My Two Cents Worth
By Myrtle Poor
Blessings from the Poor House. Ahhhhhhhhh. It sure feels good to finally get to relax. I have had computer problems all day. I couldn't send or receive email half of the day. I got it to where I could receive and then I couldn't send out. I called my server technician twice and did what they said, but it only got worse.
Then I did what I should have done in first place. I prayed with a friend about it. Then it came to me something that I had seen when the technician had me in accounts. I went back and put my email address in a place where he said half of it was all I needed. Now PRAISE GOD! I think it is working. I had an outbox of about 10 e-mails to go out and when I put the address in, it zipped out the e-mails with a whiz. Satan lost again. WAHOOOOOOOOOOO
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! This is a day of thanksgiving and we have so much to be thankful for. I am thankful every morning when I open my eyes and find that I am still alive. I am thankful that I have one more day to work for my wonderful awesome God. Sure I suffer. There is hardly a day goes by that I don't hurt somewhere, buttttttttttt as the day progresses and I see the mighty hand of God upon me and my life, I see the good out weighs the bad.
At the end of the day I know that I have spoken a word or called someone who needed to be uplifted. Or maybe I encouraged someone, or maybe I have written a new poem or article, or sent someone a flower, maybe I prayed for someone on the phone with a kind word, then I know the day God has given me has been worth it. I praise the Lord for allowing me to be his servant and skip of his goodness and mercy to the ones around me.
Sometime I become weary and think I can't go any farther. I ask God what is my purpose here for I can't do anything, but just when I reach that place when I think I can't go on another step farther he sends someone to me to encourage me. Most of the time we end up encouraging each other.
I send you blessings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is an awesome and an almighty God. We are privileged to be able to serve Him in freedom and without fear. Many people do not have that right. We take God and His house for granted. We find every excuse we can to stay at home instead of going to church, but believe me and I speak from experience if we can't go, then we wish that we could. Please go to church every chance you get for you may not have a chance forever and then you will wish you had.
The Bible says in Zephaniah 2:3: Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment ; seek rightness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger. God also tells us in Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth.
We need to come to God in a meek spirit when we pray to Him. Right now we need protection from God as never before. Our troops need protection on the battle field, but we at home need protection also. Not just physical protection, but spiritual protection from the fiery darts that Satan throws in our spiritual life to make us fall.
Fear and uncertainty right now are two of the main things that we need to pray about in our lives. If we come to God in that meek spirit that Zephaniah speaks about then we can have God's protection at all times.
The Bible tells us in Matthew 25:31. There is more to our being a Christian than just going to church. The are many jobs in the church that needs to be done besides filling the pew. Helping one another is one. If someone is down and out give them a hand. things needs doing like cleaning the church, working on the building, praying for one another, teaching and many, many more.
I know I haven't said a lot here, but sometimes it is better to hush our mouths and listen to what God has to say and I think in this instant this is one of those times. The poem below tells it all and it goes along with what I have been saying. No, I didn't write it, but the message in is very potent.
God bless you and may you have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day on this beautiful day on November 27, 2008.
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By Bob H. Cook
Greeneville, Tennessee
Once upon a pew I sat
I heard the preacher ask,
"We need someone to teach a class,
Now who will take this task?"
Then God, sit down beside of me there
And said, "Son, that's for you."
But, Lord, to stand before class
Is one thing I can't do.
Now Bill would be the man to call,
There's nothing he won't do.
I'd rather hear the lesson taught
From here upon the pew.
Once upon a pew I sat
And heard the preacher ask,
"We need someone to lead the songs,
Now who will take the task?"
Then God sit down beside me there
And said, "Son that's for you."
But Lord to sing before a crowd
Is one thing I can't do.
Now Brother King will do the job,
There's nothing he won't do.
I rather hear the music played
From here upon my pew.
Once upon a pew I sat
And heard the preacher ask,
"I need someone to keep the door,
Now who will take that task?"
Then God sit down beside me there
And said, "Son that's for you."
But saying things to strangers, Lord
Is one thing I can't do.
Now Tom can talk to people, Lord
There is nothing he won't do.
I rather someone come to me
And greet me on my pew.
As years passed me by,
I heard that voice no more
Until one night, I closed my eyes
And woke on heavens shore.
"Twas four of us together there
To face eternity.
God said, "I need just three of you
To do a job for me."
"O Lord." I cried, "I'll do the job,
There is nothing I won't do."
But Jesus said, "I'm sorry, Friend.
In heaven there's no pew!"
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