“For if anyone is a hearer of the
word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a
mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away,;, he had immediately
forgotten what kind of person he was” (James 1:23-24)
Hey Gang: I’m back! Are you there?
Two thousand miles and twenty
five days on strange mattresses does make ones back yell ‘enough’.
But at each step of the way we were truly blessed by Abba Father. There were far too many blessings to list them all but there
was also several very special blessings.
We were blessed to volunteer our
services a Voice of Martyrs in Bartlesville, Oklahoma for fifteen days. After retiring from the Village we prayed
that God would use us to be a blessing to as many people as He sent our way. He certainly has answered that prayer in a
magnificent way. The work at VOM was hard
and I wondered going in, knowing what tasks were ahead as we approached
Bartlesville, if I would be able to sustain the daily pace.
My prayer was for strength to be
able to meet the task of the day. God
richly blessed this 78 year old body with sufficient and even abundant strength
to put in eight hour days doing physical tasks.
In the two plus weeks we (meaning my bride and me) were there, we helped
prepare more than 300,000 pieces of mail for delivery among other things.
What that really means is we were
able to send a blessing with each piece of mail we touched. Do you remember
words of Jesus, “You will do greater works than these because I go to the Father”?
(John 14:12) Perhaps that is what he was
talking about.
We had the
opportunity to hear several members of the VOM International staff t who serve
the persecuted believers around the world.
Although many of their words were grim, for every five minutes another
Christian is martyred some place in the world, there was also a joy in their
hearts because as Satan turns up the heat on God’s sheep, the body of Christ
grows stronger with each passing day.
Soooo, my
young lads and lassies, as we motored it gave me opportunity to seek God’s face
in whether to continue with Gramps Morning Thoughts. God reminded me that if
even one reads what He places in my heart and mind to share with you, I should
do my part. Keep in mind the angels in
heaven rejoice when a new name is added to the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Keep that
in mind -as you traverse through this day.
You may be the only Bible the person sitting across from you will see
this day
Blessings,
Gramps
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