Post by MIRIAM JACOB on Oct 31, 2007 6:01:21 GMT -5
UNANSWERED LETTERS
There are many times when we begin a certain task that God lays on our
hearts and because we think our efforts are minimal and not making a
difference, we quit the job that God told us to pursue.
The enemy loves to plant seeds of doubt and lure us into thinking that we
are not capable of making a difference in this world, but with God's help we
can overcome and fulfill the destiny that God has for every believer.
If you are going through a situation of doubting your task unto the Lord,
then I hope this story will bless and encourage you to never quit what God
has laid on your heart because you may never know of the lives that you are
touching.
I read of a man who was involved in a tragic accident. He lost both legs
and his left arm and only a finger and thumb remained on the right hand.
But he still possessed a brilliant mind, enriched with a good education and
broadened with world travel. At first he thought there was nothing he could
do but remain a helpless sufferer.
A thought came to him. It was always nice to receive letters, but why not
write them--he could still use his right hand with some difficulty. But to
whom could be right?
Was there anyone shut-in and incapacitated like he was who could be
encouraged by his letters? He thought of men in prison--they did have some
hope of release, whereas he had none--but it was worth a try.
He wrote to a Christian organization concerned with prison ministry. He was
told that his letters could not be answered because it was against prison
rules, but he still decided to commence this one-sided correspondence.
He wrote twice a week, and it taxed his strength to the limit. But into the
letters he put his whole soul, all his experience, all his faith, all his
wit, and all his Christian optimism.
Frequently he felt discouraged and was tempted to give it all up. But it
was his one remaining activity, and he resolved to continue as long as he
could.
At last he got a letter. It was very short, written on prison stationery by
the officer whose duty it was to censor the mail.
All it said was: "Please write on the best paper you can afford. Your
letters are passed from cell to cell till they literally fall to pieces."
No matter what your situation may be like, you still have the ability to
encourage someone who is discouraged and lift up someone who is feeling low.
Take this story as an encouragement to give your all for someone else and do
not worry about the results. No good work will go unseen and only God knows
of the impact that your life can have on someone else.
Let us not do our good works so that we may be praised, but let us do good
works so that others may be lifted up and God be praised because of our
intervention.
The only thing that we can take with us into eternity is what we have done
for the Lord. There are no bank accounts in heaven to show how much your
net worth was on the earth, but there will be accounts in heaven of what you
did to show your life as an example in leading others to Him.
-- Author Unknown
There are many times when we begin a certain task that God lays on our
hearts and because we think our efforts are minimal and not making a
difference, we quit the job that God told us to pursue.
The enemy loves to plant seeds of doubt and lure us into thinking that we
are not capable of making a difference in this world, but with God's help we
can overcome and fulfill the destiny that God has for every believer.
If you are going through a situation of doubting your task unto the Lord,
then I hope this story will bless and encourage you to never quit what God
has laid on your heart because you may never know of the lives that you are
touching.
I read of a man who was involved in a tragic accident. He lost both legs
and his left arm and only a finger and thumb remained on the right hand.
But he still possessed a brilliant mind, enriched with a good education and
broadened with world travel. At first he thought there was nothing he could
do but remain a helpless sufferer.
A thought came to him. It was always nice to receive letters, but why not
write them--he could still use his right hand with some difficulty. But to
whom could be right?
Was there anyone shut-in and incapacitated like he was who could be
encouraged by his letters? He thought of men in prison--they did have some
hope of release, whereas he had none--but it was worth a try.
He wrote to a Christian organization concerned with prison ministry. He was
told that his letters could not be answered because it was against prison
rules, but he still decided to commence this one-sided correspondence.
He wrote twice a week, and it taxed his strength to the limit. But into the
letters he put his whole soul, all his experience, all his faith, all his
wit, and all his Christian optimism.
Frequently he felt discouraged and was tempted to give it all up. But it
was his one remaining activity, and he resolved to continue as long as he
could.
At last he got a letter. It was very short, written on prison stationery by
the officer whose duty it was to censor the mail.
All it said was: "Please write on the best paper you can afford. Your
letters are passed from cell to cell till they literally fall to pieces."
No matter what your situation may be like, you still have the ability to
encourage someone who is discouraged and lift up someone who is feeling low.
Take this story as an encouragement to give your all for someone else and do
not worry about the results. No good work will go unseen and only God knows
of the impact that your life can have on someone else.
Let us not do our good works so that we may be praised, but let us do good
works so that others may be lifted up and God be praised because of our
intervention.
The only thing that we can take with us into eternity is what we have done
for the Lord. There are no bank accounts in heaven to show how much your
net worth was on the earth, but there will be accounts in heaven of what you
did to show your life as an example in leading others to Him.
-- Author Unknown