Corona Devo 1246
My husband and I are opposites in many ways. He is quieter, and I am louder. He is pensive, and I am impulsive. I like to plan things out waaayyy in advance, and he generally puts things together much closer to the time of execution. We are different and God purposed it that way.
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. (10) If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. (11) Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? (12) A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. ~Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
My husband and I both love Jesus deeply (we met at church!). But we live and love for the Lord in opposite ways...and because of this, we help each other succeed.
I am an extrovert for Jesus. If there is a church event/school Bible study opportunity/local talk on how the Grand Canyon proves the Biblical Flood ( My husband and I are opposites in many ways. He is quieter, and I am louder. He is pensive, and I am impulsive. I like to plan things out waaayyy in advance, and he generally puts things together much closer to the time of execution. We are different and God purposed it that way.
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. (10) If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. (11) Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? (12) A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. ~Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
My husband and I both love Jesus deeply (we met at church!). But we live and love for the Lord in opposite ways...and because of this, we help each other succeed.
I am an extrovert for Jesus. If there is a church event/school Bible study opportunity/local talk on how the Grand Canyon proves the Biblical Flood (Grand Canyon: The Rocks Cry Out – with Nate Loper from Canyon Ministries )/prayer meeting/Passion Walk/coffee-and-Jesus gathering...then you might receive an email/text/verbal invite from me. I am a mouth for Jesus: it's how he made me, and it's how I extend the option of God's love to others.
Both ways are different and both ways are excellent if purposed for God.
We can fall into a gutter of selfish (and self-righteous) thinking when we believe that our way is the best way (or only way). But God made each of us with unique gifts and ways of connecting with Him and serving him.
My way is not best, and my husband's way is not best, but together, our gifts merge for Kingdom purposes.
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. ~Ecclesiastes 4:9
Do you have a partner in serving the Lord? Spouse, spiritual best friend, accountability partner...or all three in one? We need others and they balance us out in our daily walks of service to God. One way is not better than another way...and we need each other! We are all different and God purposed us that way.
At a recent Bible event, as I hugged a friend, she said that she had gotten a new phone, but when the text invite (for this event) came, even without knowing it was from me...she "figured it was from me". And here she was in attendance! I am "loud" for Jesus!
But on the silent side...another friend (a mom of one of our daughter's friends) asked me to meet her and her family at church this weekend. They had some health trauma in their life last year and came to church for a while afterwards, but life gets busy, and I haven't seen them in a while.
I excitedly told my husband that we would be seeing them this Sunday. "Good", he said kindly. "I pray for her everyday" (since last Summer when I asked him to pray for her health recovery), "and I have been wondering how she is doing."
My eyes filled with tears. Every day? For over a year?
We need inviters, but we also need silent pray-ers. We need both, and both-for-Jesus can help each other succeed.
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. ~Ecclesiastes 4:9
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I pray that anyone reading this loves Jesus. But may we allow God to remind (and soften) our hearts to the Truth that each of us live and love for the Lord in opposite ways...and because of this, we help each other succeed.
We might be an extrovert for Jesus, a "mouth for Jesus"...extending the option of God's love to others.
Or we might be a spiritual introvert (so to speak), and a quiet rock for Jesus. We might be strong in our faith, routine in our commitments to Christ, and diligent in prayer. Others may have no idea of all that is happening between us and God.
Both ways are different and both ways are excellent if purposed for God. (And there are a million spiritual ways-to serve-Him in between.)
And the Bible reminds us that we are not merely encouraged and strengthened by others, but by our Almighty God. He IS the third and necessary cord in every form of serving and living-for Him. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. ~Ecclesiastes 4:12
So be an extrovert for Jesus today.
Or be silent in your service to the King of Kings. )/prayer meeting/Passion Walk/coffee-and-Jesus gathering...then you might receive an email/text/verbal invite from me. I am a mouth for Jesus: it's how he made me, and it's how I extend the option of God's love to others.
But God made my husband a spiritual introvert (so to speak), and he is a quiet rock for Jesus. My husband is strong in his faith, routine in his commitments to Christ, and diligent in prayer. Most people (including me) have no idea of what's happening with him and God, because he keeps it between him and God.
Both ways are different and both ways are excellent if purposed for God.
We can fall into a gutter of selfish (and self-righteous) thinking when we believe that our way is the best way (or only way). But God made each of us with unique gifts and ways of connecting with Him and serving him.
My way is not best, and my husband's way is not best, but together, our gifts merge for Kingdom purposes.
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. ~Ecclesiastes 4:9
Do you have a partner in serving the Lord? Spouse, spiritual best friend, accountability partner...or all three in one? We need others and they balance us out in our daily walks of service to God. One way is not better than another way...and we need each other! We are all different and God purposed us that way.
At a recent Bible event, as I hugged a friend, she said that she had gotten a new phone, but when the text invite (for this event) came, even without knowing it was from me...she "figured it was from me". And here she was in attendance! I am "loud" for Jesus!
But on the silent side...another friend (a mom of one of our daughter's friends) asked me to meet her and her family at church this weekend. They had some health trauma in their life last year and came to church for a while afterwards, but life gets busy, and I haven't seen them in a while.
I excitedly told my husband that we would be seeing them this Sunday. "Good", he said kindly. "I pray for her everyday" (since last Summer when I asked him to pray for her health recovery), "and I have been wondering how she is doing."
My eyes filled with tears. Every day? For over a year?
We need inviters, but we also need silent pray-ers. We need both, and both-for-Jesus can help each other succeed.
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. ~Ecclesiastes 4:9
~~~
I pray that anyone reading this loves Jesus. But may we allow God to remind (and soften) our hearts to the Truth that each of us live and love for the Lord in opposite ways...and because of this, we help each other succeed.
We might be an extrovert for Jesus, a "mouth for Jesus"...extending the option of God's love to others.
Or we might be a spiritual introvert (so to speak), and a quiet rock for Jesus. We might be strong in our faith, routine in our commitments to Christ, and diligent in prayer. Others may have no idea of all that is happening between us and God.
Both ways are different and both ways are excellent if purposed for God. (And there are a million spiritual ways-to serve-Him in between.)
And the Bible reminds us that we are not merely encouraged and strengthened by others, but by our Almighty God. He IS the third and necessary cord in every form of serving and living-for Him. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. ~Ecclesiastes 4:12
So be an extrovert for Jesus today.
Or be silent in your service to the King of Kings.
Be just how God created You to serve Him. One way is not better over another, but together, our gifts merge for Kingdom purposes.
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. (10) If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. (11) Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? (12) A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. ~Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
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