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Love’s Compassion Magazine
Getting To Know Us
Mission Statement: Restoring souls, not just through God
but also through God’s soldiers, gifted and anointed.
Hello, my name is Tashara Gilyard. I am the CEO
and Founder of Love’s Compassion Magazine. As a young
person growing in Christ I came to learn it’s not always
easy to dedicate yourself to this walk of life. There are a
number of reasons for this: the fear of the unknown, having
to let go of things we believe we enjoy, trust issues caused
by past hurt, observing hypocrisy amongst those in the
church, feeling like you’re too young… let’s face it the list
could go on forever. I came to learn it is very difficult to be
busy for God and the enemy at the same time, (“No one can
serve two masters, either he will hate the one and love the
other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the
other”) sounds familiar? Matthew 6:24. I have made up my
mind to be busy for God.
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We all have gifts and talents of some sort. There are
some things we learn and things the Lord just blesses us
with for His purpose. My gift from God is words. He has
given me the ability to take someone’s life’s journey and
bring it to life on paper. I am able to listen to someone’s
cries of pain and or joy and pour those feelings into a
poem/spoken word piece for another to hear and relate to.
With this ability combined with the compassion God has
placed in me, He has given me a vision to start a ministry
where souls can be restored and hearts can be mended.
What better way to do this then by sharing of ourselves for
the kingdom of God.
There are many that refuse to step foot into a church
today for a number of reasons and it’s not always because
they don’t believe in God. There has been so much hurt
caused in and by the “Church.” People decide they would
much rather take their chances in the street getting hurt,
rather than going into the church where we are supposed to
be able to receive a healing, and instead receive a spiritual
homicide. They are often judged, ostracized and made to
feel as though they are counted out. I don’t know about
you, but if I walk into a hospital, blind, lost and wounded; I
would expect assistance, guidance and a great effort of
aiding my needs. Anything less would most likely
discourage me from ever returning to this hospital or even
seeking any assistance from anyone affiliated with it.
The vision God has given me is an open line of
communication between God’s children, both lost and
“found.” It is time to take back all that the enemy has tried
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to destroy. It is time to get the beam out our own eye, time
to remember we did not come out of our mother’s womb
carrying a bible, speaking in tongues and walking upright
with Jesus. We too were once dirty, broken, battered,
abused and or abusing others. Had it not been for an
obedient vessel of God allowing themselves to be used for
the glory of God and the building of His kingdom we
would still be the mess we were before we began
ministering the message to another.
This magazine is creating an opportunity to see
where the “Church” has gone wrong and rectify the
situation. What have we done to discourage God’s children
from coming to visit Him in His house? We are creating an
opportunity to hear the broken hearts cry out, allowing
them to release their pain instead of living a selfdestructing
life. Be an example and share our testimonies.
Allow them to see they aren’t in this alone and that our God
is still in the business of healing. Provide them with
spiritual food so that they no longer have to starve. Provide
them with help and prayer to come out of their situation.
Reach out to them with non-judgmental arms and embrace
them with a warm and open heart. Love them the way God
loves us, unconditionally. Remember how you felt the first
time God embraced you, wiped your tears, and showed you
were loved. Do everything in your power to help them feel
that same way. Most importantly this is the opportunity to
assist those who don’t have a relationship with their
heavenly father and encourage and teach them how to. God
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loves us with compassion and now it’s time for us to love
our neighbors the same.
Founder/CEO: Tashara Gilyard
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Loving God and Allowing Him to Love You Exactly
Where You Are
What is Love? Love is the thing everyone wants, but don’t know
what to do with it. We want to be loved, but don’t know how to
give it. At times we don’t even know how to receive it.
Mark12:30 reads, “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with
all thy strength: this is the first commandment.”
I believe we, as Christians do not know how much
God truly loves us. He does not have a list of requirements.
He loves us just because. He loves us when we are good,
bad, and or evil, His love does not change. We have to
remember that God is not human; He is not petty, like can
be. We need to transform our minds and just let God accept
us from where we are. All God requires is our hearts and
our truths. Have you ever read the sinner’s prayer? The first
thing that was confessed to God is acknowledging that I am
a sinner. At this point you are being honest with God and
confessing what you are. (i.e. I am a whore, I am a liar, I
am a cheat, I am a substance abuser). It is at this moment of
confessing; God accepts your fault(s) and opens his arms to
you. He accepts you just as you are.
One of Satan’s biggest tricks is throwing your past
in your face. He will constantly remind you of your
shortcomings just to keep you stuck. There’s more love in
God for you, than there is sin in you! We have been taught
that God hates sin and yes that is very true. When Jesus
took the sins of the world on the cross, God had to separate
himself and for the first time Jesus did not feel the presence
of God. Many times we feel that God hates us because he
hates sin. Know that He hates the act of sin, not the sinner.
It is time for us to be honest with ourselves and
open our hearts to God. Admit our faults, our sins and our
truths to God and allow ourselves to rest in our Father’s
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arms; allow him to totally direct our paths.
Roslyn Simmons
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Preface
When I was in my late teens I was very
rebellious. My parents both worked & couldn't
keep track of my every move. I yielded to
alcohol & experimented with marijuana,
especially at parties with my friends. I cleaned
up my act long enough to start a career &
enlisted in the Army. But when I got to my
permanent duty station and during AIT, I
continued to drink alcohol to relax & unwind
because I thought I deserved it after a hard
days work. I managed to perform my duties to
standard & served for approximately 3 years,
but continued to drink during the
evenings/weekends.
A Testimony of The Grace of God
I was born & raised in Ohio. I had a fairly good
childhood, was raised with good morals &
values. I went to Sunday school as a young
child & was saved at the age of 7, but as I
grew I went my own way. I joined the Army at
the age of 19, which was a good start to my
young life because I wanted a career. I
excelled in the beginning, but without
acknowledging the Lord in my plans, I
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progressively became an alcoholic. Then, in
1992, I received an honorable discharge from
the Army while stationed at Ft. Huachuca, AZ.
I chose to live in Arizona to stay involved with
the wrong crowd of people and did what I
wanted to do without regard. I just kept
spiraling downward, but I couldn't see it at the
time. Life was a party to me.
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“Then The man and his wife heard the sound of the
Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the
day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the
garden. But the Lord God called the man, “Where are
you?” He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was
afraid because I was naked; So I hid.” (Genesis 3:8-9 NIV)
One might wonder why I started with scripture and
or why I started with this scripture. My answer would be
two things, 1) Because when asking God’s help to write
this for you all, it’s the scripture He dropped in my spirit. 2)
It’s where I am. This issue of Love’s Compassion
Magazine is reflecting “Loving God and Allowing Him To
Love You Exactly Where You Are.” I know most if not all
of you have heard “God says come as you are.” Well guess
what… THAT’S NOT SCRIPTURE. Search your entire
bible and you will not find a scripture that says such. You
will find multiple scriptures that one may interpret or feel
means “come as you are” but none that actually says such.
Now what IS in the bible is, “For God so loved the world
that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in
him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not
send his son into the world to condemn the world, but to
save the world through him.” (John 3:16-17 NIV)
~Freeze Frame~
I lost my footing. I woke up one morning after
serving and believing in God for more than half my life and
knew not where to stand. And so I hid. I hid from man, I
hid from ministry but I had one problem, I couldn’t hide
from God. You see we all have vices, or something that we
“struggle” with. We all have that thing(s) we tell God or
ourselves “When I stop this…” or “When I get rid of this…
I’ll come to you.” What happens when that “thing” is
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bigger than you? What happens when you die before ever
getting rid of that “thing”? Or what happens when you
realize that “thing” is not a thing, but rather it’s you.
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