[Stories] Christianity

I came across this in the Monday, "Our Daily Bread". It just sent such a message that regardless of our circumstances, how ill you are, how much you may hurt physically, as long as you are about the Lord's work you can be in a state of healing spiritually and still be physically handicapped. But if you are in perfect health, physically but spiritually you are ill, then you might as well we in a pit.

DEMONSTRATING FOR GOD

We can't put God in a box. He shows the world His supernatural power according to His own will, not ours -- and sometimes in ways that don't look miraculous. In the film based on the novel "The Robe", a Roman centurion named Marcellus was mystified as he watched a crippled woman playing a lyre and singing praises to God. He was told that when she was 15 she was stricken with paralysis and became severely embittered. When she met Christ, though, she was transformed into a joyful woman. "But she still can't walk," Marcellus protested angrily. "If Jesus had such great power, why didn't He cure her." "He did!" was the reply. A modern day disciple named Michael has a similar testimony. Although paralyzed and bound to a wheelchair, he travels the world in the energizing power of Christ and for His cause. Whenever people ask why God hasn't healed him, he replies, "I am healed, I just can't walk!" In the past, God authenticated His messengers with signs, wonders, miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit (Hebrew 2:4). Today, the greatest demonstration of God's power is the miracle of new birth and changed lives.

Does a watching world see in us that He is a miracle-working God? That we're no longer bound by sin; The power of God -- how glorious that we've been healed and changed within! WHEN JESUS MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN YOU, YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR WORLD.

Sometimes we just don't realize how very blessed we are, we moan and cry because we are in pain or things aren't going just the way WE think they should but if we truly are a christian we should be able to bypass a lot of this and know that what is going on in our life is what the Lord has for us and we should be full of joy and thanksgiving for what He has given us already. He has given us the gift of eternal life with the shedding of his blood for our sins. Hope your day is doing well.

Love, Shirley