Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
– Desmond Tutu –
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Used to be when new folks came to our neighborhood we welcomed them, made friends, greeted them with homemade bread or a meal . . . we all got along and lasting, valued relationships were created.
Jesus did NOT seek 12 with pedigrees.
He invited the tired, sweaty, ordinary 12 who said YES
and taught them how to change the world!
By Martha L Shaw – © 2018
To repeat another’s words
rather than my own
is the same
as wearing a borrowed hat,
or chasing someone else’s dream.
In order to change the world
for the better
I must be authentic
to do my part.
I am a unique creation of the Most High!
His plan .. . His gifts . . .are best.
By Martha L Shaw – © 2018
Someone referred to me as kind the other day and my initial reaction was “wow, I thought he loved me.” Amazing how this world’s misuse of words and acts can change things (he does love me) . . . but this quote says it so well:
– Sylvia Rosetti –
Our priest told a great sermon today. God wants to give us the best. We need empty hands and we don’t always leap eagerly to relinquishing our hold on our stuff in order for Him to be able to give us what more and better He has. “It’s simple.” God will help us . . . we can turn to Him with our fears . . . change . . . it is scary sometimes, but oh, when we let Him work through us and fill us with His grace . . . we can. Favorite quote from the sermon? “Even an acorn can find a way to roll down the street.” As I read the following quote, the changes God can help us with . . . the “yes, but what can I do” and the “my small effort . . . will it really matter?” Those thoughts all came together with a resounding Yes I can make a difference!
Let’s do this, shall we? Not just for ourselves. . . let’s do it for the children!
Did you ever see a movie and later hear some folks talking about how dreadful it was and quietly think “but, I loved that movie!” I have. The Lord’s grace and blessings are all around us and His generous outpouring on us is constant. We have only to be open to receive. The bad things in life are still near, but He is nearer! So, which story do you choose to tell? Which story do you choose to see? Which story do you choose to live? Your choice is life changing, for those around you and for you! Be the positive and empowering “changer for the Lord” in this world, won’t you?
When I read this quote I made a face . . . wrinkled up nose, raised eye brows . . . you get the picture. Thought “oh, yuck . . . greeting card sentiment.” Then I got that very familiar nudge to reevaluate. I did so.
Seems, Jesus made kindness and acceptance His modus operandi and he changed the world. Why not me? I can’t really tell you if it by trying to be kind whether I felt it or not changed anyone’s day, but it did change my own. There just might be something to this .. . .
*yes, the greeting card and envelope shown are my own design, original photography, etc.*
When we give ourselves to Christ and invite Him to live in us and through us, we are changed in ways we alone never could imagine. Not only that but together we can participate in changing the world for and with Him: