Going Stone Crazy!

 I have been blessed with the most amazing personal assistant.  If I tried to list all of the gifts she has shared with me, it would take more than a blog.  I would have to write chapters about her anointing, tenacity, and power.  And what would I say about her ability to reach heaven on my behalf? For now, allow me to tell you that Evangelist Venita O'Hara, whose heart is perpetually turned toward God, has been more than a blessing to me.  As my Special Guest Blogger, I know that she will bless you today as well. 

                                                                Pastor Odie Kennedy

                                                                Reaching the lost at any cost!


It is an honor to sit under the teaching and preaching of Pastor Odie Kennedy, because she shares so many droplets of divine wisdom. As a student of the gospel, I garner many topics from which to teach and preach, such as “I’m Going Stone Crazy”. (Stone crazy is an expression that means, completely and utterly out of my mind.) While the basis of her teaching focused on Joshua and the children of Israel crossing the Jordan River, and the priests marking the memorial crossover; she elaborated on our need to mark and name our stones. In so doing, it will give meaning to our testimony as we journeyed through the 2020 wilderness. As she continued to teach, I heard and wrote in my notes, I’m going stone crazy. So, I want to elaborate from the foundational scripture located in Matthew 21:42, “Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?”

Experiencing the events of 2020 and its global impact on humanity has taught us in many ways the value of life. Subsequently, our journey through this experience must be passed on to the next generation as triumphant because we have something to hold on to...our stone. I nearly got fanatical as I started naming my stones. I named one healing, another prayer, then another fasting, and continued with success, prosperity, wisdom, knowledge, spiritual understanding, discernment, deliverance, etc, until I ran out of space on my journal page. I ended the list with my name and then remembered that none of this is possible without the chief cornerstone... Jesus. Without Jesus as the chief cornerstone, everything I named would be meaningless. I shudder to think that my life was so chaotic and full in 2019 and previous years, that inadvertently, I may have rejected my chief cornerstone or casually laid Him to the side. Being quarantined has allowed me to realize once again that my experiences are not meaningless, and neither are they an enemy to my ministry. It is because of 2020, that we are now building sanctuaries in our homes and re-establishing the necessity of Christ in our lives. We have through the 2020 experiences embraced the opportunity to lay a memorial foundation of faith, hence, building testimonies which teach invaluable life lessons. “This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.”



I want to be stone crazy about Jesus and what He has done for me and my family. Being completely out of my mind about Jesus reminds me that my victory is not based upon my circumstances. My circumstances are not my problems, but how I handle my circumstances could potentially be my problem, if I mishandle my stone. I’ll take this journey to the promise. I’ll cross the Jordan carrying my stones. I’ll embrace the chief of the corner, Jesus, and with His guidance, I’ll continually move the rubble out of my way. 

                                            Evangelist Venita L. O'Hara



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