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Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 788

May 19, 2026///

I Know you are probably familiar with the story in Genesis of Joseph who was the son of Jacob who was Abraham’s grandson!

We usually talk about the trouble Joseph had and his journey from home to Egypt as a slave, to prison and then to the Palace and second only to the Pharaoh!

Today, I want us to look at Joseph’s father, Jacob. Jacob had 12 son’s and was an old man who thought Joseph was dead. He was deceived to believe this.

For 20 years he believed his son Joseph was dead. Joseph was a dreamer and so for this discussion I want you to view Joseph as Jacobs dream and desire. Even though a parent should not have favorites, Joseph was Jacobs favorite.

He now found that his son: his dream, was alive and he and all his son’s and their families were on their way to dwell in Egypt because there would be 5 more years of the famine they had been experiencing.

During the 20 years Jacob believed Joseph was dead he still honored and worshipped God. On the way with all his family he stopped at Beer-Sheba and built and altar and worshipped.

God appeared to Him in the visions of the night assuring Him that He would be a great nation and would indeed see his son Joseph.

Jacob had a dream son he thought was dead for 20 years!

DO you have a dream that you believe has been dead a long time?

Let us look at what has happened during the 20 years. God was working on both sides of the dream! He was bringing the answer to the dream to maturity as Joseph went through the process of betrayal and victory!

Jacob had no hope of ever seeing Joseph again, but God was working all things out!

When we give up and believe our dreams, or desires, or visions are dead God is still working all thing for our good and His Glory.

Buying into the lies and deception that the dream is dead is what the enemy wants!

Jacob was bent beneath the load of grief and then found out his son was alive. I think he probably was wrestling with belief and unbelief. Was this real? Was he really going to see his dream Joseph stand before him?

Just as God saw Jacobs desire to believe but also experiencing doubt and assured him in the visions that Joseph was truly alive and the promises made to Abraham were still yes and amen, the dream you thought was dead, God is saying is surely alive and He has been getting it ready for you!

Maybe it is you who had to go through a process or maybe circumstances or situations or others that had to go through the process but be assured the dream is still alive and as you rise as Jacob did and walk toward it you will see it come to pass.

When Jacob saw and embraced Joseph, he was ready to die, but he lived 17 more years. We will see our dream come to pass but that does not mean God does not have more dreams and visions.

Trust God’s timing, pray and worship, and move toward the God given dreams, desires, and visions, within you!

What layers and layers of teaching are in the story of Joseph, but I pray you have begun to understand that our dreams and visions are never too old, never too big, and we are never out of reach of them. Just trust and obey and let God work all things together for our good and His Glory!

Meditate on the visions and dreams God has placed in you and allow the Holy Spirit to stir them up! Rest in the promise that He can and He will!!!

Our God is alive and so are out dreams!

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Father, thank you that just as our prayers never die our dreams never die. You are working on us and on all the dreams, visions, and desires that you have placed in us. May we never give in to the deception of satan that tells us they are gone. We lay our hearts before you and receive the assurance you give that with you nothing is impossible! I ask this in Jesus’ name! Amen!

Love, MeMaw!

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 787

May 12, 2026///

Today let us think about how and what we hear! All of us know that there are times when someone is talking to us and if we were asked to repeat it, we could not because we appeared to be listening but were not absorbing it!

Other times we hear but find out later that we did not hear correctly, and there are times we do hear what the other person is saying but do not take heed nor have any intention of believing them or following their advice if it was given!

Children, ours and others, have a great way of ignoring or just not comprehending what we are telling them.

We then should have no trouble understanding what Jesus meant when He says in several places, “He that have ears, let them hear”!

Jesus talked about hearing a lot but specifically says if we have ears to hear in: Matthew 11:15, and 13:9/ Mark 4:9, 4:23, and 7:16/ Luke 8:8.

Jesus was talking to people who had physical ears and who could apparently hear the words, but He is saying let you heart hear and allow the Holy Spirit to show you deeper truths than the surface words.

He is admonishing those listening to listen with the intention of obeying and following His teaching. We all know many listened to Him and not only ignored what he said and how to have a relationship with the Father, but also some spread wrong understanding of what He was saying.

It is interesting to me the numbers of even the religious leaders of that day that did not only not hear with the intent to obey but did not even accept that Jesus was the LONG-AWAITED MESSIAH!

PSALMS 85:8 SAYS IN PART: I will hear what God the Lord will speak:

Do we hear with our hearts open to receive revelation of the thoughts and intents of teaching or do we hear with our minds that are centered on the surface of the words?

Before reading the word or hearing a teaching or sermon do we ask the Holy Spirit to open our spiritual ears to the deep truths. Do we intend to obey what we hear, or do we let the cares of life rob us of walking in the revelations we may have received but did not walk in.

Psalm 143:8 (KJV) Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk;  For I lift up my soul unto thee.

Proverbs 8:33 (KJV) Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

Many times, in the 2^nd and 3^rd chapters of Revelation, Jesus says if you have ears, hear! Below is one of those!

Revelation 2:29 (KJV) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

We have ears to hear what those around us are saying or we can close our ears to their voices. We pay a lot of attention to what the culture we live in tells us to do and many times we are more prone to follow that than we are to open our ears to hear the voice or impression deep within and follow that.

God Loves us and wants to give us joy and peace that comes from listen deep in our spirits to the truths of His word and the direction He gives every moment of everyday if we are open to hearing and doing!

Oh, how we live below our privilege as a Christian because we have ears to hear but do not hear!

I ask you today to think about how you hear and how you respond and who you are listening to!

John 10:27 (KJV)My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

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Father, in Jesus’ name I come! Thank you for your love and truth that is for our good and your Glory! You have such amazing and wonderful truths that will guide us and keep us pure in this world we are in. May each of us examine deep inside us and clear out all the hindrances that keep us from hearing with spiritual ears! Oh, how you love us Jesus! May we understand that your way is always best. May we hear what the sprit is saying! Amen!

Love, MeMaw!

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 786

May 5, 2026///

As I was going through some things at home, I came across this article and felt it was worth sharing. Think about it and ask God what you can do to effect change!

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“WHERE DID IT ALL BEGIN?

Let’s see, I think it started when Madeline Murry O’Hare complained she didn’t want prayer in our schools, and we said OK.

Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school, the Bible that says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.

Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn’t spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be wrapped and we might damage their self-esteem. And we said, an expert should know what he’s talking about, so we won’t spank them anymore.

Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our children when they misbehave. And the school administrators said, no faculty member in this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we don’t want any bad publicity, and we surely don’t want to be sued. And we accepted their reasoning.

Then someone said, let’s let out daughters have abortions if they want, and they won’t even have to tell their parents. And we said, that’s a grand idea.

Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and they’re going to do it anyway, let’s give our sons all the condoms they want, so they can have all they fun they desire, and we won’t have to tell their parents they got them at school And we said, that’s another great idea.

And then someone said let’s print magazines with nude pictures and call it wholesome down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the female body. And we said we have no problem with that.

And someone else took that appreciation a step further and published pictures of nude children and then stepped further still by making them available on the internet. And we said they’re entitled to their free speech.

And the entertainment industry said, let’s make TV shows and movies that prompt profanity, violence, and illicit sex. And let’s make ones that encourage rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes. And we said it’s just entertainment, it has no adverse effect, and nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.

Therefore, now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

Probably, it we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with….”WE REAP WHAT WE SOW!

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As you read this you may have been thinking you did not agree to all this. You may not have been born. But remember the famous saying:

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” 

We cannot roll back time and change the past, but we can follow God’s direction and spread the good news that changes hearts and changed hearts, will change our world!

We may not have a platform to speak to crowds about the truth of Jesus Christ and God’s Love, but we can pray for those who do and share with those we are around as we allow Jesus to flow through us!

May we not get so wrapped up in our world of us and no more and forget that we can do something. On our knees we are a powerful force against evil and for bringing God’s Kingdom to earth! And when we love like Jesus loves it has eternal significance!

No, we cannot change the past, but we can surely affect the future! Will you join me in the prayer: “Jesus use me!”

Ephesians 2:10 (KJV) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

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Father, in Jesus’ name I come! Forgive us when we get wrapped up in our own lives and let evil abound. Show each of us how to pray, to reach out, to speak out in our homes, workplaces, schools, neighborhoods, cities, and states. Help each of us to live with eternal values! Amen!

Love, MeMaw!

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 785

April 28, 2026///

The thought I want to share with you this morning is when we are set free, forgiven, delivered of our past failures, or habits, or any other thing by the Lord God Almighty do we truly let it go or do we keep letting it discourage or bother us and keep us from doing our best for Jesus with power?

I have a habit of rethinking things I have said or done and deciding I could have done it better or differently!

May I point out two places in the first three chapters of Acts where Peter demonstrates true freedom from the past!

Before the crucifixion Peter had denied the Lord three times because of fear. After the resurrection Jesus had recommissioned him as a leader.

Peter could walk in that recommission or keep staying in the failure of denial!

We then find in Acts two Peter and others are filled with the Holy Spirit and Peter preached to the crowds accusing them of denying Jesus Christ as Messiah! He forgot his denial! It was forgiven!

In Acts three we find Peter and John going to the temple to pray and in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, they declared a man lame from his mother’s womb, whole!

As a crowd gathered because of this miracle, Peter once again preached reminding them that they had denied the Holy One! Once again, he forgot his denial! It was forgiven!

What about you and me? Do we walk in the victory of Gods unconditional Love and Forgiveness and restoration, and power or do we listen to the voices of our past failures?

The enemy of all that is good wants to keep us stuck in our past and not go forward and fulfill the reason we are on this earth!

The apostle Paul did all kinds of persecution of Christians until he was changed and commissioned to Preach the good news of Jesus! As he carried out his reason for living, he had the motto by which we should live!

Philippians 3:13–14 (KJV) ¹³ Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, ¹⁴ I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Paul was forgiven, changed, and commissioned and he chose to walk in that commissioning and forget all his wrongs and failures!

What about us? Which way do we choose! Do we choose to set our minds on the reason we were created or do we choose to live in regrets and what-ifs! One of the enemies favorite weapons is a what-if mind set. We can always think about how things would be or would have been if we had made different choices!

But we can also renew our thinking by praising God for His forgiveness and Love. Cast down the thoughts of past hurts, failures, and confusions by the weapon of Praise! We are redeemed and set free to live in faith and victory!

I encourage you to join me today in forgetting all those things in the past we would like to do over! Join me in letting go of the what-if mind set and let us walk toward the goal of being like Jesus: full of Faith, Victory, Power, and Authority!

When we walk in what we are commissioned to do we are filled with Joy and the Joy of the Lord is our Strength!

We can change our world as we seek first God’s Kingdom and leave the past failures, mistakes, and wrong choices behind!

2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV) Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Father, in Jesus’ name I come! I praise you that we are new creations in you and we can let go of the past that that the enemy keeps bringing up. May we allow your care and love to guide us to walk in the power of you forgiveness and set our mind on the eternal and the reason we are living! Thank you for loving us unconditionally but you love us too much to leave us that way! Mold us into a vessel to be used in your kingdom! Amen!

Love, MeMaw!

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 784

April 22, 2026//

One time our “Women’s Fearless Conference” motto was “Better Together”!

This came to my mind yesterday as I was in a curtained off section of a Hospital Observation unit with my husband, where we had been sent from the ER on Monday night so they could do a test yesterday. FYI we are home and all is better.

As I was trying to pass the hours, I noticed at the top of the curtain there were things on the curtain that looked like wood color but were shaped like peoples hands and they were joined. Then I noticed how the curtains were connected except at the corner where you could enter and exit and at the back walls and they provided a united wall of curtain!

I began to think of the motto that I have heard expresses elsewhere in addition to the “Fearless Conference”!

“BETTER TOGETHER!”

We are created for community and when we are joined with others, we are stronger in ourselves and can do more and do it better and can show the world that togetherness and love, not competition and hate, is the more productive way!

Just as the joined curtain supplied the need of privacy, our Chrisitan unity can protect and guide each other and provide the anointing!

The Bible teaches us that unity brings power and power can demonstrate the Love of Jesus and that He came to give us life and life abundantly!

Psalm 133:1 (KJV) Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!

Each of us know from experience how much better life is when we are in agreement with those in our household or job or extended family!

That is so much more important in our Christian walk and our Churches. Because unity brings the anointing and disunity breaks the anointing.

We cannot witness to the world a loving Jesus if we are at odds with others who also call themselves Christians.

Ephesians 4:3 (KJV) Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

We must do all we can to keep the unity of the spirit! Do we need to go to someone and ask forgiveness or share how they hurt or offended us and pray about it together, always approaching the other person with the love of Jesus and after much prayer? Then just do it!

Do we need to reach out and correct gossip we may have spread? Then just do it!

If we need to pray about our attitude toward another believer, DO IT!

Endeavor means: to work with set purpose.

1 Corinthians 1:10 (KJV) Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Living with eternal values and Loving God, and others will cause us to speak the same thing: The good news of Jesus Christ and His incredible Love!

Colossians 2:2 (KJV) That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

When we walk with the same goal: to fulfill the reason we were born, we can walk in unity, understanding that it is not us but Christ who lives in us that can cause love and unity to abound!

Galatians 2:20 (KJV) I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

I encourage each of you today to examine who you are living for!

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Father, your word is truth and your word teaches us that walking in unity pleases you! We each acknowledge this is not always the way we walk and ask your forgiveness and guidance that the world may see “We are Christians by our Love!” Lord let your love be expressed through us! We ask in Jesus’ name! Amen!

Love, MeMaw!

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 783

April 14, 2026///

Bless the Lord, Oh My soul and all that is within me, I Bless His Holy Name!

What a beautiful day to serve the Lord!

The sun is shining here where I am but somewhere it is raining, or snowing, or storming!

It may be going good in our lives, but someone is going through the most difficult time of their lives. Someone has just gotten a devastating phone call or Doctor’s report, and someone has lost their job, or any of a million other hard or life-changing things!

But I declare and decree to you today that no matter what the weather is or the circumstances in our lives this is a beautiful day to serve and bless the Lord!

WHY? Because we are Children of the Creator God and His eye is always watching us, fighting for us, and giving us strength and wisdom as we just lean on Him.

To know Jesus as our Savior and be able to commune with the Creator God gives us something to be thankful for every day.

The word says to rejoice in the Lord!

Philippians 4:4 (KJV) Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

 What is always? When you are sick, when you are grieved, when you are concerned about others, when you stress over bills or loved ones, rejoice!

Philippians 4:6–7 (KJV) ⁶ Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

The word tells us to pray and let our request known and then walk in the peace of God, no matter what happens!

Peace is the midst of turmoil and problems is a witness to those around us of the reality of Jesus Christ our Savior!

Praise is part of rejoicing and praise is a weapon that will defeat the darkness that may try to pull you down into worry and depression!

Weep if you must! Take time to heal if you are sick, Pray hard for your loved ones and for every situation in your life! But never fail to give Thanks for who Jesus is and who he is in you! Thank Him for breath because every breath we take is a gift from Him!

Rejoice in the fact that we have a Savior who loves us we know and He weeps when we weep and hurts when we hurt! We have the promise of a heavenly home and joy as we walk this road called life!

We do not have to fear tomorrow because He is already there! Rejoice and with your rejoicing, begin to think of good things!

Philippians 4:8 (KJV) Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

When we begin to think of past blessings and times when the right thing happened at the right time, every day becomes a day to praise the Lord!

We will not always understand His ways or the reason we are experiencing something difficult, but we can Rejoice in the fact of who He is and that we do not have to walk this road called life alone!

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO SERVE THE LORD!

REJOICE!

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Father, thank you for being good. Even when we cannot see the sun for the storms in our lives, you are good! Your mercy is amazing and your grace is sufficient for every need, and you fill us with peace when we just rejoice in who you are! You are God, the creator of all we see and you love us, help us, and give us strength! Thank you! Thank you for your love and your joy and you peace that passes all understanding! I pray in Jesus’ name! Amen!

Rejoice! Me-Maw!

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 782

April 7, 2026///

Resurrection Sunday was two days ago!

My Thoughts today center on the question:

If Jesus Tomb is Empty, if His last words on the cross were
“It is finished,” meaning completed, nothing left undone, why is it so hard for us to “Cast all our care on Him because He cares for us”?

I know we understand Jesus Loves us! We confess He wants to Bless us Abundantly, and then we try to carry our own load!

I think God must look at Jesus and say: “If they only knew that all they need is to just give the problems and situations to us and we can make all things beautiful in their lives”!

We are created with free will. We can choose what we wear, what we eat, and what we believe, and what we do. Therefore, when it comes to worry or trust, that free will makes us want to do it ourselves.

This reminds me of a toddler who wants to open a toy or box themself. They try and try with a loving parent saying let me do it! But the independent nature says, “I want to do it myself”!

Or the child who had a broken truck, standing and begging the dad to fix it but will not let it go. The loving father is saying, “Give it to me and I will fix it”!

Our Loving Heavenly Father is saying to us this morning, “Release it to me and I will work it out for your good and my Glory”!

So why is that so difficult? Because the enemy of all that is good, the devil, invades our minds with all the outcomes for the problems and situations we are in and what we need to do, and we get caught up in that.

May, I suggest if that is the path you are walking, stop, voice that you are releasing (and name it), to His Lordship, and say it until you feel it. Then listen to the impression deep inside that will tell you what you need to do, if anything, and then rest in Him and the Power of His might!

Do we believe we are wiser and more capable than the Creator of the Universe? The one who said, “Light Be,” and there was light? The one who knows the number of stars and calls them by name? The one who feeds the sparrow and takes care of the lilies of the field? The one who knows us better than we know ourselves and knows our name and has an amazing plan for each of us?

Let’s be real! We cannot move a Mountain or cause the sun and moon to shine and we cannot cause the heart to gain new life when we believe in the price paid on the cross!

So why in the name of all that is truth, do we think we can handle our lives better than the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY CAN!!

He wants us to rest in him, to let Him lift our load and give us Joy and Peace that cannot be bought!

And yet we continue to struggle to do it ourselves!!

May we get real with the Lord and acknowledge who He is and trust Him every day, in every way!!

Why should we worry and why should we fret, God has never left us yet! Praise the Lord! We do not have to do life alone!

I pray you grasp that truth on this day! You are not meant to walk alone! Hold to God’s unchanging hand. Let Him wrap His blanket of Love all around you!

Proverbs 3:5–6 (KJV) ⁵Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;

And lean not unto thine own understanding.

⁶In all thy ways acknowledge him,

And he shall direct thy paths.

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Father, thank you for the Truth that you are able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or imagine! We release all we are and all we are not to all you are! We believe in you and trust you! In Jesus name I! Amen!

Love, MeMaw!

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 781

March 31, 2026///

Some of you today are facing situations and circumstances that you have never faced before! What do you do?

Some are dealing with illnesses, or problems that persist even though you may pray in faith believing, rebuke all evil and praise and worship for the answer! What do you do?

When we have done everything we know to do, we just stand fast in the knowledge that God Loves us and when we cannot see the way to go, we just hold on to His hand and Trust His nature even when nothing is changing!

As I was thinking of some situations and circumstances in my own and others’ lives, I remembered this song and wanted to share the lyrics with you!

Sometimes our only option is to climb the mountain before us, one step at a time!

“MY ONLY OPTION!”

VERSE1
What is that standing before me today?
Another big mountain, that won’t move away.
I could be discouraged, but I won’t this time.
My only option is climb.

CHORUS
My only option is strength in the Lord.
He’ll give me the power like He has before.
I can’t be defeated that’s not God’s design.
My only option is climb.

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There are some mountains that will move away.
There’s another bright wonderful sun shiny day.
I face a battle that’s different this time.
But my only option is climb.

As a Christian that is our option. If we follow the culture, we can worry, complain, and whine that we do not understand. But as a believer we know that God feeds the birds, takes care of the sparrow, knows the number of hairs on our head and Loves us with a love we cannot comprehend.

Why do we have to climb? Why does every mountain not move? I cannot answer that but our part of walking this road of life is to understand He is God and we are not!

We do not see all the things He sees, and we do not see the finished product of our life that honors Him!

So, I encourage each of us today: keep believing, keep praising, keep trusting, and keep climbing!

Remember to snuggle and do not struggle!

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Father in Jesus’ name I come! Thank you that we do not have to understand. We just hold to your hand. If we always hold your hand, we will always be safe and protected. You are our protector, our comforter, and our strength and we lean on you! Amen!

Love, MeMaw!

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 780

March 24, 2026///

What on earth am I here for?

Today I encourage you to take some time and think about that question!

Each of us has different circumstances, grew up in various home situations, had people in our lives who pulled us away from good or pulled us to do good!

But life really comes down to the truth of what we are here for!

God created you, knows you and put you on this earth for a reason.

We get so caught up in what we are not or what we cannot do that we do not grasp what we are, and we can do!

“DON’T LET WHAT YOU CANNOT DO KEEP YOU FROM DOING WHAT YOU CAN. DON’T LET WHO YOU ARE NOT KEEP YOU FROM BEING WHO YOU ARE!”

We have a great big God who loves us, and we have a choice to love and serve Him or to go our own way! Do you think that what you do is not important because it is not seen or heard? Do you try getting from day to day, struggling to just make it?

Let me make it clear! There is a better way! You are here for a reason! There are people and situations that need you! And God is Great!

“GOD IS GREAT BECAUSE NOTHING IS TOO BIG FOR HIM: GOD IS GREAT BECAUSE NOTHING IS TOO SMALL FOR HIM!”

How do we walk in what we were created for?

1. Do the best you can, with what you have, where you are!
2. Understand that God is more concerned with who we are than what we do! Let Him change us from the inside out as we become more like Him in all we do!
3. Encourage others as they use the talents and abilities God gave them even when what they are doing makes you feel less than. You are always more than enough!
4. Surrender to the Lordship of Jesus and just spend time in His presence and let Him not only stir up the vision from Him but open doors and anoint you for everything you do daily!

Your family, your friends, your co-workers, your neighbors, the cashier at the store, all need to see a loving compassionate representative of Jesus Christ in you!

We must never get so caught up in trying to “make it,” as the culture we live in call’s it, that we forget every breath we take and ever step we make and ever word we speak affects others.

What are you here for? Maybe it is to sing like an angel before thousands of people or maybe it is to change a bed pan and hold a lonely elderly person’s hands! It could be to preach worldwide, or it could be to provide food for a hungry family.

It could be to be a missionary in Africa or to hug you child who has just broken your favorite dish and wipe the tears from that child’s eyes and speak words of affirmation and encouragement!

I ask you today: Where are you in the journey of “what on earth am I here for”?

Yes, we are all Blessed with talents and abilities, and we need to use those and do all we do as unto the Lord! But may I tell you what Jesus answered when asked the most important commandment!

Luke 10:27 (KJV) And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

There is the answer! If we Love God and others that way, God will lead us into the specific reason we live!

“WHAT ARE YOU HERE FOR?”

Father in Jesus name I come! I praise you because you created each of us for a reason. I ask you to touch each of those who read this today with the knowledge that they can change diapers, direct businesses, or call a friend as unto you and with a heart for you. You see and you Bless all we do in your name. Touch us with your presence and peace! Amen!

Love! MeMaw!

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 779

March 17, 2026///

Sunday night at about nine-thirty, a flash of something went on one side of our TV. Ronald had gone to bed, and I had thought that my eyes had done something weird. But as quickly as I thought that the flash went more slowly the other way, and I saw it was a grown orange cat.

You must understand that we do not have a cat, neither indoors nor out! I jumped up and woke Ronald up and we began looking for this cat that had somehow got in the house when the door was opened.

Finally, we found the cat, but when we tried opening the front door and making the cat move it ran the other direction away from the door. This type of searching and it running went on for about 2 hours and I will not go into all the details of our efforts, including food, to entice the cat to go through the front or back door.

We were ready to give up and go to bed when one more effort was made. I will say that for the second time it landed in our kitchen window. The frustration was just so overwhelming because we were lost about what to do!

At last, we showed that we were smarter than the cat we kept having to find and were able to direct it to the door!

As I thought about this it reminded me of the things of the enemy that invade our lives. We try to get the upper hand over these frustrations whether they are job, financial, physical, family, relationships or just plain too much to do, but the problem evades all we try.

Yes, we figured out how to get the cat out of the house and that may seem like us, but I can tell you I kept praying for wisdom. But when I decide to give up, we figured it out: God gave the wisdom!

The truth I want to share is you cannot solve the problems or get rid of the enemy’s attacks in your own efforts or wisdom. Our Savior, Jesus Christ, desires us to cast all our cares on Him. He not only cares but has the answer and the power. When we do what we can and leave the rest in His hands, we see things begin to change.

1 Peter 5:7 (KJV)Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Just as for us Sunday night, it may seem like you keep fighting and the problem stays the same, but when you just do what you can, and put the rest in His hands, you show you trust His word that says He will work all things for our good and His glory.

Romans 8:28 (KJV) And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

So, we keep doing what we know to do and trust the Lord Jesus to do what we cannot! What a powerful freeing thing it is to be secure in knowing He is able and He is willing!

Matthew 11:28 (KJV)Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

If we just understand that our Heavenly Father loves us and sees us and will fight our battles as we release all to Him, our daily lives will hold more joy and peace than frustrations and agitations!

I invite you to join me in saying to the Father: “I SURRENDER ALL”!

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Father, I come in the name of Jesus and thank you for your love and care. Forgive each of us for how much of our lives are spent out of peace and joy because we try to do it all ourselves. Lord, I surrender everything in my life to you. Guide me and fill me with wisdom from above. Help each one who reads this to snuggle up to you and let you wrap your warm blanket of love all around us. Lord, we trust you! Amen!

Love, MeMaw!