This is not a
“look what I did” segment, but a “stop looking at your problems and think of
someone else” portion. On Thursday, a
neighbor, who is also a friend we met while stationed overseas, passed from
this life. He was only forty-two,
recently retired from the US Air Force, and he left a wife and three
children. The Holy Spirit prompted me to
let the wife know that I was praying for her. (We don’t always have to express
sympathy in words, or with cards or flowers.
All that is necessary sometimes is just to be there to listen or to hold
someone when they’re ready to mourn. The
person who has left this world is, hopefully, going to a better place. No pain, no strain, just a gain of eternal
life through Jesus Christ. But that was
already discussed and will be discussed again later). I asked her if she wanted me to contact our
mutual friend in England. The widow
wanted our friend in England to know what had happened, and God used me to be a
blessing to her in that capacity. No, I
didn’t consider the cost of the phone calls, the postage, or my time. God would supply all my need, but I did make
sure it was okay with my husband that I made the phone calls. It was, and I pressed on and did what God
would have me to do.
God gave me
another revelation this morning while I prepared for church (the bathroom is a
wonderfully quiet place to hear God speak to you). If we praise God more and give Him the glory
and the credit for the things not seen, we will reap more of His
blessings. It’s that easy. Attribute it all to Jesus and make Him the Head-Man-In-Charge. Have you noticed that, if we give all of the
credit to Him, God will give us the desires of our heart because He won’t make
Himself look bad?
“Lord, have I
mentioned how much I miss shopping?” I
had received all the new fall catalogues.
All I could do right then was to claim the merchandise soon in Jesus’
name. My blessings were coming in
slowly. I saw a pair of shoes that were
marked down from $58 to $14. That’s my
kind of shopping! The other blessing was
that my daughter purchased those shoes for me from her second paycheck. Here she was, sixteen-years-old, working
part-time, and she thought of me. What a blessing my children are! I know God is going to bless me immensely by
allowing me to be a blessing to others.
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