This morning, I was thinking of people in need. Real need.

Tonight, if I am still here,I may tell the story of the time when the Holy Spirit spoke to me the second time (years ago)

I was asking for guidance, and assurance.
He directed me to 2 verses.
It was the answer I needed
Jesus said, Love yr neighbor as yourself.
"Who is my neighbor?" they asked.

He told the story about the good Samaritan.
Someone who had compassion on a stranger.
Scripture warns us about bestowing a verbal blessing on someone...and sending them away hungry.

That is equivalent to an insult.

Jesus hated hypocrisy.

As should we.
When Jesus spoke to Peter after returning from the dead, he grieved Peter by asking him a question 3 times.

"Do you love me?" (3 times he asked that)

Peter said "You know I love you". (broken grieved voice)

Jesus said, "feed my sheep".
And that is how Jesus wanted Peter to express his love for Jesus...to care for others.
Jesus said that whatever you do for the least of these (and we are all both the least...and not the least) He said that you are doing it for Him.
A glass of water. A loaf of bread. A $20.
I shouldn't have to mention that Jesus offered a promise to those that give aid to others.

But if it helps...

He promised that if you give to others...God would bestow blessings onto you.
"Pressed down, shaken together...flowing over".

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Where I feel I can tell an interesting story. One without darkness.
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I was going to talk about hearing God's voice later, but since I can't depend on being here from minute to minute, I will talk about it now

When I thought about it earlier, and how I would present it, the Holy Spirit reminded me of this.
"To whom much is given, much is required"
So I begin with a warning.
If you beg to hear God's Voice.
And you want more.
He will require more of you.
It is not always convenient.
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I knew it often made me look a bit crazy.
And sometimes I wanted to look normal.

So there is your warning. :)
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A lot of friends are staying low in the foxhole.

I don't know how long I will be here, but I was remembering a family devotion my husband did with the kids when they were young.
It was an example about saying goodbye.

My husband told the kids "if I was going away..
My husband said "If I was going away...would the last thing that I told you would be take out the garbage?"

He was talking about Jesus going back to the Father.
The last message Jesus gave His followers was much more important.
Can be found in book of Mark.
"Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to all creation".
These signs will follow those who believe...
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I waited patiently.
When I was in the horrible pit.
He heard my cry, and brought me out.
And set my feet upon a rock.
And put a new song in my heart. Image
Months ago, the Holy Spirit said to me.
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This was also many months after the HS started asking me a disquieting question. He would ask, "Do you trust me?"
If you think that being in the high places, and riding high means that you are in the will of God, you might be sadly mistaken.

Sometimes we have to sit in the horrible pit.
God still loves us, and has not abandoned us there.
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I had a few Christmas stories that I thought of telling.
I thought of the one about Rocky de Blood with a Teardrop, a homeless lady that my husband picked up on the on-ramp.

Or the story about the Miracle Christmas.

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Luke 6:38

"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure,

pressed down,

shaken together,

and running over will be put into your bosom.

For with the same measure that you use,

it will be measured back to you.”

(Words of Jesus)
Not only is helping others the right thing to do...but God is so gracious that He also promises a return.

He causes a blessing to return to you in good measure.

He never goes back on any of His promises.

God loves a cheerful giver.
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,

and cometh down from the Father of lights,

with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning"

(Book of James)
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