Hilton: 'God Has Released Me'

[Marnie]

On Sunday at 3 p.m., Paris Hilton phoned me collect from jail. Prisoners must call collect.

The unusual conversation came about because Kathy Hilton, Paris' mother, had phoned me, and while we were talking, Paris called on the other line. When she heard I was talking to her mother, she said she'd like to talk to me herself.

She sounded tired but totally aware of what she was saying.

"How are you?" I asked.

Paris answered, "I'm hanging in there." But she declared, "I feel as if I'm a different person. I've dropped my appeal. I don't want to cause any more problems."

I asked what happened in the jail that led to her being released or reassigned to her home. She said she had not been wailing, sobbing or screaming as had been described.

"But," she said, "I was not eating or sleeping. I was severely depressed and felt as if I was in a cage. I was not myself. It was a horrible experience."

"How are you different?" I asked.

"I'm not the same person I was," she said. "I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute. It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me. I know now that I can make a difference, that I have the power to do that. I have been thinking that I want to do different things when I am out of here. I have become much more spiritual. God has given me this new chance."

I asked what kinds of things she might want to do.

She said she would like to help in the fields of breast cancer

[kat8585]

It will be interesting to how true it is when she gets out.

[rtwo]

Unfortunately, she's been reading "the Secret"... I pray she got more out of her Bible than out of that trash.

[ladypeartree]

Could we all please stop "Paris bashing " and do what we would do for ANYONE else ....pray and pray and pray.

It is all too easy to cast stones and doubt but is there just one person here that would be proud to hold up their heads in front of God for EVERY action or word we have spoken in our lives ?

Yes it is easy to say "awww poor little rich girl having a hard time " but it is actually NOT her fault that she has been brought up the way she has ...now saints on your knees and pray for her salvation or you too will be help accountable for failing to help someone in trouble

[rtwo]

Could we all please stop "Paris bashing " and do what we would do for ANYONE else ....pray and pray and pray.

It is all too easy to cast stones and doubt but is there just one person here that would be proud to hold up their heads in front of God for EVERY action or word we have spoken in our lives ?

Yes it is easy to say "awww poor little rich girl having a hard time " but it is actually NOT her fault that she has been brought up the way she has ...now saints on your knees and pray for her salvation or you too will be help accountable for failing to help someone in trouble

I'm not seeing any bashing on this thread...

just hopes for sincerity, and true belief.

[Guest lovinghim4ever]

Could we all please stop "Paris bashing " and do what we would do for ANYONE else ....pray and pray and pray.

It is all too easy to cast stones and doubt but is there just one person here that would be proud to hold up their heads in front of God for EVERY action or word we have spoken in our lives ?

Yes it is easy to say "awww poor little rich girl having a hard time " but it is actually NOT her fault that she has been brought up the way she has ...now saints on your knees and pray for her salvation or you too will be help accountable for failing to help someone in trouble

I'm with you LadyPearTree!

[WayneB]

Hopefully she is referring to the One and True God, Creator of all things...

...and not the Hollywood gods of Tom Cruise, Shirley McClain and the likes.

I'm not being callous or sarcastic by the way. I'm serious.

[Scarletprayers]

I have been praying for her, however I think her "conversion" happened alittle to quickly to be anything more than fear, or and attempt to smooth out the way for early release??? I could be wrong and I hope I am........................most people find "God" when they go to jail, its what they let Him do in their lives after they get out that convinces me.

[Gerioke]

Why is Paris Hilton Famous?

Why is she in jail?

I really don't follow gossip media. I'm proud to be ignorant in this area. However I am curious as to how some people achieve fame.

[WayneB]

I have been praying for her, however I think her "conversion" happened alittle to quickly to be anything more than fear, or and attempt to smooth out the way for early release??? I could be wrong and I hope I am........................most people find "God" when they go to jail, its what they let Him do in their lives after they get out that convinces me.

Speaking from a "hands on" persepective... you are exactly right.

What keeps me active in jail ministry is the knowledge that all my time and efforts (which is truly Him working through me) are worth it if but only one inmate comes to Christ. As the Shepherd and all the angels rejoiced over the one found sheep, so we should rejoice if but one who was lost is found.

It is a long wait, though, between seed planting and harvest, though.