God Wants us to Help Ourselves!

God calls us to action and rewards our initiative when it comes to impossible problems.

1. God calls us to action to take part in miracles happening in our own life.

God may ask you to do things that are impossible. It is your attempt to do that very thing that the miracle happens.

In Luke 6:10-11, Jesus says to a man with a crippled hand, "...'Hold out your hand.'
He held it out--it was as good as new!..."

Do you think the man would have been healed if had been unwilling to even try to hold out his hand? What if he was too ashamed to hold out his hand because it was ugly? What if he said, "No. I can do it myself!"? Do not let fear, pride, or any other sin of self-centeredness keep you from God's miracles.

2. Jesus rewards initiative!

Luke 5:12-13 tells of the time Jesus entered a village, a man covered with leprosy approached Jesus. "When he saw Jesus he fell down before him in prayer and said, 'If you want to, you can cleanse me.' Jesus put out his hand, touched him and said 'I want to. Be clean." Then and there his skin was smooth, the leprosy gone."

Go to him boldly and humbly to ask those good things you desire from your heart!

A Song for my Children

I wrote this song while playing with Thomas in the backyard on February 19th.
It is for both my children. I love them so much and I want them to know how much God loves them.

I love you so deep,
As deep as the sea.
As deep as the blue
Of the sea I love you!

I love you so high,
As high as the sky.
As high in the sky
Where the birds cannot fly!

My God loves you wide and
He loves you so high.
As wide as the arms of my Christ open wide.
And here's why he died:
To pay for your sin.

Oh! How I hope you take him in!