Luke 19:41 paints a picture that has always left a deep impression on me while I was growing up. Luke tells us that Jesus looked over Jerusalem and wept. Wow, what an image! Our Lord and Savior WEEPING for his unbelieving and disobedient children.
I often think of how God must look down on this earth and weep. His heart must break at the destruction of His creation, of the way we treat each other and at the way we turn our backs on a Savior who yearns to take us in His arms and be loved back.
To borrow a phrase from our beloved Pastor Jerry, I want to share with you what "jazzes" me. It is simply this: that I would live and love in such a way, that when God looks down at me, He will smile. Did you get that? Can you imagine how incredible it would be to make God smile instead of cry? I want Him to look down and say, "There's my daughter, Joyce. She is serving exactly where I wanted her to serve. She is being all that I created her to be." THAT is my goal in my spiritual walk. I want to make God SMILE!
Obedience is one of the things that makes God smile. If you are being called to help in this Caring Ministry, do NOT ignore the call. You can be used in so many different ways to bring the love of Jesus to others. Join with me in a step of faith and obedience and watch how God can move!
Sunday, April 1, 2007
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Thanks Joyce! I love things that make my cry and smile at the same time and that's just what your blog did. I'm getting ready to go on a mission trip to South Africa in September and obedience to GOD is the only thing that will really get me there. It is also the thing that terrifies me most. I have no idea how this trip has come about other than just following HIM. Thanks for the uplifting image of GOD smiling every time I say yes to something HE wants from me, instead of HIS tears over what is going on in this world. One of my favourite tag lines to use with friends is "SMILE! GOD loves you."
Thanks for your encouragement, Sarah! I will lift you up in prayer for your upcoming mission trip. Truly, obedience to God is what it is all about. Sometimes, it the hardest thing to do, but certainly the most rewarding.
I hope we will have further contact in the future. Keep me posted about your trip!!!
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