James Menendez was suicidal and his marriage was failing from addiction when he turned to Jesus. God's first instruction was to wash the dishes, a task that initially angered his wife. Over time, this simple chore became how he learned to serve and heal.
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And so when I gave my life to Jesus, the reason why I did is because, you know, that was such a failure, you know, like it literally almost led to me killing myself and, you know, all of my relationships dying, right? And so when I first gave my life to Jesus, all I wanted to do was listen for his voice and for him to tell me what to do, you know, right? And I— so one of the, one of the manifestations of that was. Um, so I, I was listening for his voice and he told me to do the dishes. I never did any chores around the house. I was the worst husband in the world. And so I did the dishes and my wife came home that day and she just kind of looked at it and she was— she went off like she didn't— she was mad at me at the time, you know, and rightly so. I was a jerk. Um, but over time, you know, as the years went on and I'm cleaning the house and I'm serving her, you know, I realized that the spirit versus the flesh is everywhere. It's in everything. It's in the dishes. It's, it's everywhere. And if you're— if you have your spiritual ears open, what you're going to start noticing is that the Lord is doing something, right? He's actually moving you in a direction, and that direction is toward healing and wholeness, uh, in him, right?