A snippet from My Utmost for His Highest

It's always refreshing to see raw truth. Especially the red italic portion of this text.

If I am a friend of Jesus, I must deliberately and carefully lay down my life for Him. It is a difficult thing to do, and thank God that it is. Salvation is easy for us, because it cost God so much. But the exhibiting of salvation in my life is difficult. God saves a person, fills him with the Holy Spirit, and then says, in effect, “Now you work it out in your life, and be faithful to Me, even though the nature of everything around you is to cause you to be unfaithful.” And Jesus says to us, “. . . I have called you friends. . . .” Remain faithful to your Friend, and remember that His honor is at stake in your bodily life.

Wow, we really need the power of the Holy Spirit to help us get through this life.

Enjoy your Wednesday!

A Bad Rumor

Boy, could I start a rumor today. "Restaurant trades for porn".

I really did have the coolest, Jesus opportunity today.

Two young boys came into the restaurant, I'd say, approx. 12 years old in age. They were buying a couple of sodas and asking the price of an ice cream cone. They obviously didn't have enough money for the ice cream, but in between all of the pricing and purchasing, one of the little guys kept pulling out of his pocket a pornographic paper and sticking it back in. He couldn't keep his eyes off of it, so he took it back out and looked. By this time, I glanced at what he was looking at as he put in back in his pocket. His friend told him that he shouldn't look at that in public, besides, so and so told you to put it under your mattress and pull it out when no one was around.

The first word I thought of was: CRAP! I just couldn't stand there and not do anything. Asking for the Lord's guidance, I quickly came up with a deal. I told the young man that if he would give me the paper I would take it and tear it up and throw it away, then I would give them two free ice cream cones. The boy with the porn, pulled it right out and gave it to me with no hesitation. The other boy, hesitated and said he didn't want any ice cream, but ended up changing his mind. My husband was standing there and as the boys were leaving I told them they could come back when they had time and my husband would love to tell them where pornography leads them.

God is faithful to these young boys who need His direction, but the Lord also has a sense of humor too.

Our restaurant will be known for trading porn for ice cream!

Whatever works, the Lord meets us where we are.