Ruth 2: 10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to
the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou
shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
When I wake in the morning and my feet touch the floor, I
thank the Lord for allowing me this given day. As I saunter in to make my
coffee, words of praise form in my head and I begin humming a praise tune.
When I take my dog out in the chill of the morning while the
sky is alight with a full moon, I praise Him for all He has created. I see Him in
the stars, the moon, the universe and thank Him for creating me.
I await my coffee to end its brewing time. I sit at my
computer and begin prayers for those in need. I have never been short on prayer
because each time my windowed world opens, there sits someone in need of
prayer. I pray.
With a warm cup in my hands I sit and share love and praise
and thank Him for placing the right people at the right time in my life. There
is never a shortage of prayer needs. Even when people seem to be smiling and
laughing it up, my mind hones in on them and I pray. For behind a smile is a
heart; a heart that is in need of prayer as much as anyone else.
In my travels throughout the day, if someone cuts me off in
traffic, I raise my hand and say, “I’ll pray for you” because I know in my
heart that that person is in such a hurry and has so much on his/her mind they
might forget that God is in control. They need prayer not a cursing too.
While shopping in the hustle and bustle of the season, I see
people nickel-and-diming it to make ends meet and possibly trying to have a
good Christmas. I pray for them while standing at the checkout. Color me weird.
People color me weird because I can’t take my eyes off of
God. Sure I have bad moments, yes I hurt and get angry, I’m human but in the
midst of one of those instances, God is there reassuring me that He’s got this
and that I’m loved and in that moment I’m comforted.
The very essence of being a Christian is not taking your
eyes off of God; even when you’re scrounging to pay the heating bill. Even when
life is so hard it doesn’t have the color of richness that makes you want to go
on. That is when you need God the most to carry you.
Christmas is the season where satan rears his tentacles and
tries with everything he has to reach people; to make them feel unworthy,
unappreciated, unloved and most of all not able to reach God. It is in these
moments that God reaches in effortlessly and gets you through a season for man.
Believers and unbelievers alike feel His presence. They might see it in the beauty of
nature, they might feel it in a hug or warm well-wishers hand, but they FEEL
God touching of them.
Pss. 44: 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or
stretched out our hands to a strange god;
As church seats fill up during the Christmas season, more
and more come to know the Glory of the Lord and for this reason God has allowed
man to celebrate the birth of His Son on December 25th. When the
season ends, people go back to the same old same old pagan traditions and
forget what it was that touched them during the Christmas season.
Some will cling to that feeling like a snow-blanket hugging
the ground. They will rise every morning thanking Him for yet another glorious
day to be alive. They will begin each day in praise and worship and end the day
in prayer and thankfulness. And people everywhere will…color them weird. I bow my head and pray!
Pss.69: 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an
alien unto my mother's children.
Luke 1: 64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his
tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
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