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Day 6: Today I got to Make the Change by helping get involved with a local group, became of member of the group about a month and an a half ago and offered my services to help them with their website. Got the opportunity today to update their website for them, which really helped them out and gave the webmaster help as well!!! Good start to the new week, how about you, did you get your chance to Make the Change, I hope so, have a great week!!!
Day 5: Making the Change today by doing what I've done for 20 years of marriage, getting up early, waking everyone up, getting them dressed and getting them to church!!! Sometimes making the change is just about taking care of the one's you love and passing on your faith and giving your family every opportunity to succeed!!! Giving you a bonus today, I will also be Making the Change by taking the family to Formar Nature Preserve after lunch and spending some much needed quality time with them!!! :-) Have a great day all!!!
Day
3: Got my chance to "Make the Change" today, found out that there were a
lot of kid's in my child's class that are struggling in their reading
and site word understanding, so starting next week, I will spend an hour
and a half every morning tutoring several kid's in reading and learning
their site words!!! Awesome opportunity!!!
Day
2: Got my chance to "Make the Change" today while taking my daughter
Sydney to school today. Ran into one of her Girl Scout friends and
Mother, she was talking to me about how hard it is trying to get the
girl's to Girl Scouts now that she's working on Thursday's, she is
paying a babysitter 15 to 20 dollars to take them each week. So I
offered to take them with us until she is done working on Thursday's,
which is in about 6 weeks she said. She was so happy for the offer and
the thought of saving 20 bucks a week!!! Have you been given an
opportunity to "Make the Change" lets hear about it!!! :-)
Day
4: Got to "Make the Change" today, met a person that was Terminally Ill
and was considering suicide, the person was tired and didn't want to
wonder anymore, just wanted to end it. Very sad and very lonely!!! I was
able to share my story of the past 10 years and then the past three,
gave the person my promise of being just a phone call away, if they
wanted to talk, our to have my family come over. It made the difference,
it gave hope, it gave a spark of life and it blessed me to be a part of
it!!! Not sure why God gives me these incredible opportunities, maybe
He gives us all these opportunities we just have to look for them, but
it truly has changed my life to witness what some kindness and
compassion, acts, deeds and words can do to "Make the Change", so how
about you, any opportunities you want to share??? Amazing week so far!!!
Day
1, built a computer for a 90 year old lady that I met 12 years ago. She
called me a few weeks ago in need of some work, she had kept my number
through all these years and through that conversation, found that she
needed a few things and God helped to bring us together to bless
each-other and Make the Change in each-others life!!!
Matthew 6:5-7
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to
pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by
others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But
when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your
Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in
secret, will reward you.
One of my love languages is words of
affirmation, I found long ago that I really like it when people
especially my loved ones but friends as well as strangers, give me
encouragement and tell me that what I am doing is "good" or "right". It
gives me strength to keep going and keep doing my "good" works. However,
it can also change my reasoning for doing the "good" work as well. If I
do "good" works in order to get words of affirmation, then my motives
are wrong and my "rewards" are therefore received in full with the words
of affirmation that I get. This is what the scripture above speaks to.
Many of the religious people of that time, had began to do their duty in
prayer out in the public where all could see how devoted they were and
how godly they were, because they were "seen" doing the "right" things.
However, their hearts were all in the wrong place and therefore, all of
their correctness and godliness was rewarded by the praise they received
by the people who saw what they did. So they missed out on the eternal
reward and the eternal extra's that come along with a truly Godly act!!!
So we see in Matthew, that we are told to no longer seek glory in the
eyes of man, but to seek only God's glory and when we do this, He will
reward us with things that are more then just passing praise that only
lasts for the moment!!! However, take a look at this:
Matthew 5:15-17
Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they
put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the
same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your
good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
Now, I know one
is about prayer and one is about good deeds, but where is the balance???
You might ask why this matters in this group and why I am even bringing
this up??? Well, I was asked and told by a member of this group, that I
never give examples of how I follow my own posts and how I live my
every day life "Making the Change", my automatic response was, I don't
think it's a good idea to post all the things I "do", because then I may
lose my reward and also my hearts motive may change as well. However,
as a leader, even if it's a group page on facebook, those who read my
posts deserve to know, that I am living my convictions and that will, I
hope, give them or you the inspiration to make the change in your part
of the world and influence your community in a positive way!!! So, I
will be posting everyday for the next seven days, one thing I do to make
the change in my little corner of the world. I hope that it will
inspire you to do the same and let us see what your doing, so that all
of us can be inspired to make the world a better place, because we chose
to make a difference!!! :-)
