“BUTTONS!”

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 571

March 22, 2022///

I pray your day and your way is filled with the amazing joy and peace that comes from trust in our Heavenly Father, that comes through receiving all Jesus did for us! This morning, I want to reprint a Me-Maws Thought from 2014. I pray this will encourage each of us to be all we were created to be!

Me-Maw Thoughts /// Number 200

November 18, 2014

Buttons……I want to talk to you this morning about buttons.

There are small buttons, large buttons, and in-between size buttons. There are delicate buttons and heavy-duty buttons.

There are bright colored buttons and dull colored buttons.

There are buttons on our clothes that we can see and there are hidden buttons.

Then there are decorative buttons that look pretty but serve no real purpose.

If the Kingdom of God on this earth were described as buttons, what kind of button would you be?

Maybe you are a large button that many see, and you are serving the purpose you were created for by bringing people together and meeting their needs.

 Maybe you are a heavy-duty button whose purpose is to be in the hardest places doing the work of the kingdom.

Maybe you are a delicate little button that in the power of almighty God is doing the very task that God has placed in your hands.

For functioning purpose, it does not matter what color a button is but when we allow the inner beauty in us to shine on the outside, we can draw people to the Lord of all by our attractive Joy and Peace. Some may attract more than others but if we are fulfilling our purpose, we will draw all men to Jesus.

Maybe you feel like a hidden button. You are doing what you feel like you are supposed to do but no one sees you. Think about the function of a hidden button. They keep your clothes or scarves or caps in place with continued service. Without them your outfit would fall apart. The hidden buttons serve a great purpose and the person doing the un-herald work in the Kingdom of God is keeping it all together.

Then we have the decorative buttons that look like they are serving a purpose but all they are doing is looking pretty. Your outfit would not come off if they were not there. Nothing would quit working if they disappeared. They actually are useless and not serving any purpose.

Are you the decorative button? Do you look like you are a Christian? Do you look like you are fulfilling your destiny by just hanging there? Are you really doing the work for which you were created? Is the outward appearance all there is to your Faith in and your walk with God?

If that is you, I encourage you today to change! A decorative button when removed from its place of no service and sewed where it is needed becomes the thing for which it was created. If you will allow the Father God through the Holy Spirit to move on the inside of you and show you the destiny you were created for and then allow Him to place you in that position, you can become all you were created for.

One more point on buttons. If they are not secured in place with good strong thread, they will fall from the purpose they were created for. If we are not bound to our destiny with the word of God and the power of God, we will begin to lose our purpose.

Your daily communication with the Father through Jesus Christ and your study of the word will keep you strong and functioning in your purpose.

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Father what security in knowing that we are created on purpose and for a purpose. May we place walking in our divine purpose above all other desires in our lives. May we all know the peace, joy, and abundance our obedience to you brings. Thank you for your plans. I desire and determine to be the button you created me. Amen

Have a wonderful incredible week being the button you were created to be.

Love, Me-Maw