Verse of the Day:
"Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many" John 6:9
I recently shared the story of the feeding of the five thousands with the mission team in Texas. We were discussing not withholding anything from God but giving all that we have. Jesus takes the small gift that the boy offered and turn it into an overwhelming abundance. The lesson that is interesting is that Jesus took what one had to give and turned it into enough. Just imagine what God can do with your small gift when offered to others in thanksgiving.
Remember no gift is to small when given with love.
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This is Kelsey posting, not Sue.
ReplyDeleteThat verse really meant a lot to me. Sometimes I think it is hard for college students to look outside of their own priorities and lives and I've been struggling to come up with gifts that will be meaningful to others. I thought what I did today wouldn't mean much and was hardly a gift, but after reading this post, I realize that we don't ever really know how a simple gift impacts someone else's life. It could simply be alleviating some stress, but to that other person, it could mean the world.
Thanks all for doing this with me and my mom, it means a lot to know there are others out there supporting you.
Love and miss you all,
Kelsey
Day 2 started off so great that I saw the little things I was accomplishing as my gifts for the day. I wasn't prepared for the best gift of all. I've been mentoring a mother and daughter that I met at IHN. I know that the mother, being from the islands, owns and reads many books on the subject of voodoo. The mother asked for a King James version of the bible! Not NIV, but King James as she recalled that a church she had been in at one time had King James bibles and she loved the old world language. When I gave her the bible today she was visibly moved. I'm looking forward to sharing her new found interest in God's word with her.
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