Today I was reading February 24 (I am not sure which I am more humiliated about, the fact that I was so far behind that I skipped ahead, or that when I skipped ahead I stopped 2 days early....)
If you have this, you HAVE to read Feb 24!
It was written just for me! Special message to encourage me. Really! Okay, maybe not, but it sure felt like it.
Let me just share a portion of it with you...
Perhaps you are very dissatisfied with yourself. You are not a genius, have no distinctive gifts, and are inconspicuous when it comes to having special abilities. Mediocrity seems to be the measure of your existence. None of your days are noteworthy, except for their sameness and lack of zest. Yet in spite of this you may live a great life.(emphasis mine)
John the Baptist never performed a miracle, but Jesus said of him, "Among those born of women there is no one greater" (Luke 7:28). His mission was to be "a witness to the light" (John 1:8), and that may be your mission and mine. John was content to be only a voice, if it caused people to think of Christ.
Be willing to be only a voice that is heard but not seen, or a mirror whose glass the eye cannot see because it is reflecting the brilliant glory of the Son. Be willing to be a breeze that arises just before daylight, saying, "The dawn! The dawn!" and then fades away.
Do the most everyday and insignificant tasks knowing that God can see....
No matter how brilliant or gifted we are we all have days where we feel like this, I think more so if we are homemakers and moms. And I have to tell you, this may become my motto for the next while. That, and:
And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men.
Colossians 3:23 NKJV
Colossians 3:23 NKJV
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2 comments:
What a great comfort and encouragement! Thanks for sharing this.
"...do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men."
I love this! We must (or at least try to) die to self in order to come closer(fill ourselves) to Christ - more of Him, less of us. Lent is this time of purgation...when we go into the desert. Some people find it a bit daunting, but I think this is a beautiful time of year. What other time can we come so close to Jesus only to share in his salvation at Easter. It always fills me with awe!
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