"When it comes to the transforming power of God working in someone’s life, God often uses people to bring about divine life-change."
God uses people, me and you, to help other people. I don't think that means we have to give and give and give and become all things for all people. But I do think it means that God puts a desire, a thought, an idea on our heart to help someone and we chose to act or not. I am almost 37 years old and I still remember when I was about 21 years old working at Service Merchandise in Tuscaloosa. I was a full time student at the University of Alabama and working part time. I was struggling some emotionally and financially. There were other things going on and I was just going through a rough time. I had been sick, so I had not worked as much the week before. I did not want to ask my parents for money so I was just going to make do until the next paycheck. It is possible to live off ramen noodles for a couple weeks. I didn't share my financial status with anyone, but God knew. I was at my apartment one day after classes and I hear a knock on my door. I open the door and see the assistant manager with bags full of groceries and a big smile. Her name was Lorenda Ledbetter and I STILL think and pray about her often. That one act of kindness has stuck with me for years and years. I am sure it will always be with me. It was a big time of need for me and she filled that need. If she would have asked me if I needed anything, I would have told her "No." But God must have put it on her heart and I thank God that she listened and acted.
My prayer for today is that we listen to our hearts and act on the desires that arise to help others. You really do not know the lasting effect that one act of kindness can have on somebody.
Love you,
Melissa
"You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body."
— C.S. Lewis
— C.S. Lewis
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