Chronicles of Grace

A WORD! Have you ever been served a great reminder through the eyes of a child? It is very humbling for sure! That very thing happened to me this week. One of the little girls in my room brings her little green Gideon New Testament to school almost every day. Mind you, the Gideons have been stopped from bringing them, but NO MAN stops God!!!! Anyway, we have a precious little Muslim girl in our classroom and they are friends. I saw Georgia with her bible on the way to lunch and then during lunch I noticed that she didn't have it. I went over and asked her where it was and she pointed and the little Muslim girl smiled her beautiful smile and pulled it out of her back pocket! WOW!! Tears immediately welled up in my eyes and a lump formed in my throat. I immediately heard the Lord say to my heart, "Wendy, what have you done with My Word today?" "With what thirsty soul have you shared it?" So, I ask you the same question. What will you do with His Word this week? Isaiah 50:4 says, "The Lord God has given me the tongue of disciples, that I may know how to sustain the weary one with a Word! He awakens me morning by morning, He awakens my ear to listen as a disciple." God can give us a due Word to use in due season to some thirsty, weary soul, but we must be in it and listening every morning! We need to be up with God in the morning, so we'll be prepared to be used in the day! Proverbs 15:23 says, "A man finds joy in giving an apt reply - and how good is a timely Word!" To give the right Word for a Now moment, we must be in the Word so that when God gives us the opportunity we have the Right Word! One that sustains and ministers and lasts! So, at the end of the day, whose back pocket will your Word be found in? What heart will you touch this week with the Words of the Master? His Words bring healing no matter where they are spoken, so go and speak the Life-Giving Words this week to everyone you meet! I love you! Wendy