Splendid Harvest

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Thinking through the thoughts of this day has been sheer delight for me. I have enjoyed such a wonderful time of just enjoying time running errands in the car, and then the afternoon just hanging out with my husband, then closing the evening with some dear friends. As the evening comes to a close, I was thinking of the time we had with our friends. We sat there sharing and listening to their time from a recent missionary journey to a foreign country. What an awesome experience that was for them, yet their journey and mine paralleled in many ways. As they journeyed physcially and went through the different towns and interacted int he lives of the people, there were so many decisions made for Christ that it would bring you to tears. Their journey was so fulfilling for them and the pictures were amazing, the stories phenomenal. For me...my journey was not to the foreign county physically, but was journeyed with them spirtually. I fasted and prayed for them during their time there and I found such a rewarding experience in doing so. I saw and heard the Lord do many wonders as I prayed for them daily and for specific things. What God did for me was even greater. He showed me even more the importance of praying for others. This time was so different for me. It was not about just my "immediate family", I was praying for friends far away, but even more than that...I was praying for the salvation of lost souls. What God did was bring in a harvest that was truly abundant and beyond anything I could have ever imagined. He brought in a Splendid Harvest. Praise be to God for His glorious ways. Praise Him for his mighty hand and all that He has done. He is great and mighty and worthy to be praised! Thank you so much Lord for your faithfulness not only to those who went forth to work the fields for the harvest, but for your faithfulness to the prayers of your other children. Thank you that you hear our prayers and that you alone are the one who should receive all honor and glory! Psalm 36:5-7 "Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies, Your righteiousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep. O Lord, you preserve both man and beast. How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings."

There's got to be more...

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Ok...yes, it's been some time (ok a really long time....)since I blogged some, but there has been much going through this head of mine and now, I think I need to write it out! ?

As I've been following and watching people in how they respond to different things, I have noticed how many of them just seem to frivolously go through their days without a care in the world while feverishly searching for "things" to satisfy themselves while all the time they simply are stating...there's got to be more; while others are just engrossed with themselves that they do not take notice of the person right beside them who is hurting or broken or even lost and yet they too are searching for things to satisfy and asking...how can I find more? Then, there are those who are shattered and broken who simply say to themselves...there's got to be more than just this!?

So how do we respond to them? How are we showing them that "yes" there is something more? Do we simply find ourselves in these same places doing the same things over and over while trying to "persuade" others to believe that we too know that there is something more? I certainly hope that we are doing more than that in just trying to persuade them.?

While we were created to worship God alone, we still find ourselves drawn to the things that simply "satisfy" us. Yet we were designed with so much more in mind. In responding to others, such as those listed above, we are to be the one showing them that there is definitely something more. But we have to show this to them in more tangible ways than sitting in the pews of our favorite churches. We each need to look within ourselves and find out what we truly believe. One of my favorite writers, Hannah Whitall Smith once wrote: "Faith...is nothing at all tangible. It is simply believing God; and, like sight, it is nothing apart from its object. You might as well shut your eyes and look inside, and see whether you have sight, as well as look inside to discover whether you have faith."?

Faith is going to require action and it is going to require us to be the hands and feet of Christ to show others that there is so much more. If those around us are seeking for the things that will satisfy...what are we really showing them satisfies us? Have you shown the world that there is only One who satisfies and that there truly does have to be more? How are you showing those around you that you are more than just the faith inside of you or the words you speak about God? Faith may not be at all tangible as Hannah Smith says, but it can surely be made into something of greater worth than sitting still. We have to put our faith into action and love the world to Jesus because He reveals that there is truly something more!?