The sun has one kind of beauty, the moon has another beauty, and the stars have another. And each star is different in its beauty.
1 Corinthians 15:41
Each star has its own level of beauty and brightness. Each star is different in its own way. Each star shines, even in the daytime, because that what stars do.
Do you shine bright for the glory of God or is your light dim? Do you want to fit in with the other stars or do you want to be a North star and stick out where someone lost can be guided by you? Each Christian shines; the only question is: By how much? By allowing yourself to be used by God and meditating on His Word can you shine at your brightest. And more people will look up to you when their world is at its darkest.
Star light, star bright,
Which star are you tonight?
I wish I may, I wish I might
Reflect the glory of Jesus tonight
I dont know how G*d sees me. Sometimes I think He loves me boundlessly and at other times I think not. I just keep trying to follow His Holy Bible and fail, get up again, try harder, fail, keep trying. I can only put my faith and trust that all my labor and efforts are not in vain. I do know that supporting JFJ and IFCJ makes G*d happy and its always a good thing to make G*d happy. So I try to do that as much as possible. I have to live by faith. I dont have a legacy to lean on just the Bible and knowing that G*ds word is absolutely perfect and always true keeps me going.
G*d kept us safe on our recent journey. Here are some highlights.
Please pray for a lady named Steph in Cheyenne, Wyoming she tried to push her way into our room one morning. She was drinking I think, maybe more, and very mixed up. She said she wanted to talk to someone and so I suggested we sit in my car and talk. She talked a long time, most of it nonsense, but once in awhile she would talk about God and a glimmer of a human being was there. I refused to look her directly in the eye, past bad experience, but I did ask G*d for help alot. I reached for my Bible on the dash board and because I did not have my glasses I asked her to read a few verses out loud. I told her that the Bible is Holy because its G*DS word and that no matter what we read that it would be powerful ( I was afraid we might open up to the Cannanites or something..but regardless its the written word of G*d that is powerful not the exact verbage) I opened up to Prov. 3 and not able to see what it was I asked her to read the first few verses....WOW! Perfect. G*ds word is always perfect! I had her call all the numbers in her cell phone for help but not even her dad would help her. I didnt know what to do. She didnt need money. She refused coffee. So I took her down town and left her where she requested. I called a church later before leaving and asked them to follow up on her but please pray for Stephanie. Shes a mess. All I could do was sit there in my car and say over and over again to myself. BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD THERE GO I.
Too many cool things to share with you except my daughter was babtized at our home church, and I had two tire valve stems hanging by a thread the whole way and no blow outs, I lost a lot of transmission fluid half way but still car made it. I could go into more details of how G*d watched over us but I wont. I will just say THANK YOU for praying for me and my family. G*d bless Israel and G*d bless Christianity worldwide. PS Had my web site written on my car...making use of every opportunity..the days are short. Shalom
Hi Hope,
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thanks to all those whom serve . a peacefull Hanukkah and Happy yeshuah birthday to you.
Oh Nevil, the stories I could tell you about G*ds goodness and the destroyers badness. I will tell you I found out when I got home form my summer trip that it was not transmission fluid but radiator fluid, its was a yellow/green so I just thought it was transmission I was leaking and I had to have a new water pump put in later. I dont know how we made it so far and with no help except G*ds presence is the only reason! I have taken many trips alone and sometimes without ever having seen the destination in advance. I think i learned to trust G*d when my adopted mother and two sister took me and my daughter for a long day trip once. These three old ladies, all of them over seventy, decided out of the blue to take me and my daughter with them to visit a brother in the hills several hundred miles away. Unknown to me, not really looking forward to being with these old ladies all day long found out on the way that none of them had been there before, one had been close a long time ago, and we were going based on her memory. Oy! They had no map etc and unlike anal retentive me were completely ok with this plan! I just shook my head and tried to sleep alot of the trip. We finally arrived and went to have a picnic at a school yard since we did not know the town and that was the only grassy area and while picnicing some person walked by and one of the sisters asked them if they knew their brother. Unbelievable! This one person walking by knew just where he lived!!! I just looked at the ladies and said, " I cant believe this is happening!". We found his house! I learned that I enjoyed their company very much and we had a good time and to this day I still shake my head because they just trusted G*d to keep them safe and get them there and He did! I learned alot from those old ladies, what a gift!
I tell myself I am not unusual that we are have these small wonders happening, I call them opportunities, we are just so busy we dont always see them for open opportunites to share Jesus. Well I think we should all keep our eyes on the Eastern horizon...some day we will see a sight for sure.