“OUR LIVES!”

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 757

October 14, 2025///

Today is a special day in the lives of our family. Today my husband Ronald (or Ole Pop as some of you know him) celebrates eighty-six years on this earth!

I am eighty-one and at our awesome mature ages every day is a blessing from the God who made us and has seen every good, bad, or in-between day in our lives!

The changes we have seen have been phenomenal, but the bigger issue is what kind of effect we have had on others: good, bad, or none!

OOPS! That last one (none) does not count! Each person on this earth has an effect of some kind on others!

Ronald has made my life better and has affected our children and grandchildren and great grandchildren in good and positive ways.

When Jesus walked this earth, He affected everyone He met! As He called the 12 disciples, He had such a presence of the Holy Spirit on Him that all He had to say was “Come follow Me”!

Nicodemus came to Him by night wanting to know more but feared the other Jewish Leaders! Zacchaeus desired to see Him so much, he climbed a tree and the lady with the issue of blood knew He could heal her!

He angered the Religious Leaders and perplexed Pilot! He made kings tremble and Blessed the Children!

But you do not find Jesus anywhere that He was not having some kind of effect on those in His presence and beyond!

It is the same with us! Be it anger, love, kindness, desire for Jesus or desire to be a better you, we all affect others, every day of our lives in some way!

Our witness for good can change someone’s life! Do you not think the presence of blind Bartimaeus who became seeing Bartimaeus changed the lives around him?

When Jesus turned the tables of the money changers over in the temple court, I am sure it effected a lot of people! Some with anger and some with awe and some wanted to know this man who came in with such authority better!

My point is that every day of our lives we are affecting those around us and as Christians our goal should be to affect others for good and show them the Love of Jesus!

We have all heard others say or maybe have said it ourselves: “It is not going to hurt anyone but me”! Oh! How wrong that is! The word tells us we do nothing just to ourselves!

Romans 14:7 (KJV) For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

We are responsible for how our life affects others!

Luke 6:45 (KJV) A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

The key then to affecting others for good is in the condition of our heart!

The only way our heart can really be good is if we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord! As we let Christ goodness guide us, we will show others His Love!

The enemy may be telling you today that no one cares what you do and/or there is no reason for you to be alive, but may I tell you that you are “CREATED ON PURPOSE AND FOR A PURPOSE”, and you affect others every day you live!

You are important! What you do is important! You can show others a better way to live!

May each of us realize we are not an island and live each day from an eternal perspective!

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Father, thank you for the reminder to each of us today that it does matter what we do, and it does matter how we live, and we can show others your love and your way through our lives! Anoint each of us with the knowledge that you created us on purpose for a purpose! Amen!

Love, MeMaw