Don’t let the cold outside affect the warmth that is in your heart! It is a fact that you are a child of the all powerful God, and that fact should be enough to keep you warm for 1000 winters. You are loved by God almighty so when things are not looking like you think that they should, just know that all things are working in your favor. Smile at the bad and rejoice in the good. This is going to be a beautiful year!
Good day to you all! We are on this journey called life together, so when you need a shoulder to lean on, I will be there!
We have completed another wonderful Christmas season, and there were a lot of gifts exchanged so where big and some were small. Sometimes it is easy to get caught up in the exchange. We are so used to giving to our family and friends because they are the ones that give to us. Imagine if you gave to complete strangers without any expectations of getting anything back. Imagine having a big party and instead of inviting all of the people that you know, you gathered up all of the poor, and the hungry. Imagine inviting the people that are homeless, and without anything. Imagine giving to people that could not give back to you. Who does that?
In Luke 14:12-14 Jesus says: “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, otherwise they may invite you in return, and that will be your repayment. But when you give a reception invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, since they don’t have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
Dear Reader as we prepare for the year in front of us, I want to encourage you not to let the holiday’s that just past be the only time when you think of others. Take care of your family, but try to give to someone that can’t give back. Offer insight to someone who is blind to a fact that could save their lives. Help someone who has been crippled by this life and feels that they are unable to get up and walk on their own. When you invite the people with the least to dine with you. When you set the table for someone who has no table of their own, God tells us that He is going to pick up the tab. He can see that they are unable to pay you back, but more importantly He see’s us being obedient to His word. If we focus more on giving and less on receiving, we shall have the blessings of God upon us, and along the way we would be an instrumental blessing in someone’s life.
You are beautiful, loved, and blessed
John Reed
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