Jewel in the Crown

Ït’s been a long time since I blogged..that’s because life has kept me very, very busy..

I’ve learned much, suffered a lot, gotten burned out at times, achieved a little, failed many times, got up again, challenged, was challenged and through all these things and more….THERE WAS ALWAYS HIS GENTLE HAND HOLDING ME.

You know how sometimes you’re so weak spiritually and you find yourself so far from God that everything you hear and see gets you stressed & annoyed, judgemental, emotional & with many unwarranted opinions???

And then He sends one of His faithful children to gently rebuke you, you start reading His word & you draw nearer to Him with a broken spirit….but what happens then? Do you still feel guilty, defeated & struck down? NO WAY! How can you feel like that when the Father’s strong Hand is beneath you carrying you on His Son’s Eagle’s wings?

You learn not to be judgemental. opinionated or challenged by the world’s behaviour anymore, but He gives you wisdom to choose to PRAY FOR THEM INSTEAD AND THAT’S WHEN THINGS START TO HAPPEN. WOULDN’T YOU AGREE?

BECAUSE JUST LIKE THE PICTURE DEPICTS…THE PEACE OF GOD SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING.

My 5 yr old’s favourite Bible verse these days is:

“A MAN’S HEART PLANS HIS WAYS

BUT THE LORD DIRECTS HIS STEPS…”—-PROVERBS 16:9

everyone has a story to tell

Sometimes we look at someone, the way they walk, the way they look in appearance, the way they’re dressed and we somehow straight away build a judgement of them. Let me give you an example……
My almost 5yr old son and I were driving the other day to the shops.We usually take turns to pray for family, neighbors, strangers and other necessities and then we give lots and lots of thanks to God for answering our prayers ahead of time.Therefore believing in faith. It was his turn to pray. After asking God for protection upon the car and the family, and innocently admitting he is a sinner but God can..’throw our sins into the deepest sea and not remember them anymore.’, he began praying for our next door neighbor Tom who is a truck driver.You see, Tom’s had many operations on his shoulders and has had metal put into his hips so when he walks, he kind’ve waddles….and every now and then he invites all the neighbors over and they drink beer together….which really BOTHERS MY LITTLE SON!! So he prayed….”And please Lord, help Tom not to drink beer anymore so he own’t walk from side to side all the time……” Well, I almost lost control of the car then due to the fact that I was suppressing laughter at the funny innocent request of his!!!
But my point is, we are sometimes like that too. Waht we see in people, their walk, their dress, their looks doesn’t always depict the way they are. We are very judgemental and yet too proud to approach people and extend a hand of friendship and really GET TO KNOW THEM FOR WHO THEY REALLY ARE..
So the next time you (or I ) look at someone whether they drink beer or not!!…let’s try to know them for who they are and I’m sure we will come to realize that they have a story to tell of their own.That really deep down inside, they need a friend to pray for them…………….

‘…PRAYER MOVES THE HAND WHICH MOVES THE WORLD.’

How long do you stay upon your knees (if you do) each day? 4 mins? Or maybe 10 mins? What about ½ hour?….Do you actually look at the time when you get up to see how long you’ve been praying for?

Does it make you feel ashamed to admit that you limit your prayer time with the King of Kings  each day? Yes, I think we all should feel ashamed!!

Because He never limited our time in coming in repentance to Him. It’s been over 2000 yrs and He is still patiently waiting for our generations to repent.

That’s why I have come to urge you my dear Christian brethren.PRAY!!

WITHOUT CEASING!!!!!…..THE TIME IS AT  HAND FOR THE SAVIOUR TO COME AND TAKE US TO HIM….But we must spend much time in prayer for our beloved family, friends, relatives, even our enemies that He may have mercy upon them in the last day.

The enemy is hard at work to steal the souls of those who are afflicted by drugs, alcohol, crimes,, thefts and sufferings. But our Lord is ALMIGHTY AND HIS HAND IS NOT SHORT TO SAVE NOR HIS EAR DEAF TO HEAR.

I have one great belief and relief that the enemy has NOTHING OVER US …because of our Saviour’s death and RESSURECTION which scares the enemy.Isn’t it wonderful to know and be comforted by  that Jesus Christ, the Lord of lords is our CONQUEROR AND VICTOR AND WE HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR???

So I say, LET US PRAY. PRAYER IS SO EFFECTIVE IF WE DON’T SLACKEN OFF OR GIVE UP……AND THAT’S WHAT THE ENEMY wants us to do. He gives us things in our life which take priority over prayer like,,, the COMPUTER, THE T.V., HOUSEWORK, MATES AND FRIENDS WHO JUST WANT TO SOMETIMES WASTE OUR DAY AND TIME CHIT-CHATTING ABOUT NOTHING.

But all I know is, start with the dew of the morning..taste and see that the Lord is good when you read His precious Word…meditate on it.Seek the ansWers and  PRAY.

I ASSURE YOU, WE ARE IN THE END DAYS.AND ONE VERSE I WILL ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND IS THIS:

THE LORD JESUS SAID, ..’”WHEN I RETURN WILL I FIND FAITH UPON THE EARTH?”…

‘LOOK UP..FOR HE IS COMING IN THE CLOUDS. PRAY WITHOUT CEASING.’

It’s been a while since I’ve written.Life is so busy when you have a lot of things on your mind, functions to attend, commitments to make, wishes to fulfill, food to prepare for the precious family, time to give to others in more need than yourself, understanding of other’s problems, etc and ALL THIS IS JUST FOR OUTSIDERS, NOT YOUR OWN INNER FAMILY…..
But the Lord is gracious. I have come to learn the meaning of ‘GRACIOUSNESS’ AND IT IS GIVEN SO FREELY, WITHOUT PARTIALITY, WITHOUT HESITATION FROM GOD HIMSELF DAILY. In all the hustle and bustle of everyday life…its problems..its confusions..its unanswered questions…its demanding ways…its ups and downs…I STILL FIND THE CALMNESS WITHIN AND WITHOUT SURROUNDING MY THOUGHTS, MY ACTIONS MY WORDS AND DEEDS…AND I KNOW………………………DESPITE ALL OF THIS————

IT……IS…….WELL……WITH……MY……SOUL!!!!!

‘….There are more things to life than having a full brain of knowledge but  having an empty heart…”

Do you get people who have nothing better to do with their time than to send you bogus emails that have  nothing to do with your blog or your words of encouragement? Do you know why these poor pathetic people do that?   IT’S BECAUSE THEY JUST DON’T GET IT…. YEP.

While you and I see God’s Almighty Hand working in our lives, in the life of our children, husbands, wives, and neighbors, these poor folk don’t or can’t see the path they’re walking on!!!

But I thank God, who took pity on someone like me. For I was once like them. Lost. Confused. Empty.Bitter.and most of all…..I thought I knew so much about life, but knew nothing. I read so much knowledge, but when I applied it, it didn’t go anywhere except to deaf ears. I wrote of great things to be whereby no mind could understand the depth of it, but they nodded their heads and spoke only of themselves. I thought that by knowing so much, I could go places, achieve high goals, meet knowledgeable people like ‘myself’ and be important BUT……………….alas!!!!! In all the knowledge I had acquired, there was one IMPORTANT THING I LEARNED. That all those people didn’t understand me or acknowledge ‘MY KNOWLEDGE’ was because…….THEY ALL THOUGHT THEY WERE LIKE ME AND MUCH MORE…..THEY KNEW MORE.THEY READ MORE……THEY SPOKE MORE……….THEY WROTE MORE…….and yet,….like me—-THEY WERE DEAD.——-INTERNALLY.

YES. I was dead in my heart. It’s amazing what God does when He saves a wretched lost soul, opens the KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WORD..(For in Him is found wisdom & knowledge) and fills the heart with what the world has been searching for- for centuries to know……..in one moment of time. Yes, God’s Word is the FOOD OF LIFE TO ALL WHO ARE HUNGRY FOR KNOWLEDGE.

And for those of you out there who read our blog, take a few MOMENTS IN TIME to read, understand and search for what we have…then you’re life won’t be so pathetically empty and void. You DEFINITELY WILL HAVE ALL THE KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM YOU WANT……IT JUST TAKES ONE STEP OF FAITH. BELIEVE IN HIM WHO IS WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE….ASK HIM TO SHOW YOU AND HE WILL.ASK HIM TO TELL YOU AND HE WILL…..IT’S HIS PROMISE………………………………..THE LORD JESUS CHRIST SAID,

””…ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE.

””’…SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND.

”’…KNOCK AND THE DOOR SHALL BE OPENED.””

 

til next time , keep smiling……I know it’s far more better than frowning….

 

“A word o f encouragement can make the difference between giving up and going on………..”

I’d like to tell you a bit  about my kitchen.as many mothers would agree, their kitchen is their palace. All the beauty of food baked & cooked in love  & served heartily to the family comes out of it…Something which would normally take a mother to cook 1 hour would take me 3 hours!! Why? Well, let me tell you about my ‘Trusty, but deteriorating hotplate…..

I’ve had my four burner for 21 years .I’d say it is one of the oldest electric hotplates to date! And because I really ENJOY COOKING, each element has had its fair share of weighty pots & pans upon it. Every few years one element would slowly die down, the once-hot-red-circular-glow had become a shallow dark & cold metal coil..DEAD. The more we pushed it further into its electrical input, the less it took the current. I could hear it STRUGGLING to CONNECT with the voltage but it was no use. The CONNECTION JUST STOPPED.

Once all 3 elements died down from all the heavy pots  I’d pile on them day after day, there was only one more left. The funny thing is, the very first one that stopped working was the MAIN BIG ONE. All the hard work it had done over the years had finally taken its toll on it & it just couldn’t handle the burden anymore I guess. And when I was left with just one element working, things took longer to cook. The electrical current was working to its EXTREME LIMIT. & I had to make the decision of either CHANGING ALL 3 ELEMENTS OR THE WHOLE THING. It was obvious that the one element that WAS WORKING WAS CARRYING ALL THE HEAVINESS  of the pots & pans & it needed OTHER ELEMENTS WORKING TO SUPPORT THE LOAD.

Do you feel like that sometimes? That you’re carrying  the whole load of daily trials, Family problems, spiritual warfare, physical need etc, upon your shoulders. Well, I do. Many times I’ve felt like that ‘BURDENED OVERWORKED HOTPLATE’ I’ve watched myself deteriorate spiritually, physically, mentally & emotionally (those 4 stages, like those 4 elements) & I needed  the SUPPORT  OF A GREATER POWER TO BOOST ME UP. Just like that element that needed the electrical voltage running through it, WE TOO NEED THE WORD OF GOD WORKING THROUGH       US DAILY SO THE CURRENT OF HIS HOLY SPIRIT CAN KEEP US SPIRITUALLY AWAKE in these  hard times of life.

Just like the element we need to CONNECT with God, through PRAYER & not carry the BURDENS OF LIFE ALONE. WE NEED SUPPORT. That one hotplate element was getting so overtired & overworked that I needed to get the other elements to work in order to SUPPORT THE ONE WORKING. We too, need each other. As Christians we need to CONNECT & COMMUNICATE  with one another so we can get that spiritual EMBER working within us to support each other. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU’RE TOTALLY BURNED OUT???

WE HAVE TO START FRESH. My final hotplate element, after using the biggest pot (to cook soup) on it, —finally Zapped out & DIED. It was time to start fresh  with a new hotplate. Like that we too must start fresh with God in REPENTANCE , IN YIELDING, IN SURRENDERING. Let HIM take over and refresh you.Your SALVATION IS FOR FREE. He paid it all. RISE UP AND LIVE AGAIN IN HIM, THROUGH HIM, WITH HIM. Give Him all your BURDENS & DON’T ATTEMPT TO CARRY THEM ALONE. Trust me, you will fail.Let His CURRENT OF SPIRITUAL STRENGTH RUN THROUGH YOU.

One last word on my ‘new’ hotplate. Believe it or not, my ‘new’ hotplate is old. You see, you can’t find a hotplate which fits in my kitchen bench unless you search the internet for a 2^nd hand one. Then & if you find one, you have to modify the actual bench top to get it to fit.But once I surrendered my burden unto my King, I also surrendered the burden of finding the EXACT HOTPLATE TO FIT IN THE PLACE OF THE OLD ONE. And you know what? There was only ONE found on ebay for $10!! No-one except me had bid on it. IT WAS RESERVED BY GOD HIMSELF …..FOR ME!!! It was the PERFECT FIT, IN GREAT CONDITION & IT WORKED PERFECTLY!!!

SEE HOW GOOD THE LORD IS WHEN WE LEAVE OUR BURDENS TO HIM?

“”BEWARE LEST ANY MAN SPOIL YOU THROUGH PHILOSOPHY AND VAIN DECEIT, AFTER THE TRADITION OF MEN, AFTER THE RUDIMENTS OF THE WORLD, AND NOT AFTER CHRIST….. “(Colossians 2:8)

 

If any of you have heard of the Trojan Horse than you’re very familiar with the fact that we all HAVE ONE (OR MANY) IN OUR HOMES….A Trojan Horse in my home???? You ask. Do you have 10 minutes? then let me explain……..

For ten long years the Seige of Troy went on. Sometimes the Trojans defeated the Greeks & drove them back towards the sea, & at other times the Greeks drove the trojans into thier city. Then spoke Odysseus, the wily Greek. “If we cannot take Troy by force, let us take it by cunning…” and so they did. It was decided that they will follow Odyssues plan & build a giant WOODEN HORSE. When the horse was built they would leave behind a spy, burn their camps & then pretend to set sail for home, leaving the Trojans with the horse & a trumped up story from the spy. But inside the horse Odysseus & the choicest of the Greek warriors hid, the entrance was carefully concealed & all the final preparations made. All this happened at a prearranged time, the setting sail, the setting fire to the camps, & all this was being watched by the people of Troy.

the Trojans didn’t waste time in hasting to where the monstrous HORSE stood, THEIR CURIOUSITY GETTING THE BETTER OF THEM. Crouching under the horse was Sinon the Greek,(the spy) who lied by saying..”The horse was built by the greeks in honor of Athene.they wished her to bring home the ships in safety & they wanted to sacrifice me to her but I escaped & hid under this horse.So they left me behind thinking I would meet my death at the hands of the Trojans…” But why did they build such a large horse? they asked. “they were afraid if they didn’t, you would drag it into your city, & Athene would send a wild storm to destroy their ships….” Well, the poor Trojans BELIEVED HIS STORY & BEGAN BREAKING UP THEIR CITY GATES & FORTIFIED WALLS IN ORDER TO DRAG THE HORSE INTO THEIR CITY….Well the story goes on to say that the trojans went on to celebrate by feasting & making merry & praising the ..”gods of gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, & of stone ..’(Daniel 5:4).After much drunkenness, the Trojans fell into a ’stupified slumber’, little knowing that they had been feasting in the day of their death & destruction of life….a fire was lit, here and ther by Sinon the spy, & the trap door inside the GREAT HORSE was opened, & before any Trojan knew what hit them, the gates of the city were open & they were mercilessly set upon.Not a Trojan was left alive, even the greatest of their men were killed in their sleep and yet, WHO WAS TO BE BLAMED?

DID THEY NOT WITH THEIR OWN HANDS PLUCK DOWN THE WALLS & BRING THE ENEMY IN???

WHAT IS THIS HORSE THAT THE ENEMY HAS LEFT BEHIND?????…I’m speaking  for us, the Christian family or any family for that matter… do you know what I’m getting at? What has happend to family life, playing board games, outdoor family sports together, going on picnics or long drives, icecreams in the park or jsut a day of fun & laughter without THE INFLUENCE OF THE TELEVISION, OUR OWN TROJAN HORSE??..Satan knows he cannot infiltrate the Christian life much greater than with his own tool, that is the T.V. He is the father of craft & treachery, deceit & filth. His method is one of guile & subtility & infiltration has always been his specialty using the most curious & appealing thing  of all. A baby sitter to the innocent eyes of our little ones, a sexual predator & false teacher to our teenagers & a loud voice which sits in the MIDST & BEST PLACE OF THE FAMILY ROOM, WHERE ALL THE FURNITURE IS NEATLY & IDOLY PLACED AROUND IT. where we eat & drink &  limit our children’s laughter in front of it.and one of them wants to share  a daily experience they went through, we hush them up by raising its volume & shout at them because we couldn’t here what was said!!Our relationship with Christ has lessened to nothing & now our relationship is with that T.V. program each night. If it’s not ON in the home, then the enemy whispers ‘there’s something wrong. It’s TOO QUIET & PEACEFUL..TURN IT ON”…THE T.V. IS SATAN’S MOUTHPIECE!!!!

 AND SO THE TROJAN HORSE HAS ENTERED OUR NO LONGER FORTIFIED HOMES FOR CHRIST, AND IT HAS TAKEN OVER OUR FAMILY UNITY. IT HAS BECOME THE CENTER OF ATTENTION TO MANY & MOST OF US ARE STILL DEEPLY DRUNK BY IT EVERY DAY THAT IT HAS BECOME AN…ADDICTION.

My whole point of this blog , dear friends is BE CAREFUL. build your walls with much prayerBECAUSE WATCHING T.V IS ACTUALLY PARTICIPATION IN SIN..To watch others sinning for no other reason than entertainment is really a form of perversion. PSALM 101 SAYS, “I will set no wicked thing before my eyes…”. this is a warning my friends..YOU CAN BE ENTANGLED BY THE PLEASURES OF SIN FOR A SEASON (hEBREWS 11:25) STAND IN THE GAP AS IN THE DAYS OF NEHEMIAH and don’t leave room for the enemy to beguile and deceive you. Make the Lord Jesus Christ your HEAD OF THE HOME. Surround your home around HIM & let Him be Master of your life, your family and your soul….Deliver this TROJAN HORSE to Him & He will know exactly what to do with IT……Please, TURN YOUR EYES ON JESUS AND THE WORD OF GOD .. BE VICTORIOUS THIS DAY OVER THE ENEMY AND SAY WITH ME………

‘...BUT AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE SHALL SERVE THE LORD….’

DO YOU AGREE WITH ME ON THIS? IF YES OR NO, LEAVE ME A COMMENT. I’D LOVE TO KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS SUBJECT….til next ime keep smiling..

“Do not worry about tomorrow, sufficient are the worries of today.”

                                                                                      ‘JESUS’

So far I’ve shared  a few of my many daily spiritual & physical adventures with you all. But how about something different for a change?? Well, as Christians we all know that the first thing we dow when we wake up in the morning is greet the Lord with prayer.converse with Him, ask His guidance, seek His will, obey & surrender everything, ask it all in His Most Wonderful Name and then head off to where I suppose????   THE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

                                     KITCHEN!!

After cleaning the dishes (of course!) which everyone so lovingly left behind for dear old mum, I decide today that I just want my cup of tea, the Bible in my other hand & a very relaxing hour of freedom before attacking the housework, the teaching, the ……….

“that’s it!, I thought. Forget the housework & studies for a while.Let’s make a carrot cake!! Well for one who loves her dark chocolate, I must admit that ‘carrot cake’ doesn’t sound too appealing for a sweet tooth BUT, THIS IS NO ORDINARY CARROT CAKE!! There is a vast lesson of knowledge to learn here.And so began the journey…

THE INGREDIENTS: Grated carrots (grown & picked from God’s luscious earth), sultanas & dry apricots(from the vine, & the small tiny tree, from green to black & green to orange), S.R.Flour(once a beautiful hard wheatgrain,crushed to powder for our convenience),eggs ( fresh from the hen which God gifted to bear chicks & lay eggs) walnuts, almonds (grown & protected in an outer shell like God protected us when we were in the womb), OIL (crushed from the seed in which God gave man the wisdom to know that oil can be squeezed from it), honey (which amazingly is manufactured by a small bee community & not a machine), vanilla & cinnamon (crushed & dried from the aroma of God’s wonderful garden of herbal infusions).MMMMMMMMMMMMM!

After we baked it, then it was the taste test .

The looks & appreciation on my family’s faces told me a delicious story  was forming in their mind, but due to the fact that their mouths were full, and being a mum (who’s a mind reader & all, you all know what I’m saying) I took that as a ……………..

 ”"mmmmmmmmMMMMMMMM…That’s delicious mum! Who would’ve thought?”

And I guess that was a lesson which took over most of the day……Now where did I put that cold cup of tea?

One of the very first things I taught my children in homeschooling was ‘…TO OWE NO ONE ANYTHING EXCEPT……’  Well, I’ll share that with you later.But I learned through a hard, strict & underprivileged life that you just can’t live off people..’Cause the very minute you ask something off someone (& of course they’re hoping you’d give it back or repay it soon) is that if they make it so easy for you take in the first place, then it will BECOME A HABIT to do this  borrowing thing all the time…Or as I would put it to my children..’SCABBING OFF PEOPLE’….

SO you’re life becomes a leachy life, borrowing, taking, helping yourself to, lending off others and never returning anything..At the end of the day, you will have no friends who trust you, let alone NO FRIENDS AT ALL, and no leg to stand on..It will become a disease which will eventually take over your life, eat you up or totally destroy you..Believe me, I have seen it happen before my eyes and the person in question is reaping what he sowed!!!! ..My boys now are old enough to know that if you don’t have the money to buy something….don’t fret or borrow.Ignore it. And when you go back another day with money in your hand, it will still be there, except this time, MAYBE IF YOU HAVE TRUSTED IN THE LORD’S WILL, it would be cheaper than last time and God had planned this all along for your benefit..God knows how many times He has provided things for me!!! And they have also learned to be GIVERS. Not to expect anything in return and to know that God gives freely to those who’s eyes are only on HIM.

This is what we taught them as they were growing up:

THE   BIBLE  SAYS:

To owe no man anything…………The borrower is the servant to the lender…………….                                   Not   to  presume on the future……a person not providing for his own is worse than an infidel…………..  To allow God to provide so others will thank Him……..GOD WILL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED.

AND SO WE ALL LEARNED THE SIGNIFICANT PART OF OWING….I know that PRIDE is not Godly, but sometimes when it comes to borrowing from people I am totally AGAINST IT & will not succumb to the weakness of it ever in my life..as long as God gives me grace to do so. After all, my faith is in Him to provide my daily need. His Word says so in the Psalms….”He daily loads us with benefits…” How much more do we need than the daily benefits of God?? He is the Provider…when I was dying in sin, HE PROVIDED LIFE & ETERNAL FORGIVENESS. When I was lost, HE FOUND ME  & PUT ME ON THE RIGHT PATH. when I needed someone to share the rest of my life with HE HEARD ME & SENT ME A CHRISTIAN HUSBAND WHO LOVES HIM TOO. When my heart yearned for children, HE DIDN’T HESITATE TO FILL MY WOMB WITH A NEW LIFE (3 TIMES!!!!). When I cried out that I’ve never known my biological mother since I was born, well after 40 yrs , HE SENT HER TO ME FROM ACROSS THE WORLD & GAVE ME MY HEART’S DESIRE TO FINALLY  MEET HER, INTRODUCE HIM TO HER  & LEAVE HIS WORD IN HER HAND AS SHE DEPARTED AGAIN…….

Need I say more??? oh yes.One more thing we taught our children and we still are and always will be til the Lord takes us to His heavenly home and that is:

OWE NO-ONE ANYTHING EXCEPT TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER……JUST AS CHRIST HAS LOVED YOU.

Keep on smiling………it is the countenance of God’s loving face

       Even the birds of the air lift up their eyes to God & he feeds them daily…HOW MUCH MORE YOU AND I?                                       

 

‘LET OTHERS SEE JESUS IN YOU, LET OTHERS SEE JESUS IN YOU…

KEEP TELLING THE STORY, BE FAITHFUL AND TRUE~~

LET OTHERS SEE JESUS IN YOU!!”

 

Even though I homeschool my 4 and 1/2 yr old, I send him to Pre-School 2 days a week cause that’s what he prefers and enjoys. But the minute he enters the gates, the teacher’s faces light up to see him. This has been happening for the  last year or so and I often wondered why…..

You see, before we leave home, DJ and I kneel down near his bed ( with his insistance) and we pray. His prayer is usually like this….”Thank you Lord for bringing us here. Help us not to sin, we are sinners Lord.Help me to be a leader at Pre-school today, not a follower. and let other kids & people see Jesus shining in me the whole day long..In Jesus Name Amen.” …So I took his prayer for granted and never really noticed when we’d enter the preschool how  he’d say good morning to practically everyone with his cheerful face and smiley countenance..UNTIL….

One day, one of the teachers approached me & said, “He’s so special isn’t he? He just lights up the place when he comes in.He’s always helpful and telling others about how Jesus healed him and protected him..His prayers in class are so sincere full of praises to God. And thank you also, for being smiley and cheerful everytime we see you. You don’t know Mrs…….., but all the little treats you bake for us each time have been a God send.We don’t even have time to pack a snack or  a treat for ourselves, so when we grab a quick bite on our 15 minute break, we look forward to the little delights you bring us…God bless you, Mrs………..!!”

Now,  I’m not sharing this with you all for any credit to me. God forbid!!  You see, every now & then I make it my aim to bake some cookies,homemade brownies, or something sweet and take it to those hardworking teachers(who are also mothers) and give to them of whatever I have. I know God gives us all a gift in life to use for His glory and for me, THE GIFT OF GIVING IS  THAT…. But to know  that whatever small talent or gift God has given us to share with the outside world, for them to SEE HIM IN US, IN WHAT WE DO, WHAT WE SAY AND HOW WE ACT.. is a testimony for His glory. I am not  a ‘goody-two-shoes.’ I have my many flaws..Just ask my husband and children! But when it comes to letting others see Christ  in me daily or in my child (who apparently shines!!) then that is a wonderful blessing and I am honoured to represent my Lord in this way. so my question  to you today is……;

DO       OTHERS        SEE          JESUS                 IN            YOU??????   

Keep smiling…I guess that’s a start!!!!!