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I have wanted to be preacher for as long as I can remember,
especially after Chris was born and I made a conscious decision to live my life
in a way that would glorify God and point others to Him. I had chosen to do that because I needed a
lifestyle where we could all be useful and have approval, not reproach because
of our handicaps. Since then, the Holy Spirit came into my heart and the
miracles have come. God giving me proof
after proof of His existence and being able to experience the deep love of God,
the awe for His majesty and splendor, the desire to humble myself before Him
and give Him the stage. Now I have a genuine
passion for Jesus and zeal to share Him with others that consumes nearly every
waking thought. But even though I felt the pull to a Godly life, I was
rebellious and disobedient and wanted everything MY way. It’s caused me pain and misery all my
life. I thought I was so smart. I thought I could have my cake and eat it
too. I thought I could choose anything I
wanted and make it all work out. “I
thought, I chose, me, myself and I.” Sure, I was smart, and I had lots of knowledge, I had taken
all the tests at school and passed them.
I was praised for my gifts and for the things I could do, (like my art
and writing ability), but I was so smart I was stupid through and through. I was useless, literally useless to God and
man. Brothers and Sisters it is better to be born slow minded
than smart. The less mental capacity you
have, the greater potential for happiness you have, because your mind will be
more childlike and you’ll take what you learn and believe it, use it and live
it without trying to redefine it and put your own personal spin on every new
thought. Praise God for His wisdom in presenting His WAYS as
understandable by the little children and the simple minded, so that we
wouldn’t altogether pervert His magnificent plans. I praise God that He gave me Chris to let me look at God
through his eyes and use his singleness of vision to keep hold of what God has
shown me over the years. Not that I am
great and now I have all this “right” knowledge, but that GOD is great and has
wonderful knowledge and blessings for all who will seek Him. Myself being least because it took me so long
to “get it”. I was so full of myself and such an incredible detriment to
God and my fellow man that my first child had to be handicapped and suffer the
destruction of his brain during birth, the illness of a subsequent viral
infection in his brain, and 5 months of living naked on ice packs filled with
needles and prodded by cold, questioning doctors and students at a teaching
hospital as they learned from his little life. Chris would have died as they predicted had God not
intervened and performed several major miracles in answer to many specific
prayers. His brain tissue grew back in
within 3 months, the eyesight in his left eye came back in two months, his
paralysis lifted in 3 days, he woke up from his coma, he was able to walk with
both feet, all given after specific prayers, some as quickly as overnight and
some taking 3 days, or 3 months. In
later years the time periods of waiting for each healing varied even greater,
but was always met and God always showed that He was there and loved us. That His word could be trusted. Chris would have died had God not intervened, but God gave
us a faith message and backed it up by experience, as He does with all
people. First we have to believe and
trust Him, based on HEARING His word or hearing what He did for someone else. It would have been ok
for Chris to die and go do his work on Heaven’s side of the “river”, but God
had something in mind for him here. I
heard a preacher say some folks have their assignment in Heaven to help prepare
for the big day when Jesus comes back and all of us get to Heaven. We all need housing and “heart-wound care”, therapy and
training, and a zillion other things we can’t imagine, that God will provide
for us. And the Bible tells us that God
said He Is picking His righteous ones from the earth to remove us from the evil
for His own pleasure. Did you ever think
the rapture could be going on right now under our noses and we might not know
it? A whole lot of good folks have been
dying lately. Think on that! Every person has an assignment and for some it may only be as
“Salt” and Light to the earth. Salt is
of no use unless it’s mixed evenly amongst the food to give it flavor and make
it pleasing. To God, when you’re Salt,
you’re the person He’s put in your workplace or your school, or your apartment
building that will demonstrate the love of Christ towards mankind, and what it
means to be forgiven when you don’t deserve it.
If you forgive them when they don’t deserve it, and share your goods
without greed, and always, always show the stability of the mind and heart of
God. Maybe you’re the one who demonstrates how you can have passion
for the One who loves our soul intimately.
How do you preach the depth of love that Jesus has for us? You can’t, you have to show it until it gets
on the inside of someone. BE the guy or girl who lives with a joyful expectation of
Hope. When your light bill is due and
when you’re cupboards are empty, how do you live? Do you finagle, steal, cheat, cry, borrow
from every loan company and go deep into debt, or do you stand in joyful
expectation that God WILL fulfill His promises to us that we will have every
need met? You may be the only person that someone ever sees who makes
being a Christian look like a better thing than being a drunken reveler, or a
swindler or thief. Brothers and sisters
there is joy in sin for a time, and lots of pleasures. We have to show the world why they should
listen to the gospel. What is in it for
them? You may dislike me or my message, you may even dislike or
reject Jesus, but I’m telling you the truth, if you’re not fulfilling your God
given purpose, you aren’t as much use as the dung that is thrown down on a
field to feed the true fruit that will be coming up. Think about that. All
good seed has to die to bring forth its fruit, but even the dung is swept under
foot and mixed in with dirt to do its part to further God’s plans and feed His
people. The Bible says every branch
that is not bringing forth fruit, although it may be a part of the vine of God
and enjoying all the blessings of God, if it’s not producing as God intended,
it’s in danger of being cut down and thrown into the fire. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather be a good seed than a
lump of feces. I’d rather be slow witted, ugly and wearing rags than be
puffed up in self-esteem, having an overinflated estimation of my worth and
wisdom, and dressed out in plastic sequins trying to look like a million bucks
if I’m just a steaming pile of cow patty that’s destined to nourish the
mushrooms. If you’re willing to renew your mind daily, seek God first
and obey what He tells you to do, then you can be a good seed that brings forth
much fruit. Your fruit may be winning
souls, or it might be equipping the saints, or ministering to the needy. It might be encouragement, or binding up
wounds. It might be working in stability
and presence of mind at your job, (hopefully the job you love to do), to give
money to support the works of the church. But even if you’re giving 30% of your income to the church,
don’t think you’re going to get by without the RELATIONSHIP with God that He
demands of us. God told my sister Eileen about a year ago, that He does not
just REQUIRE our presence in worship, but that He DEMANDS it. It’s not given as a choice; it’s given as a
command. Remember Queen Vashti who was the equivalent of a first lady
like Michelle Obama. She had her good
works going on, she had her calendar full and was working towards being the
best queen ever in the history books, but when her husband required her
attendance at a party to show the world His riches and importance, even down to
the great beauty of his wife, she refused to come. She declined because it didn’t seem as important to her as
her own work going on. She may have felt
degraded or put out, inconvenienced or self-important. Whatever her reason was, it was the wrong
choice, resulting in being removed as the queen, perhaps even put to death, or
sent out into the general population of the world to be a pile of dung to
fertilize the mushrooms. Think of it. A
beautiful woman, used to having nice clothing and authority and respect,
responsibility and being useful, instantly became useless for anything much
more than a prostitute and beggar on the street. We learn that Esther took her place as Queen and used her
service to her husband to save the lives of the Hebrew nation. We also must give our lives to God, and in doing proper
service to God, we will be useful and produce great fruit, perhaps to the
saving of many lives! How many times have you asked yourself what the purpose of
your life is, what does God want you to do? The answer is very simple.
Love the Lord your God with: All your heart
(more than your lover, your children, your clothing, your income, your jewelry
and more than any other thing), All your soul
(more than your pride in your own wisdom and beauty, your talents, your
friendships and influence), And your mind, (your
titles and degrees, your accomplishments, your time, your plans, your favorite television
show), And with all your
might (your strength, the hours of your day, the energy you spend, the
influence over others you hold, the self-esteem you feel in your community, to
the laying down of your life if necessary). And Love your neighbor as you love yourself. Love isn’t love until it’s demonstrated and acted out. The mind and heart of man cannot mature until it opens to
love, experiences it, tastes it and returns it. No man can understand love until it is given to him by
someone else. Every baby receives its
love from its mother and father, from its community and from those important in
his life. But when he grows up, he seeks
more love, deeper love, wider love and more varied expressions of love. He seeks a mate, he seeks a community, and he
seeks like-minded friends. Most of all, the navigational system of his heart seeks the
One who created him, and until that spot is filled and God is secure in his
heart, he’ll be miserable, lonely in a crowd of people, dissatisfied with his
mate and always searching for something more.
When a friend, a child of God, demonstrates and gives him love, it
connects his heart to God and Truth can come in. How many people do you know who have been married over and
over, go from one job to another, always searching and never finding the
happiness they seek? They may say they know God and are saved, and perhaps they
do, but they aren’t filling up their heart daily with the word and renewing
their minds with it. They aren’t putting
God in the place in their lives that He should be, to determine every move and
choice, based on what God would have you do.
Based on what God has already said in His word, even if you don’t feel
or hear a direct answer from God. If you can do nothing more in your entire lifetime than
regularly and enthusiastically give Him praise and sing to Him, rejoice in Him,
and remember He is God, you’ll do very well! The next time you see a handicapped person, or a retarded
person, or someone in a wheelchair, smile and praise the Lord! You’ve seen a blessed man or woman, someone
that God has given a unique position and ability to please Him, love Him, and
share the love of God with the world. We weren’t created to build skyscrapers, build dynasties and
conquer men. We were created to honor
and worship the living God and return to Him love and attention. This is the greatest job we can have. 1/22/2011
God bless you all. Write to me at chastityrose (at) yahoo.com
God bless you! Keep looking back here for more updates and more words. Visit www.lcci.us (our home church in Albany, GA) to watch services online anytime. Write to me here: chastityrose (at) yahoo.com
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