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Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 397
October 9, 2018///

Unless you just like trouble, I am sure you are as tired of the fighting going on in politics as I am. The actions, words being spoken, and hate are almost beyond reason.

This brings me to remind you of the two commandments Jesus said were the greatest of all:

Matthew 22:37-39 (KJV)
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Now as we look at this more closely may I remind you that it was Jesus Christ the Savior of the World who said this.

Maybe you are saying “Can loving and treating others the way Jesus would really change things?” I truly believe that is what the world needs.

However, what I see is that instead of showing the lost world the Love of Jesus there is much bickering, slander, discord and hurtful talk going on among those who call themselves children of the most high God.

When the Churches or the people even within each church cannot Love one Another despite their differences, what chance does the world have to show respect and care for each other.

The world is blinded to the truth, but the Christian is supposed to know the truth and the truth should set them free from such things that stir up jealous and envy and roots of bitterness.

May we take it further and look at our homes. How can we Love one another in our churches when our homes and families are places of discord and strife?

We should take great care to treat those closest to us as Jesus would. We should treat those in our house and our families as we would a respected and revered friend. I truly believe our spouses, children and those in our household should be the breeding ground for the Love that surpasses understanding.

As Love invades our homes it will then flow from us to our churches, then to our work environments and then on to the entire country.

We are the light and the only way the Love of Jesus will penetrate the darkness is through us.

May I make clear that I am not talking about agreeing with evil. Nor am I talking about being your children’s best friend and allowing them to do whatever they want.

No, a thousand times no. I am talking about speaking the truth in Love. I am talking about Loving despite wrongs and showing a better way. I am talking about showing others the Grace that God Almighty showed us.

I am not talking about burying your head in the sand and ignoring evil and wrong, but I am talking about having a heart that has spent time before the throne allowing the Holy Spirit to invade us with such Love that we look at others with compassion and even tears and help them.

Jesus condemned the religious leaders for judging and yet He did not ignore sin but had such Love and Compassion for the sinner, that the sinner was drawn to Him.

My desire is that todays Christian will spend the time it takes in the presences of Almighty God to be filled with the kind of Love and Compassion that will change the entire planet.

Love nailed Jesus to the Cross. May we understand that we are unique individuals created by the Lord God Almighty. May we understand we will not all think alike but if we Love the Lord God with all our Heart, Soul, and Mind we can change the world though Love.

May we understand that we are not perfect and therefore should not expect others to be perfect. May we not hesitate to say I’m sorry, even to our small children or teens when the situation calls for it. May we correct our children in Love and show them the way of Christ Jesus.

May we as the body of Christ vote and pray about our elections and things that will affect our Nation and State and Local regions.

Can we strive to be Love walking around in human form. I believe that Love can break down walls and barriers that have been erected from hurts, abuses and words of bitterness and destruction.

The person who is tough because they refuse to be hurt again is looking for real Love, the God kind of Love. May we be that Love and break down those walls.

Let Jesus Love through you!!!
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Father God, I come in the name of Jesus, my Savior. Thank you for showing me Love even before I was ever formed in my mother’s womb. Thank you for showing in amazing ways your Love and Care for me all my life. Invade each person reading this with so much Love it flows out to others. May we be your hand extended and may we change out world, one person at a time. Amen

Be filled with the Love of God!!
Love, Me-Maw

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 396
October 2, 2018//

Words: We all grew up hearing the saying:

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”

May I tell you that is a bigger lie than most of us comprehend!

Most all of us have heard teachings, sermons, and stories that help us to truly know that we need to speak positive words and not negative.

We have all heard how God created the Heavens and the Earth with words and we should speak positive things.

However, this morning may I take all we know about positive vs negative speaking a little further.

Have you ever heard the phrase “Word Curses”?

For a moment let’s change “Positive vs Negative” to “Curses vs Blessings”.

I am reading a book that is a true story of one who was deceived and strayed from God and her concept of “Word Curses’, prompted me to dig deeper into this truth.

There are so many scriptures on Blessings and Curses that we will just scratch the surface of this truth, but I want to guide your mind in the direction of how powerful our words are.

When we say something negative to another person, or about another person, or gossip about someone else the seed of a Word Curse has been sown. This seed can find soil already torn up with hurt and confusion and begin to grow into a major stronghold.

When we speak about or over someone things we see wrong or things we perceive that are negative/Word Curses we direct their lives and attitudes and they become what we are speaking.

When we or others speak Word Curses over us, we grab hold of those and begin to act like and become what they or ourselves are saying.

If you hear that you are ugly and will never amount to anything, your spirit will let that seed take root and not matter how beautiful and smart you are, you believe and act like you are ugly and you never try to amount to anything.

Now, again, this is deeper than negative and positive speaking. You are either speaking life or death to yourself and others and others are speaking life or death to you.

When you say or hear “Blessings/Positive” words, the same happens. The seed is planted and finds root and begins to grow. We or others then become what we believe about ourselves, through the words that give life or death.

Matthew 12:37 (KJV)
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Matthew 12:36-37 (MSG)
36 Let me tell you something: Every one of these careless words is going to come back to haunt you. There will be a time of Reckoning. Words are powerful; take them seriously.
37 Words can be your salvation. Words can also be your damnation.”

Ecclesiastes 7:21-22 (KJV)
21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
22 For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

Deuteronomy 30:19 (KJV)
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

Matthew 5:44 (KJV)
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

What do we do if we have spoken Word Curses about someone else, even in just a conversational way? We begin to Bless that person, even if they wronged us. We begin to speak truth and the life of God for them into the atmosphere.

Speaking Blessings negates the curses. Undo the damage by calling forth the person you know God wants them to be. Let the forgiveness that the Savior gave you come forth in the Blessings you call forth into their life, body, and spirit.

What do we do when others have spoken Word Curses over or about us? We begin to speak Blessings over our self. We begin calling out the person God created us to be. We begin to call forth the truths that are in the Word of God for ourselves and our family. And that breaks the stronghold of the curses that may have been spoken over or about us.

James 3:10 (KJV)
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Please pray the prayer below with me and use it to form your own prayers of Blessing. This is a short version because there is so many Blessings you can declare over others.
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Father God, I decree and declare that all who read this are strong, and healthy. I decree and declare that each one of us are kind and show the love of God to all around us. I decree and declare that our minds are brilliant, and our spirits are filled with your love. I decree and declare that we are all making decisions that line up with your Word. I decree and declare we are all finding favor everywhere we go, and Blessings are chasing us and running us down. I decree and declare our minds, wills and emotions are lined up with the spirit of you the living God. I decree and declare every stronghold in our lives that does exalt itself against the knowledge of you is pulled down and cast into hell. I decree and declare this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

I call forth the Life of God and all he created you to be to manifest itself in your life!!
Love, MeMaw

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 395
September 25, 2018///

I want you to go with me this morning to the greatest nation on earth.

The land of IMAGINATION.

Let us picture a vacant lot in the middle of a group of middle-class houses and ten or twelve 8 to 10 years old’s playing a game of softball. They are totally into the game and are paying no attention to anything else.

Then through the air comes a voice calling from the front porch of one of the houses: Brettttttttttttt!. The game continues with excitement except for one young man; Brett!!

His head looks around, he waves to the others and takes off toward home. Why? Because he recognized his name and the voice that called it. It did not move the other boys and girls because it was not their name and it was not called out by a voice of the one they belonged to.

Let us now leave the land of Imagination and Travel to the time of the real and true resurrection of Jesus Christ.

We find in John 20: 11-16 the story of Mary Magdalene as she wept out side the empty tomb. Turning from the tomb she saw someone she did not recognize but thought was the gardener. She asked him to tell her if he knew where Jesus body was and then she heard it……….MARY!!!!

At that moment she realized who she supposed to the be the gardener was the Risen Christ. She knew His voice and she knew Him when He called her by name.

John 20:16 (KJV)
Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

Mary was looking and searching for a dead body and Jesus showed her the very alive Savior of the World. Mary was not expecting to see a living Jesus so did not even recognize Him. But she knew her name and she was looking for Him!

May I tell you that Jesus may not appear the way we think He is going to. May I tell you that we may be looking to see the unmoving Christ and He does not seem to be around. But may I shout to you that if you seek Him and Listen He will…

CALL YOUR NAME.

If you know Him and seek Him, you will recognize His Voice. If you have been changed from the inside out as Mary had, you will hear Him when He Speaks.

John 10:27-28 (KJV)
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

We sometimes have such preconceived ideas of how Jesus will appear to us and how things in life or in worship or in church services should be. Let us understand that all we need to do is listen for that voice that speaks our name and tells us what to do.

Even though it came in an unexpected Blessing, Mary knew His voice and she obeyed His instruction.

John 20:17-18 (KJV)
17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.

Notice that Mary heard, she listened, she obeyed and spread the truth that Jesus Lives!!!!

Let us listen, Hear that awesome voice, obey, and spread the Truth that Jesus Lives and because He Lives we can Live Also!!

John 14:19 (KJV)
Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
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Father God, thank you that I belong to you and I hear your voice. May each of us realize if we will listen you will speak. Thank you that you know each of our names and all that is going on in our lives and in our hearts. Guide us with your loving voice that we can know and recognize. Touch every person reading this with the desire to seek and to listen and to obey. In the name of the Savior of the world Jesus Christ I pray.

Love, MeMaw

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 394
September 18, 2018//

God Created: The Heavens and earth!

God spoke into being the cattle, animals, fish and all that we see in nature.

And then Genesis 2: 7 tells us:
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

May we take time to really look at that verse and all it means.

Mankind was formed by the hand of God. We were not spoken into existence like all other creatures or things of beauty all around us.

God took His hands and molded us into His likeness!

Genesis 1:27 (KJV)
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Then He breathed His breath into the image of Himself He formed!!!!

Pause!!! As the Bible sometimes tells us SELAH…..take a moment to think about that.

You are formed by the hand of the creator God, not by the words He used to create other things, but He got His hands dirty with dust and formed you!!! Made you in His image.

Have you ever wondered what God looked like? We are formed with His Hands to look like Him!! What a thought. God has eyes, ears, head, neck, arms, legs, etc.!

And then God knelt and put His mouth over the nose of the image of Himself He had created and breathed HIS breath into the image and the image became alive.

That thrills me beyond measure! I am the image of God and His breath is flowing through me!!!

Every time you breathe, I want you to think this phrase: “I am taking in the breath of almighty God!!

Sadly, Adam and Eve, the first Man and Woman, disobeyed God and although man’s body continued to function, and he continued to breath the lifegiving breath from God above, the Spirit that had been breathed into His innermost being lay dormant and as good as dead.

Then Jesus walks into this worlds mess and changes everything. His death, burial and resurrection bridged the gap to the Father that disobedience had brought.

Jesus was the bridge to bring the Spirit deep within us once again alive as it was breathed into us.

When we received for ourselves what Jesus paid for on the Cross. When we realize it is that relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ that makes us in right standing with the Father and brings true life alive in us, we become alive, truly alive.

When we are truly alive inside and living in this earth He Created, we are His representative to show the goodness of God to those around us.

Romans 12:2 (KJV)
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The more we allow the renewing of our mind, the more we will become like the image we were created to be.

We must renew our minds with the truth of who we are. We must realize we were formed by the hand of the Creator and have His breath in us. We are special, we are loved, and we are cherished as the apple of the Creator God’s eyes.

Go forth and show the world a God who Loves them with an everlasting Love!
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Father God, Creator of all that is, I come to you in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I thank you that you mankind was formed by your loving hands and brought alive by your very breath! May each of us understand we are special, and we have the power and ability to show all those around us your Love. Touch each of us deep in our innermost being with the touch that only you can give. Forgive us when we put down or talk negatively about your creation whether it is our self or someone else. Guide us as we endeavor to shine a light in this world darkened by evil. Amen

You are Loved!
MeMaw

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 393
September 11, 2018///

Among other things my sweet friends and family gave me for my seventy-fourth birthday last week, was a book written by Franklin Graham about seeing through his father Billy Graham’s eyes. I have not started reading the book yet, but the title prompted todays thoughts. The title of the book is “Through My Father’s Eye’s”.

Let’s think of the most devoted Father that you know. The love this father has for his children is nothing in comparison to the Love our Heavenly Father has for each of us. Regardless of the type of father (or not present) father you had growing up or have now, you are Loved with incredible Love by Father God!!

Have you ever watch a father’s face as he looks at a just born baby? The baby may be red and covered with stuff from the birth process. This child may even have a temporary misshapen head but through the new father’s eyes the baby is beautiful and perfect.

When we are born again by receiving Jesus Christ as our Savior, we may look much like a newborn. We may need cleaning up, time to shape up, and be taken care of but in our Father God’s eyes we are beautiful. He sees beyond all of that and Love’s us because we are His Child.

As a child grows the true earthly father loves every stage of the child’s life and each step they take toward being a mature human.

Just like that God not only Loves us no matter what stage of life we are in but sees amazing things in us.

Our Heavenly Fathers sees:

Beauty instead of bumps.
Clean instead of dirty.
Success instead of failure.
Smooth instead of pimply.
What we are created to be not what we are now.

What kind of earthly father would let a new baby and an older child on up into forever, just flounder all on their own with no one to help? One that had no love for that child.

Our Heavenly Father Loves us just as we are but Loves us too much to leave us that way. So, He keeps cleaning, and hugging, and meeting our needs in every way. He keeps drawing us to Himself and our Divine Destiny.

The enemy of all that is good, the devil, works in every way to distort our destiny and to pull us from the Father’s plans. The enemy of your soul is afraid, yes afraid, of you understanding who you are by seeing yourself through your Fathers Eyes.

Deception is his tool to keep you seeing the ugly and not who you were created to be. We must change our view and begin to see ourselves though our Father God’s eyes. Lies, discouragement and confusion: these are all tools to keep you from understanding how you look through the Father’s Eye’s.

Luke 22:31-32a (KJV)
31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not:

Jeremiah 31:3 (KJV)
The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

Zephaniah 3:17 (KJV)                                                                                                                                                                  The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

How do you see yourself? How do you see others? May we choose to see through the eyes of the Creator of all that is, our Father God!!

I encourage you today to begin to listen to you innermost being and see yourself as God see’s you! In prayer command the blinders come down from your spiritual eyes and the stoppers from your spiritual ears so that you will hear what your Father is saying and see yourself and others as the Father sees!!!
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Father, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I command the spiritual blinders from the eyes of each person reading this, I command the stoppers from the spiritual ears of each person reading this. I decree and declare that each of us are seeing with spiritual eyes and hearing with spiritual ears what you are doing, saying and seeing in our lives. Help each of us to see through your eyes. Amen

Be all you can be in Jesus!!
Love Me-Maw

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 392
September 4, 2018///

As we were driving yesterday, I noticed the sky. In one place it was a beautiful blue with white fluffy clouds. Then there was a dark section ready to pour out rain, and past that another totally blue section with white clouds.

How like our lives that are. We can be walking through bright sunlit fields of white clouds of blessing and suddenly we are in a time of storm. Sometimes the storm is small and fast and sometimes it is severe and fast. Sometimes it is small and long and sometimes it is long and very, very hard.

But the storm passes!! I know of no where on the earth that it is storming all the time. There is a line of a gospel song that fits this so well.

It says: “keep me safe till the storm passes by”

Whether the storm is fast or long, mild or hard, as a child of almighty God we are assured that we are not alone and will come into a brighter day.

The word of the creator God tells us:

Isaiah 43:2 (KJV)
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Isaiah 43:2 (MSG)
When you’re in over your head, I’ll be there with you. When you’re in rough waters, you will not go down. When you’re between a rock and a hard place, it won’t be a dead end—

You see the secret to walking through the storms of whatever kind that come your way is this life, is to remember that Jesus has overcome the world. Jesus has conquered the situation you are faced with.

John 16:33 (KJV)
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

John 16:33 (MSG)
I’ve told you all this so that trusting me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I’ve conquered the world.”

The promise of Jesus Christ is peace wherever we are, at all times. This is only possible if we are abiding in Him and He in us, by truly giving over the reigns of our lives to Him.

Many of us love the Lord God Almighty and do our best to serve Him but have yet to learn to release every decision, every concern, every day and our entire way to Him.

Somehow, we have fallen into the worlds belief that we must do it! Yes, we Love God, but we must worry, fret and figure it out, without consulting and listening to the one who knows best and can see the whole picture.

There is a saying our pastor likes to use: “while we are trying to figure it out, God has already worked it out!”

When we are able to understand that God is for us so who can be against us, and that there is nothing to hard for Him and that He Loves us with an incredible Love, we can relax in Him and be at Peace.

As we commit each task or goal to His Lordship, He can fill us with peace because we know He has us in the palm of His hands.

Hebrews 13:5 (KJV)
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

When Jesus walked in bodily form on this earth, He talked a lot about Peace, because Peace is a place of Power. There is no way to be powerful in this life when you are always fretful, worrying and stressed.

Let the Power of Peace guide you as you walk in this amazing life God has given you!

Begin to release each care and situation to His Lordship and your load will be light even in the middle of the darkest times.

John 14:27 (KJV)
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
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Father, I see so many in turmoil I want to thank you for the Pease that fills me and ask you to draw others to your Peace as it flows from me. Let each one who reads this understand who you really are and how much you really Love each of us. We don’t have to earn it or work for it! You just Love us and desire to give us Peace! I am so grateful that you walk with me and help me in every way! Amen

Let His Peace enfold you!
Love, MeMaw

 

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 391
August 28, 2018//

The other day I was sitting at our kitchen table, taking my blood pressure. I was directly in line with the kitchen window that is right above the sink.

The first thing I noticed was that the window needed cleaning. It had little spots in different places on it. I think most were on the outside.

The second thing I noticed was in the place on one of the panes where the sun was shining through, you could not see the dirty spots.

May I compare that today to our spiritual walk! We may have spots of things that are not clean or perfect, mostly on the outside. But if the light of the SON of GOD is showing through, those around us will not see the dirt but they will see Jesus Shining His Light of Love!!

Jesus said:
Matthew 5:14 (KJV)
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

Matthew 5:16 (KJV)
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

We are to have the light of Jesus shining so brightly in our lives that it cannot be hid, it is just flowing through us for all to see.

We are to show that light by the way we live (good works), and that glorifies our Father in heaven.

So many of us let the imperfections and the dirt we have picked up from the world blot out the light of Jesus that will draw all men to Him.

John 12:32 (KJV)
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

If we let the goodness and power and love of God shine through the dark places in our lives, people will see the one that can change them, set them free, and shine a light in their lives.

1 Peter 2:9 (KJV)
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Peter declares that we show by our lives the one who called us out of the darkness of fear, condemnation and criticism into the light of Love: The Love that conquers all!

How then can we let the light of His Love show through us even though we may have dirt or grime on us? Jesus tells us it is by him abiding in us and us abiding in Him.

To abide means to dwell, to settle down, to put down roots if you will.

John 15:4 (KJV)
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

There is nothing in us that is good outside of releasing our lives to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and the redemption He bought on the cross.

As that relationship to Him Grows through time, the word, and fellowship with other believers, the light begins to shine through us all the way to the outside and is so bright, that world only sees Jesus.

John 12:46 (KJV)
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

Abide in the Lord Jesus Christ and His goodness and light will overcome all the dirt and grime. We need to be in the world but not of it!!!
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Father, may we realize that there is none good no not one. But you, Father God, and your Son Jesus Christ of Nazareth, found a way to provide a light that stamps out the darkness. May each person reading this abide in that light and that light abide in us and the darkness in the world will begin to dissipate in the glow of that light! Amen

Don’t curse the darkness, light a candle!
Love, MeMaw

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 390
August 21, 2018///

Romans 8:37-39 (KJV)
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 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.

Oh, Love of God, so rich, so pure, how measureless and strong.
It shall forevermore endure……….

This old Gospel Song goes on to say that if the ocean were ink and the skies parchment, we could still never completely write the Love of God.

This morning as I sit in front of this computer screen, my heart is full of gratefulness for the Love of the Creator God of the Universe.

This Love transcends all differences, all arguments and all nationalities. This Love is pure and right and will carry us through each day if we will just let the power of it fill us up.

If we could just spread his abounding Love across the world so that all men, women, and children would realize that they can do nothing to cause God not to love them. If we can show them they are created by almighty God and whether they recognize Him or not, He Loves them.

THEN:::::

Wars would cease, shootings across our nation and around the world would cease. There would be no bombings and our world leaders would sit together in a place of agreement.

Children would not go hungry, neglected or beaten. There would be no human trafficking and no spousal abuse.

Sharing would be the normal, and therefore no one would have lack and people would live in safety.

Road rage would be non-existent, and pain inflicted on others from people in pain would cease.

BECAUSE::::

When all people understand who they are and that they are loved by the Creator God, all the deep needs of their hearts would be fulfilled and ever hurt of their hearts would be healed.

Sounds a little like heaven doesn’t it?

Jesus said in the model prayer in Matthew 6:10:
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

So, if His kingdom came and His will is done, then we would see a little heaven on earth!

Love is the key. Jesus gave loving the Lord God and loving each other as the two greatest commandments.

Just imagine if the truly born-again believers in this world took that to heart? What if each of us prayed daily, or even more often, that His “Kingdom come, and His will be done in this earth”? What if we allowed the Love of God to flow through us and make our actions one of Love and Caring?

Would His Kingdom come, and His will be done? I truly believe it would!!

Love is the key! Ask God to fill your heart with the kind of Love that He has for all the people on this earth!

Heaven has no caste system. Heaven has no segregation. The ground is even at the foot of the cross.

Spread Love today! Let it start in you! Let it start where you are!

God’s Love can transform the hurting into the healed: the desperate into the joyful: the depressed into the delighted and the pushed down into the confident!

Who can you show love to today?
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Father, thank you for your love! Because you love us we can love each other! May we understand the Power of Love and spread it all around us. Amen

Have an incredible week!
Love, MeMaw

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 389
August 14, 2018///

“My BFF”

If you have been around at all you know what that means. If you are my BFF, you are my “Best Friend Forever”.

How many of you know that our BFF’s sometimes leave us in death, sometimes leave us and walk away, or sometimes we just grow apart?

Let’s look at the definition of friend according to Webster’s dictionary.
: one attached to another by affection or esteem
: a favored companion

Now look at the definition of best friend according to Webster’s dictionary.
: one’s closest and dearest friend
: superlative of good
: excelling all others

So even though we may have many friends who we enjoy and esteem highly, we may have only one or maybe two BFF’S. This is someone who is there in the good times, in the bad times, and lifts us up when others let us down. With this person or persons, you can be real and know that they accept you as you are, and they excel all others in making you feel that you can go on and that you are worth something

This BFF will also tell you the truth’s that you may not want to hear because they see in you all you can be.

May I remind you of the dearest friend available to any of us. May I tell you of the one who will tell you the truth and Love you as no one else will do. May I tell you about the one who wants to be you true BFF.

Proverbs 18:24 (KJV)
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Hebrews 13:5 (KJV)
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Jesus wants to be your “BEST FRIEND FOREVER”!! Jesus will never forsake you nor leave your comfortless. Jesus will be there in the good times and in the bad times. Jesus will lift us up when we are down and hold us when we grieve. Jesus will Love us when we are not lovable.

Jesus will help us with our struggles and be there when our attitudes stink. Jesus will show us the right way when we want to go the wrong way.

Never will there be a BFF like Jesus. May I encourage you today to cultivate that friendship. You can share with this BFF anytime of the night or day without having to call, text, or email. He is just a whisper away.

We need earthly friends. We need those who will agree with us and who we can help and then lean on when we need help. We need those who we can just hang out with and have fun with.

BUT:::: more than anything we need to cultivate the friendship with the one who will never leave, never walk away, never be less than exactly what we need. Our true BFF: JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH!!

What a comfort and privilege to declare that Jesus is my BFF!!

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Father, in Jesus name I come. I thank you for the BFF who loved me enough to die for me, rise again, and is even now loving me as no one else ever has. I thank you for the comfort of being able to share all with my BFF. I ask that you move in the innermost being of each person who reads this to develop a friendship with the Lord Jesus Christ. I ask that each person who reads this will be able to say that Jesus is their BFF! Amen

Have an incredible week!
Love, MeMaw

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 388
August 7, 2018///

Stressed, Weary, Tired, while loving Jesus and doing all you can to bring the Kingdom of God to this earth?

I have good news for you! That is not the plan of the Loving Heavenly Father, the Creator of the Universe, and the one who loves you most and knows you best!!

Matthew 11:28-30 (KJV)
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

That is the scripture for today. There are many more in the Bible about resting in Love of the Lord God Almighty, but I want us just to zero in on what this is saying!!

A yoke is used when plowing a field to join two oxen together so that the work of plowing is easier. Where one may struggle and strain, two can more easily navigate the field.

Jesus invites us to take His yoke or get into the other part of the yoke with Him. Then as we navigate this journey called life, we find it much easier than it would be alone.

Jesus says in verses 28 and 29 that He will give us rest and that in the yoke with Him we will find rest. Then He goes on to say in verse 30 that His yoke is easy and light!

May we examine then why so many who Love Jesus and are walking with Him and Living their life for Him, are stressed and stretched to the max?

I believe if you think about it in the terms of two oxen we can see the problem. If both are walking in step and pulling together it is smooth sailing. However, if one of the oxen began to try to run ahead or lag behind you have a problem. They would be fighting each other, and the work would be hard and tiring.

Switch over now in your mind to us in the yoke with Jesus. He wants to make it easy and he wants to be in every part of our life and move mountains and change situations, but we are pulling against Him trying to draw back or run ahead.

We are totally wearing out and stressing out even though our deeds and our motives are right. We are trying to do ourselves that which the Lord God Almighty never intended for us to do alone.

We try to do more than He has planned, or we try to hold back from His plan because we feel that cannot possibly be the way to go.

I say to you today, lay it down, lay it all down and get in step with the one who is the way, who knows the way, and who opens the way.

Let’s plow this fertile field of ministry and sowing seeds of kindness, joy, and love, with the one who just wants us to come to Him and He will give us rest!

Rather than being like an ox, sometimes we are like a stubborn mule and decide I really must do this myself. It all depends on me, I cannot relax, let go of stress or lighten up because things might fall apart!

Jesus promise His burden, the burden of life and ministry, is light!

I so desire that we catch this. Get in the yoke and in step with Jesus and release everything in your life and every concern about your life to Him.

Maybe you are not even sure what all you are stressed about or what you need or want to change.

Take advise from a Me-Maw who has been there. Spend some time in prayer and fellowship with the Lord God Almighty. Sit in His presence and ask Him to bring to mind the things that are weighing you down that you need to release to Him.

As you sit in His presence, listen to that prompting deep inside you and as you are reminded of each thing, out loud release that thing to the Lord Ship of Jesus. Then listen again and do the same thing. You will begin to release things you had no idea you were letting weigh you down.

Just know that He wants to make life easy and He wants to carry your load.

With all our striving and trying we really cannot change much in our lives but with Jesus we can see the super touch the natural and walk in supernatural power.

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

Cast, throw, all the cares of this life on Him and just walk in step with Him, His will and His way.
Let Jesus lighten your load!!
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Father, in Jesus name I come. I thank you for your Love and Care for me. Thank you that you take my load and I can walk through the beautiful fields of life knowing that I do not have to do anything alone. Touch each person reading this with the resolve to get in the yoke with you and get in step with you! Amen

Have an amazing week!
Love, MeMaw