That's me!

"Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of" (Luke ix. 55).

After reading this devotional this morning, the title jumped out at me. As I was reading these words almost fit me to a "T" as they say;

* simple - probably my wife could explain that one best
* tender - goes with that big heart of mine
* tolerant - yep, it takes a lot before something gets to me
* considerate of others - that is a very strong trait of mine
* like a little child - that one is important for it is written in the Bible, Matthew 18:3 and said, Truly I say to you, Unless you are converted and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of Heaven.

[A devotional by A. B. Simpson]

[Some one has said that the most spiritual people are the easiest to get along with. When one has a little of the Holy Ghost it is like "a little learning, a dangerous thing"; but a full baptism of the Holy Spirit, and a really disciplined, stablished and tested spiritual life, makes one simple, tender, tolerant, considerate of others, and like a little child.

James and John, in their early zeal, wanted to call down fire from heaven on the Samaritans. But John, the aged, allowed Demetrius to exclude him from the church, and suffered in Patmos for the kingdom and with the patience of Jesus. And aged Paul was willing to take back even Mark, whom he had refused as a companion in his early ministry, and to acknowledge that he was profitable to him for the ministry.

I want the love that cannot help but love;
Loving, like God, for very sake of love.
A spring so full that it must overflow,
A fountain flowing from the throne above.

"Now abideth faith, hope, love; but the greatest of these is love."]

I Am Someone Special

I am someone special
for all the world to see,
but when you look upon my face,
you are not really seeing me.

The face that you are seeing,
is the person I want to be.
I want to be like Jesus,
for my Lord and Savior is He.

So when you look into my eyes,
may they reflect His love indeed.
May my mouth speak His Words of love,
that have set so many free.

May my ears be always listening
for those worse off than me.
May my hands reach out as Jesus would,
to help all those in need.

May each person that I meet
as I travel on my way,
tell someone in their lives,
“I think I just saw Jesus today!”

E. P. Shagott
1/17/10

From God's heart, to mine, to yours,
Ed Shagott