Good day all once again! I hope this finds everyone doing well and
very blessed. I know that I truly am as God has allowed us another beautiful
day. Snow or no snow I find it to be such a sweet blessing to be allowed to
awaken, listen to which direction God wants me to go, and do His will. Speaking
of sweet that actually brings me into today's blog. I could not help
looking back to what I wrote upon yesterday when I shared with you all what
happened to me at fifteen. The more I continued to think about how long I have
served God , the more I thought of a song that talks about the longer we serve
Him. I want you to think about how long you have truly served God (or if you
have yet to do that….please read this blog as you will understand more of why
when serving God those of us who have been serving are very adamant about it.)
and think about how sweet the relationship with him truly is.
Sugar….it’s something in today’s society that many enjoy. It is
also something that people tend to be controversial about as well because of it
causing obesity, hyperactivity, and more. Anything we endure anymore though
contains sugar. It is very difficult to get around drinks, food, or snacks
without enduring some sort of sugar content, but what would we be if we didn't have some sort of sugar? We would be sour and bitter; no love, no compassion,
no understanding. So, you ask, where exactly am I going with this? Well, let’s
take a moment and look at the pure sugar….the love of God and what happens we
serve Him. When you develop the relationship as I did when I was younger it is
one that you learn with; the longer you serve the more you learn. The fact of
the matter is however when having this relationship, the longer it goes and the
more one serves Him, the much sweeter it becomes. Just as I decided upon
following God and at fifteen was chosen (just as the disciples), I knew I had a
lot to learn. The thing was that I was truly unsure of how it sweeter it truly
would become. For when you follow God and do His work, the more services in
which we give to God, it becomes like the pure sugar. Many however wonder if
God truly does notice them serving Him and sometimes question whether they
should continue. I can truly say this….He does notice and He will help you
continue on in the service you are doing for Him, just as He has done for me.
The book of Hebrews discusses the first century church and how they have been
doing their service for God but is becoming discouraged because they are not
seeing the results they feel is needed.
The author of Hebrews encourages them to continue to hold steadfast to
their service to God and to stay true to their faith. We are reminded in
Chapter six that God notices and will not forget us as we are told:
10- God is not unjust; he will
not forget your work and
the love you
have shown him as you helped his people
and continue
to help with them.
So as we can see…no matter what we are doing
to serve God; whether it is like I shared with you all yesterday in the blog or
if its writing and ministering to people; helping in church with services or
children’s services…..as long as you continue moving forward and doing the will
that God has set forth for you then serving God will only continue to become
that much sweeter. So, how long have you been serving God and do you see the
fact that the "pure” sugar is just as sweet as that in which we intake ? Yes,
we have to have some sugar to live but the sweetest sugar we will or could ever
endure is that of relationship with God and serving Him. For the longer we do
serve Him, the sweeter He will continue to grow.
Remember if you are interested in a copy of
the book or are interested in having me speak at your church, school, group, or
organization you can find all the information on the front of this website.
God Bless and Keep you-
In Christ-
Marla
Psalms 121 and 23 <><
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