well as reassuring one another and having faith we'll be together and God's there for us.
Your stories and analogies are wonderful, but this one really hit home, literally and figuratively!
God bless You!
Martha, your analogy of The River and the flash floods in our lives sure hit home. In May of 1981, we lost our home in a flash flood by a culvert that caved in next to our home...it had been raining for 6 days and the ground was soaked. The water began to swirl and eventually slammed into our den's French doors. We grabbed the 4 children and went out the other end of the house so fast. Our church community was wonderful about taking care of our needs, and homes were found for our children. Someone gave us a very tiny garage apt., but a precious young mother in our church offered us the use of her home until we could find a place to rent until we could get things settled and move into a home of our own. The offer included her own mother, her husband, and 6 children! As helpful as everyone had been, it still bothered us greatly that we were not together as a family. It's difficult to teach your children how to handle adversity when you aren't there to kiss and hug them goodnight and talk and assure them.
That's a MUST for any type of castatrophe. There are sometimes children or young adults watching to see how you handle the things you lost, big or small, and equally important for them to see how you praise God for the blessings you DO have. Our children had their disappointments, but they learned how to share, how to appreciate those who shared with us, and how to tell them so. It was a humbling situation for our family. Most of all, we learned, if this family could stretch their walls to accommodate 6 more people, we could do the same if God showed us the need.
Just recently, our pastor called and asked me to give the eulogy for the woman who opened her home and gave us so much love for over six weeks. It was my honor!
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to give my own feelings about "The River."
I wanted to say a biiiiiig thankyou to Martha, seems it couldnt have come at a better time in my life right now. My spouce is overseas. Hes going through his own hardships and isnt even sure if he loves me anymore. Talk about flood. I have managed to remain supportive and include some biblical insite where I can when we chat, which also doesnt sit well with him these days. But, I am so thankful for this reminder!
I found this by "mistake." I have been having family problems with sibling rivalries getting out of hand. Seems my family is falling apart and out of my control. Feeling pretty overwhelmed tonight, I happened to come upon this site. Just the gentle reminder to keep my sights on the horizon and let the eddys fall behind me.
dear mm I know exactly how you feel. It is like every one of Martha's messages is for me also. May God bless you Martha and hopefully someday I can give you a big hug in person. Untill then just know I am giving you a hug thru the internet! Thank you Thank you Thank you
I found this site because I wanted to find out how to send Martha Williamson an e-mail to tell her thank you. For Christmas, my sweet husband gave me almost the entire set of the "Touched By An Angel" series on DVD. It has blessed me and my family beyond words. We can't get through an episode without tears and the consistant reminder that God loves us. So, Martha, if you ever see this comment, I want you to know how grateful I am to God and to you for doing such a fine job for Him down here. May He bless you for eternity, I'm sure He will!!
thank you so much for your word of encouragement. I have been going through my own types of floods .Life has storms but I know that somewhere there is someone else going through the same or worse. I try hard to focus on my blessings and pray for those others even the ones that I don't know. You always give hope where there seems to be none .God uses you in a very special way. You are special.
I just wanted to say thank you so much for sending out these words of encouragement. Lately in my life I have seen no way out of the issues that I am having but with your words of encouragement that you give I see a glimmer of hope. Thank you
Thank you so very much for your words of encouragement! I love it! Can't wait to click when I see it in my mailbox! Every one is for me!
Thank you for reminding me of who is "in control"! It's
so easy to do like Peter: "when he saw the wind and the waves, he said, 'LORD, save me!'" because he was sinking. I'm not coping with a "flash flood" here, but
I HAVE gotten rained on kinda hard. . .my Heavenly Father is still in control.
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