Skip to main content

FAITHlift - It's Amazing What A "Little Work" Can Do

I write a bulletin/newsletter especially for the single moms in the Together Program at Boles Children's Home and the ladies that work there as well.  I named this bulletin, "FAITHlift - It's amazing what a 'little work' can do.  This is one of the first front page articles I put on the bulletin/newsletter.


You've probaby figured it out by now. It's a 'play on words' - FAITHlift sounds like FACE lift. And "She's had a 'little work' is said in reference to someone who has had a Facelift. Seems like some American women like to have a little work done. Have the eyebrows done, her nose, her chin, her neck, and the list just gets 'lower and lower', if you know what I mean.


**We are bombarded with images of beautiful women on TV and on the cover of magazines. Teenagers and now these days, preteen girls are wishing upon a star that they look like that girl on the magazine cover. But we know that the computer has gotten the pictures of these 'beautiful, perfect looking' women long before it went to print. A little adjustment here, a little airbrush there; cut, paste....whatever. You know what I mean. But we STILL compare ourselves to the worlds view of what a beautiful women should look like.

**The reality is, even if we actually get a "a little work" done, how long would that last? If you live long enough, you are going to get OLD. There I go, I said it. We are getting older every day. And even though the body is getting older day by day (2 Corinthians 4:16). the spirit can be renewed 'every morning'. I like the sound of that. That is an investment with a payoff that will start NOW and last a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very long time; in other words, eternity.

The rest of the story *

What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see. God gave his approval to people in days of old because of their faith.

Hebrews 11:1,2

"It impossible to please GOD without faith." Hebrews 11:6

Just like the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead" James 2:26

What is this word works? WORKS - also translated - deeds, doing, labour, business, that which one undertakes TO DO, enterprise, undertaking, anything accoumplished by hand,

art, industry, or mind. an act, thing done.

*Sounds like ACTIONS to me. I am NOT saying that we can earn salvation, it is a gift.

(Ephesians 2:8) The Bible makes that perfectly clear.

But it is also clear that to GROW FAITH YOU MUST GO.

Our muscles don't get strong by sitting on the couch and watching TV. They get strong by going 'outside your comfort zone' and sweating a little bit, moving a little faster than you have, walking a little farther than you did, lifting a little heavier weight than you did last week. Building spiritual muscles requires some action. Remember that Faith is a SHIELD in our christian armor. (Ephesians 6:101-8)

It has a definite purpose. It is a powerful tool against those flaming arrows

with which satan wants to pierce our hearts. Arrows that discourage us from doing what is right, tempting us to fall and fail, and keeping us from holding on to hope.


WE NEED THIS SHIELD.  So -  DIVE INTO GOD'S WORD.
                                                                 EXERCISE  YOUR FAITH MUSCLES.
                                                                                                
                                                                                                           GET STRONG IN THE LORD

Comments

  1. Brenda AsherAugust 9, 2010 at 8:51 PM

    Good job! I wish people would forget the outside and focus on the inside - that's what really counts.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

FEAR

         What is it that 'scares you to death"? What sends shivers up your spine, raises the hair on your arm, makes you want to run, lock your doors, jump on a chair, hide under the covers, sit on the closet floor? Do you freak out with the thought of seeing a mouse, public speaking, spiders, falling down, climbing up or just sitting still? Do you fear failure, or success, needles, water, flying, fire or dying? What about dentists, trains or crossing bridges, fear of church (yes, there is a phobia name for that) or standing on ledges. Is it the fear of dogs or frogs that steals your breathe?          FEAR -A powerful emotion that can have a powerful response. Whether the fear comes from reality or our imaginations, response to fear can literally cause us to get physically ill. It can make our spirits go down and our blood pressure go up. It can make us hide in our house for weeks or cause us to "run the...
Post a Comment
Read more

"Don't just DO something ---- Stand There !"

*That's not exactly the way you've heard that phrase said, now is it? No, this is how it goes. There's some kind of emergency happening and everyone is just standing around watching it, stunned, frozen like a deer in headlights when someone shouts, "Dont just STAND THERE, DO SOMETHING!" Then somebody will awake from this state of shock and call 911 or get a towel to wipe up the spilled milk. Right after something scary, shocking, upsetting, disturbing, or even joyous, happens, there is that split second where we just stand there and calculate our next move. Should we run away from it or toward it? Fight or flight. Yell or cry. Recue or revenge. We don't even realize this is happening, but the end result tells us the choice we made, whether retreated or responded. So, what's the point of this title? *There are times in our DAILY life, we need to just STOP DOING STUFF. I am famous, or should I say 'infamous' for doing, doing, doing. I get it hon...
2 comments
Read more