RESTLESS: I am in a new Bible study calledRestless by Jeannie Allen. I missed the first two lessons so I am just jumping in at lesson three and when I saw the chapter title, Suffering, out of our pain we could heal the world! Well, I made a joke oh , suffering right up my alley.....lol. As I am reading and working through chapter three I came to point 4) our lives could leave a mark. And I felt compelled to share the following with you: our lives are a breath, so if we are here for just a minute, Id like my one little breath to feel more like a mighty gust of wind. And that takes surrender. It takes perseverance and not wasting my minutes away on Facebook or on complaining. The apostles walked away from painful persecution rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering (Acts 5:41). And so I am sitting here thinking, is my life leaving a mark, am I using those opportunities that The Master gives me to find a way to be Jesus or am I complaining about things not going the way I want them to go, about having to wait to long in line, about being inconvenienced, about those things that dont turn out the way I want them to in my time..... Sigh, I have to tell you that sometimes I fall back and have pity parties and its all about me.....I will do better... I really think that there are no mistakes in our days. God puts people in our lives for a reason...it is our opportunity to be Jesus to all of them. It is our opportunity to extend an invitation to get to know The Master and there is no better way to lead them then to put others first.....it gives us JOY (Jesus first, Others second, yourself last)....I will do better... Have I suffered? There were times in my life that I thought no one could be suffering like I was until I sat with a friend who had cancer; until I sat with a friend who had just lost their child/grandchild; until I sat with a friend who had just confessed to committing a crime to authorities who had no idea it was him; I have always been able to feed my children/grandchildren, we have always had somewhere to live, I have so many people I am honored to call friends. So I dont think I have really suffered, ......I will do better to walk in His way..... I will do better to SEE those He puts in my path daily and find a way to share Jesus by being Jesus.... Thanks for listening......
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:31:38 +0000
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