August 10, 2019 www.PositiveChristianity.org presents Positive Daily Inspiration

 SATURDAY INSPIRATION

August 10, 2019 www.PositiveChristianity.org for the 20th year presents Positive Daily Inspiration

Saturday Inspiration (Submitted with our great thanks)

"God lives in us, and God's love is perfected in us." 1 John 4:12

NOW THAT'S GOD 

It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in
almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving milk. The
creeks and streams were long gone back into the earth. It was a dry season
that would bankrupt several farmers before it was through.

Every day, my husband and his brothers would go about the arduous process
of trying to get water to the fields. Lately this process had involved
taking a truck to the local water rendering plant and filling it up with
water. But severe rationing had cut everyone off. If we didn’t see some
rain soon...we would lose everything. It was on this day that I learned
the true lesson of sharing and witnessed the only miracle I have seen with
my own eyes. I was in the kitchen making lunch for my husband and his
brothers when I saw my six-year-old son, Billy, walking toward the woods.
He wasn't walking with the usual carefree abandon of a youth but with a
serious purpose. I could only see his back. He was obviously walking with
a great effort ... trying to be as still as possible. Minutes after he
disappeared into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house. I
went back to making sandwiches, thinking that whatever task he had been
doing was completed. Moments later, however, he was once again walking in
that slow purposeful stride toward the woods. This activity went on for an
hour, walking carefully to the woods, running back to the house.

Finally, I couldn't take it any longer and I crept out of the house and
followed him on his journey (being very careful not to be seen...as he was
obviously doing important work and didn't need his mommy checking up on
him). He was cupping both hands in front of him as he walked, being very
careful not to spill the water he held in them ... maybe two or three
tablespoons were held in his tiny hands. I sneaked close as he went into
the woods. Branches and thorns slapped his little face, but he did not try
to avoid them. He had a much higher purpose. As I leaned in to spy on him,
I saw the most amazing sight.

Several large deer loomed in front of him. Billy walked right up to them.
I almost screamed for him to get away. A huge buck with elaborate antlers
was dangerously close. But the buck did not threaten him...he didn't even
move as Billy knelt down. I saw a tiny fawn lying on the ground,
obviously suffering from dehydration and heat exhaustion, lifting its head
with great effort to lap up the water cupped in my beautiful boy's hand.
When the water was gone, Billy jumped up to run back to the house and I
hid behind a tree.

I followed him back to the house to a spigot to which we had shut off the
water. Billy opened it all the way up and a small trickle began to creep
out. He knelt there, letting the drip, drip slowly fill up his makeshift
"cup," as the sun beat down on his little back. Then it came clear to me--
the trouble he had gotten into for playing with the hose the week before,
the lecture he had received about the importance of not wasting water, the
reason he didn't ask me to help him. It took almost twenty minutes for the
drops to fill his hands. When he stood up and began the trek back, I was
there in front of him.

His little eyes just filled with tears. "I'm not wasting," was all he
said. As he began his walk, I joined him...with a small pot of water from
the kitchen. I let him tend to the fawn. I stayed away. It was his job. I
stood on the edge of the woods watching the most beautiful heart I have
ever known working so hard to save another life. As the tears that rolled
down my face began to hit the ground, other drops...and more drops...and
more suddenly joined them. I looked up at the sky. It was as if God
himself, was weeping with pride.

Some will probably say that this was all just a huge coincidence. Those
miracles don't really exist. That it was bound to rain sometime. And I
can't argue with that... I'm not going to try. All I can say is that the
rain that came that day saved our farm...just like the actions of one
little boy saved another's life.

THAT'S GOD! Have you ever been just sitting there and all of a sudden you feel like
doing something nice for someone you care for?

THAT'S GOD! God speaks to you, to urge you to do good for others. 

Have you ever been down and out, and nobody seems to be around for you to 
talk to? 

THAT'S GOD! God wants you to speak directly to God to ask advice and help.

Have you ever been thinking about somebody that you haven't seen in a long
time and then next thing you know you see them or receive a phone call
from them?

THAT'S GOD! There's no such thing as coincidence. 

Have you ever received something wonderful that you didn't even ask for,
like money in the mail, a debt that had mysteriously been cleared, or a
coupon to a department store where you had just seen something you wanted,
but couldn't afford?

THAT'S GOD. God knows the desires of your heart.

Have you ever been in a situation and you had no clue how it was going to
get better, but now you look back on it and realize it was a blessing?

THAT'S GOD! God passes us through tribulation to see a brighter day. 

Don't tell GOD how Big your storm is. Tell the storm how Big your GOD is! 
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POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER:

Dear God, when I face adversity let me have the wisdom not to curse it.  
I welcome it, because You are by my side helping me every step of my way.
I pray that I will become more skilled at asking for Your help.
Wiser at realizing Your ever-abiding presence - ever with me.
Together, we will make success.
Together, we will walk past this momentary seeming setback.
Together, we will celebrate victory.

In Jesus Christ's name… Amen

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