Wiping the Tears on the Soul of America: Healing Racial Wounds through Repentance, Forgiveness, and Love

Tears rolled down Vera’s cheeks as she poured out her story. She told how her great grandmother’s babies had been torn from her side and sold into slavery. She told of her own suffering at the hands of a white man. “Has anyone ever repented to you for this” I asked. “No! Never!” she blurted. We began repenting for what others had done to her and her family. She fell over into my arms and wept out years of buried grief. Finally, she lifted her face and smiled. “I forgive you! I forgive all of you!” This is the power of Calvary love. It’s the only force that can change human hearts and wipe the tears on the soul of America.

The Lord gave Dr. Sandy a deep burden for the young generation in 1996. Since then she has devoted her life to reaching teens and young adults for the Lamb. Her highest passion is to see Jesus glorified as the Lamb on earth as He is in heaven. She teaches in churches and Bible Schools throughout the world, and holds ministry training internships at her camp on the Gulf coast in Alabama. She is a United Methodist Associate Evangelist, a former high school and Bible teacher and taught five years at the Brownsville Revival School of Ministry. She has fourteen published books and holds an M.A. in Theology and a Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary. One of her greatest joys is leading young revivalists to other nations to preach the Lamb. They have ministered in England, Scotland, Germany, Africa, Bulgaria, Romania, Peru, Mexico, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Her home church is The Church of His Presence which hosts the Bay of the Holy Spirit Revival.