"There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than bread." (Mother Theresa) So I am learning more and more how important it is simply to be available for God to use. We don't have to have any special skills or have any special knowledge. We just need to be willing and available to be used, and He will use us to show his love to people. So so so many people just want to be heard. Validated. Loved. Called by name. Remembered. A priority. When we show people this, we show them a glimpse of how God thinks of them. God, please remind me of this especially when I'm with someone who is craving love and attention. Help me to give it even when it's not easy or not comfortable. Please use me to help validate people's worth. Please give me to have the opportunity to tell them that they are worthwhile because they are your creation. Give me the words and the wisdom when I don't know what to say. It really is amazing and sometimes hard to believe that the creator of the entire universe is crazy about us, knows us intimately, and wants us to know Him intimately. No other religion even begins to come close to what God has to offer us. Please give me the opportunity to share this in a way that unbelievers will understand this and take hold of it for themselves.
I'm praising God tonight because as I write this, I'm thinking of two new believers. One with a history of drugs, sex, witchcraft, and many other things and one who grew up in the Muslim faith. It is really such a priveledge and so exciting to see them hunger after God and want to know more and more about Him. May we also hunger after God and passionately approach our relationship with God like they both already are. Praise God that two people who were very lost have found Him! I pray that they each will grow to know God intimately and be able to share how God has changed their lives. I pray for both as they both may have a tough road ahead. One to break past addictions and habits-one to be a Christian in a Muslim family. I know that God will continue to work in amazing ways in their lives-please teach them to rely on the community of believers to help support them and come close to both of them so that they experience God's prescence in a way that they can't deny it's Him.
By no means am I taking away from the power of God bringing these two to the place where they were ready to accept Him in their lives, but I also recognize that they each had friends and people who made themselves available to be used by God and have been sharing their faith with them. Praise God that these friends were faithful and obedient to God. May we all seek out people who need to be loved and make ourselves available to be used by God.
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