AHHHHHH! Almost all caught up! I hate when I slack and let myself get behind! This morning I was in an Advil induced coma and I overslept and missed church. I don't think that has ever happened before... I was not very thrilled that it happened this time. I seriously chided those who were awake and decided to "let me sleep". They were forced to clean their rooms later :O)
Anyway, since I couldn't make it to church this morning, I had a little church service of my own. Just me, Jesus, and Heidi Baker. If you haven't heard of Heidi Baker, do yourself a favor and look her up on YouTube. There are very few people on this earth that have more love inside them than she does. She has a love inside of her that is greater than I believe I have ever seen. It is stunningly beautiful. Donna picked up a book she had written at the book store earlier in the week. It was a study of the Beatitudes... or rather... how to live them. Through reading her book this morning I was able to get some of my theology that had gone awry back on track.
TBT (That is Truth Be Told in text language hehehe) it doesn't ever matter why someone is sick or why they are hurting or broken or homeless or whatever the problem is... we are only supposed to be the embodiment of love to them. To BE the hands and feet of Jesus and love them the way that He would love them. In fact I cannot recall one single place in the Bible where Jesus EVER asked someone how long they had been sick, what they had been doing when they got sick... He just said be healed.
God, please ruin me. Show me Your face. Show me Your ways. Please help me Never to reduce You to a formula. Father I am sorry for seeing Your world through these eyes filled with pride. Please remove the scales from my eyes and let me see people the way that You see them. Let me love them the way that You love them.
There is a part of Heidi's book that keeps playing over and over in my mind...
"When I held Beatrice, I caught scabies and lice. But it didn't matter. My only goal is to love more." (Compelled by Love by Heidi Baker - check it out!)
Help me to love like that Father. In Jesus' Name Amen!
When we love with the Father's love... signs, wonders and miracles just follow us...
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