I had a thought, so I want to know, do you believe that the Almighty Father loves you or me? Do you believe that He talks to us? I mean, why would He? We are not worthy, no offense, but none of us are worthy. In the book of Romans, it tells us that no one is righteous, not one of us. So why would He send His only begotten Son to die for our sins, and then why would He leave the Holy Spirit to be here with us until Jesus returns? It also tells us in the book of Romans that “Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
So it is only by God’s love and Jesus’ sacrifice for our sins, that we are worthy. HOW AMAZING IS THAT????!!! SO AMAZING!!!
My next question was whether or not He talks to us. Have you ever heard His voice? Have you ever felt Him speak to you? He talks to us in different ways. He may audibly talk to you like He did Samuel in 1 Samuel, or He may speak through a burning bush like He did to Moses in book of Exodus. Has He ever come to talk to you in a dream? He did that many times in the Bible. He may be trying to talk to us but we are so busy doing this or that, that we may not hear Him. He tells us to be still… In my experience, He has spoken to me in several different ways, but only when I pay attention do I hear Him.
Has He ever told you to do something and you didn’t do it? It is a horrible feeling, I can tell you from experience. I almost had one of those experiences today. I had gone to the doctor (2 doctors actually) and I was on my way home, all I had to do was stop at the pharmacy and go home and my plan was to go straight to bed for a bit.
God had other plans for my afternoon. I live in a small town north of Bossier City, Louisiana. On the way home from the doctors offices this afternoon, I notice the little man who sits on the side of the highway holding his Bible up for everyone to see. I have lived in the same place for 22 years, and I have seen him many times. He just sits there in the same spot and holds that Bible up with the same arm. That arm has to be so strong by now! I have stopped before and let my daughter give him a bottle of water, but other than that, I just continue on my way. I might wave at him now and again. Today as I waved to him as I passed Him, I felt the Lord tell me to turn around and get a picture of him for y’all to see. I thought how rude would that be? I mean, I turn around and go back then turn around to catch a picture of him as I travel down the road without his permission. The Lord then said, “I wasn’t finished with my directions to you. I want you to pull over and talk to him.” I argued with Him for a few minutes. I told him, “Lord, seriously? I do not feel good, I don’t want to stop and talk to him. I want to go home.” He said, “No, you are to stop and visit with him.”
UGH!!! I heard Him loud and clear, but still I wanted to just go home… but I turned around and pulled in where he was sitting on his ladder next to his car. (He used to sit on his car, but he got a different car and I guess it is harder to sit on or something, because now he has a regular sized ladder that he sits on.) As I was getting out of my car, he started climbing down from his ladder. I told him he didn’t need to climb down, (only because I didn’t want to stay long. Can you say selfish?) Anyway, the first thing he asked me was if I was a Christian, but that isn’t exactly how he put it, because he speaks like from a different time. I told him that, yes, I am a Christian, and he was so excited that I was a Christian. Then I told him about this blog (he didn’t know what a blog was, so I explained as best I could) and I asked him if I could get a picture of him to put on here. He agreed, but before he climbed up his ladder, he wrote a Bible verse for me on a little card that he had in his pocket. Oh I forgot to mention that today he was wearing a full suit. He usually wears nice pants and shirt with a tie, but today must have been special, because of the full suit. I didn’t ask…now I wish I would have. Anyway, we got to talking about different stuff, like family, church, etc. He mentioned that he was a preacher at a little church in a tiny little community that I was familiar with, and he said he was born not far from this little community. I am familiar with this community because we used to have our family reunions in this little community, also, my daddy was born not far from there as well. I asked him where he was born and it was the same place my daddy was born. I asked him his name again and he told me and I almost knocked him off his ladder… come to find out, his daddy and my grandmother were 1st cousins!!! I told him we are related!! I was so excited then… I told him my grandmother’s name and he said that his daddy used to talk about her all the time. I couldn’t believe it!! I have watched this man for years, and we are related… wow! Here is a picture of my 4th cousin…
I know that the Lord wanted me to show that He can use you, whether you just sit on the side of the road and hold up His word, or if He wants you to go into another country and be an active missionary. I think the Lord also wanted me to realize that when I do what He tells me to do, I will always get a blessing through it. I thoroughly enjoyed visiting with my distant relative!
The Lord wants to talk to you too, but you have to listen, and trust me, if He tells you something to do, just do it, because He has a blessing in store for you. You may not understand why He is asking you to do whatever it is, but He has a plan and He wants to use you. When we don’t follow what He wants us to do, I’m sure He has others to do your part, but you lose out on that blessing. It was just a thought…
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