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Contagiously Good!

Jennifred Jones

Are you contagious? Would people be able to catch what you’ve got? Do you have anything worth catching? Is what you’ve got worth spreading?

Or have the antibodies of sameness, uninteresting, usual, boring, predictable, been working on you so long that they have killed off all your desire to be different? To be different in a good way! To be so radically good that it catches others off guard!

That’s how God wants us to be…going about wherever we go doing good, in whatever way or means the situation calls for. Be it unplanned, unexpected, unusual, or different, God will use you, if you’re open, to do good to somebody in your life each and every day. And it will be one of the most exciting things to happen to you! To be used by Almighty God to make a difference, a lasting difference, for good in the life of someone else.

Your smile at the right time can bring a ray of joy to a person you don’t even know, who is going through a very difficult time. Your ‘Hi, how are you doing today?’ said to a complete stranger can cause them to come out of their shell and begin to experience life in a new way. Your stopping to pick up something that the person in front of you dropped and didn’t see it, restores faith in people and God and His goodness once again.

Like the Starbucks stories we’ve heard about where one person pays it forward and starts a chain reaction to many people in line behind him, that one random act of kindness snowballs into an avalanche that causes good to many, many people.  So your good deeds, your good words, your helpfulness causes a reaction for good even if only in the other person’s heart, who then takes it home and is nice to his family, or the driver ahead of him.

One good deed is very contagious!

Let that good deed be yours:)

God Wants to Be Noticed

Jennifred Jones

How good does it feel when someone gives you a nice compliment, or just acknowledges you and comes over with a big smile and says, ‘Hello’ and ‘How are you doing’ and asks about you and your family, and how you’ve been etc.?

Even if you’re the shy type, it still makes you feel good and you think, “How nice they are to stop and talk and ask about me”.

God is the same way. He wants to be noticed by us and by others.

He has this whole display on earth all the beautiful flora and fauna, animals, waters, different peoples, and He has given us good creative minds to think—all that He might be noticed!
The heavens declare the glory of God, the firmament declares His handiwork.

God likes it when we notice what He’s done and say, “Thanks!”, “I really appreciate all you’ve done”, This is a magnificent day!” Wow! God, it’s absolutely amazing how you made all these little bitty stones all different shapes and colors to glow in the bottom of the stream bed under those little fish, some bright and fancy, and others sort of dark and drab.”, “Boy those clouds are beautiful. How majestic is that sky today!”

God loves to hear you talk like that. We’re noticing Him. We’re giving Him glory. It’s who He is. He is a creative God. He is the creator…The Only God! He is a good God!

“What do you know about that? I made every green light in a row driving today! Thanks God! You did that for me. I’m just me, but you’re You! Thanks for watching out for me!”

“Boy, I got a late start today; those kids made me late again!” But there was a bad wreck about 15 minutes ago on the road I drive and God didn’t let me be on the highway at that time. He was protecting me, “Thanks God! You’ve done it again!”

I can’t thank You enough for everything you’ve done in my life and I love my kids!

Yes, God, I notice You!