Sunday School Picnic

Hello Friends,Today I would like to share with you a wonderful story that I read out of my Homecoming Magazine.It is by Bob Benson,and it will stir your heart! It is called "Sunday School Picnic."

Do you remember when they had old-fashioned Sunday School Picnics? It was before air-conditioning.
They said,"We'll meet at Sycamore Lodge in Shelby Park at 4:30 Saturday.
You bring your supper and we'll furnish the tea."

But you came home at the last minute and when you got ready to pack your lunch,all you could find in the refrigerator was one dried up piece of baloney and just enough mustard in the bottom of the jar so that you got it all over your knuckles trying to get it.And there were just two stale pieces of bread.So you made your baloney sandwich and wrapped it in some brown bag and went to the picnic.
When it came time to eat,you sat at the end of a table and spread out your sandwich. But the folks next to you-the lady was a good cook and she had worked all day and she had fried chicken and baked beans and potato salad and homemade rolls and sliced tomatoes and pickles and olives and celery and topped it off with two big homemade chocolate pies.And they spread it all out beside you . And there you were with your baloney sandwich.
But they said to you,"Why dont we put it all together?" "No,I couldnt do that,I just couldn't think of it,you murmured,embarrassed.
"Oh,Come on! There's plenty of chicken,and plenty of pie,and plenty of everything-and we just love baloney sandwiches."Let's just put it all together." And so you did and there you sat-eating like a king,when you came a pauper.
And I get to thinking-I think of me"sharing in the very being of God."
When I think of how little I bring,and how much He brings and that he invites me to share. I know I should be shouting from the housetops but I am so filled with awe and wonder that I can barely be heard.
I know you don't have enough love and faith,or grace,or mercy or wisdom.But he has. He has all those things in abundance and says,"Let's just put it all together.Everything I possess is available to you.Everything I am and can be to a person,I will be to you."

When I think about it like that,it really amuses me to see somebody running along through life hanging on to their dumb bag with that stale baloney sandwich saying,"God's not going to get my sandwich! No,sirree,this is mine!"

Did you ever see anybody like that? So needy--just about half-starved to death,hanging on for dear life?
It's not that He needs your sandwich.The fact is,YOU need HIS chicken.

Has this story touched your life today? It sure did mine and we all can reflect on the way we treat God and the way we treat others. Jesus said,if you see a brother in need,help him.If you have two coats,give him one,if you have two cans of food,give one,if your enemy is thirsty,give him drink.If he hungers,give him food. It's time people to let go and let God! Let God take your life and mold it into His will for you,after all,He has a feast waiting for you. The table is spread and he says,Come and Dine. Who wants an old baloney sandwich when God has the best of the best for you! God bless you today and get on your knees and let go and let God!

Alabaster Box Continued...

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My Alabaster Box

Hello Friends..I wanted to share with you a song that touches my heart.I know there is healing in this worship song,and I felt in the spiritual realm that there are many of you who feel down today.You are in a rut and need encouraged.This beautiful song is about Mary Magdalene who was once a woman of the night,and then Jesus changed her life.It was not long after the events that took place in this song that Jesus was crucified.Mary brought a very expensive box full of costly oil and poured it all on Jesus feet in complete worship to him,and dried his feet with her own hair.She anointed Jesus and blessed Him and the precious oils in her box are what anointed him and prepared his body for what it was about to go through. Are you going through the fire today?Feeling like nobody understands you and nobody cares? Well,understand that Jesus is your Savior and He cares for you.And when you cry,he cries,and when you laugh,he laughs,and when you mourn and feel like you have not a friend in the world,He is there,and waiting for you to lean into his everlasting arms of love,and the anointing of his love will break every yoke of the bondage you are in.Then begin to pour all your hurts out of you and lay them at His feet.Let your box that is inside pour out your worship as oil onto Him! God Bless you all today,and may his peace and comfort surround you and may you feel joy unspeakable,as you KNOW that He is your best friend,if you let Him be!

Welcome to Heaven, Our Dear Friend!

Hello Friends,I came today with a heavy heart.My sister and I said goodbye to a very dear friend.Her Name was Carolyn. God sent her into my sister's life at a time when she needed her the most.Not only did my sister need her,she needed my sister,and our family.She had no family at all left.She had a sister somewhere but did not even know her name or anything,or how to find her.Carolyn was a beautiful,loving,giving person.Having had the love of her life pass away,and going into a coma for many months,God miraculously brought her out of.The doctors said she would never walk again,or have normal brain function.God restored her health and she lived several more years.During those last few years is when God brought her into our family.She was always there night or day for us,and cooked many Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners,as well as bought and prepared food for every holiday,and a huge firework display on Independence Day for all of our family to enjoy.She gave freely of her time and whatever she had that could help,she always wanted to and did do.She was funny and brought laughter and joy along with her wonderful loving,and giving heart.At Christmas,she bought everyone gifts from the smallest to oldest.She prayed every night and every morning and loved God with all her heart.She was a beautiful testimony of the miraculous power of God,and a wonderful gift to our family sent by God to us all.We will all miss her greatly,and there won't be a Holiday or Birthday that goes by,that we don't remember her presence and smile.God has received her now,and she is now sitting under the tree of life,splashing in the River of Life,walking down the streets of gold,and running and dancing with the angels.She is where we all are longing to go.She has no pain and no tears and sits at Jesus feet to praise him face to face.How is your life today? If you died this minute or tonight,do you know where you will spend eternity? If you have any doubts,I beg and plead of you to call out to Jesus and ask him into your heart,and give him your life today,so that you too may be in your Heavenly Home when your time on this Earth is done.Jesus is waiting with open arms to receive you! We love you Carolyn,and we shall carry the wonderful memories of you in our hearts forever until we meet again.May God be with you all today as you reflect on your own life.

Follow The Yellow Brick Road Part Three

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Blessed finishes up her testimony presentation with puppets,and music!