- God is good.
- God is our helper.
- God is not selfish.
- God made everything and has shared it with us.
- God wants us to enjoy what He gave us.
- God wants us to be thankful to Him for it.
- God made the universe, it did not make Him, nor is it Him.
- God made you, God made me.
- God has a good plan for each one of us.
- God is for our good.
- God is not against people, but He is against evil.
- God is for reconciliation.
- God is not the author of bad, evil or death.
- God doesn’t want anyone to be out of His presence for eternity.
- God wants to reason with us and help us.
- God will not finish something off just because it is already broken.
- God will not quench something- even if only a tiny bit of life is left.
- God made us in His image.
- God is life.
- God is the giver of life.
- God is a forgiver.
- God is our Father.
- God is not an evil task-master.
- God knows everything.
- God will give us His wisdom…if we ask.
- God changes hearts.
- God loved the world-He thought it up and made it.
- God gave us Jesus.
- Jesus forgave us.
- Jesus, when on earth, showed us what God in heaven is like.
- God is good.
- Let God into your life.
- God will help you.
- God will protect you.
- God will keep you safe.
- This is who God is.
- God is love.
Tag: help
Helping one can help many
Yesterday, at church, our pastor prayed for all the people hurt or affected in any way by the recent horrific earthquake in Nepal.
Today as I looked at pictures of distraught people desperately looking for missing members of their families, I remembered several Asian Indians who own the gas station in my neighborhood. I have met and talked with them at other times and knew they had family over in that area, and the thought came that I should check about their families.
When I asked if his family was alright, the owner said, “Yes, thank God!” I was immediately relieved, but noticed the look of gravity on his face because of the effect on their home country land.
Returning home, I thought, “I cannot go over there and help physically, I know of no immediate way to get relief to the region, what can I do to help?”
Besides praying for them, the thought occurred to bake something and take to them as a small tangible token of compassion and care on my behalf for them and their suffering people.
They like spicy foods, so my cranberry-orange scones sounded like a good recipe to use, and I took them back to the gas station while they were still warm from the oven, and hoped there wouldn’t be anybody in line… so I could talk to them.
The store looked empty inside and I handed him my cranberry scone gift and told him that since I couldn’t go over there to help and didn’t know what else to do to ease the suffering, I was giving them this small token to let them know I cared about them and their people.
It was a heartfelt moment between two people, two different nationalities, bonding as fellow human beings with like concerns about family, life, suffering and compassion.
He was touched, I felt like crying just from the emotion of the moment, and as I turned to leave, I noticed a line of people had come in behind me, no doubt observing the whole thing. I tried quietly to get out the door.
It was back to business as usual.
Only the love of God can cause something beautiful to come from something ugly like an earthquake.
Help God! I Hurt!
For we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way, but the Lord has laid on Him the guilt and iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6
Yes, we’ve all wandered off into other pastures looking for the greener grass supposedly on the other side of the fence. We’ve headed off in our own direction to what appeared good at the time and ended up in a briar patch of prickers and thorns and bitter weeds and cockle burs. Now our feet hurt from walking on the burs; our hands hurt from trying to pick the prickers out and our stomachs hurt and we’re hungry from trying to eat bitter weeds.
Is God mad at us for doing this? Is He up in heaven trying to make us pay for our mistakes and foolish decisions?
NO!
Jesus Himself took away all our sin and iniquity and guilt. He was our scapegoat. He took away all our blame. We no longer have to look for a scapegoat or for someone to blame when things go wrong in our lives. Turn and look to Jesus. He already saw your need and took the blame for you. He is your scapegoat. He can bear it. You and I cannot. He is the humble Lamb of God, yet He is the all-powerful risen Savior who took back what we gave to the devil in in the Garden of Eden when man gave in to temptation.
Now we have been restored to fellowship with God Himself…our creator, the Creator of all the heavens and all the earth…The One who made Niagara Falls, The One who dug Grand Canyon, The One who directs the mighty Amazon River. We are restored to Him. We do not need to fear. God is with us if we are with Him. Turn to God and He will turn to you. Hide yourself in God from the trials in your life. He will cover you with His wings and under His wings shall you trust.
He will put His healing balm and salve on your wounds so you will be healed body, soul and spirit.
Say, “God help me today.”
He will say, “I’ve been waiting for you to ask Me.”
Mrs. Goodfinder 