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Weekly Wisdom Winnows
by Lisa Mendenhall
Decorate my house for Chiristmas for Jesus? I was having a conversation with the Lord and was telling Him that I don't seem to have the Christmas Spirit this year. I proceeded to tell Him what a really bad year this was for me and my family. We had had a lot of tragedy, problems, sickness etc...some connected to others and it had really been a hard year. What I was telling was just my honest feelings. (He wants us to do that, it's part of fellowshipping with your friend) Any way I went on to tell Him that I really did not want to decorate and He knew for me that was not good. Christmas is my all time favorite season and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, to decorate! My husband or I just could not seem to get into the Christmas "Spirit" and God I don't know how to change how I feel...
I heard Him say, "Do it for me. Decorate for Christmas for me". I said, I don't think that was God, He doesn't care if I have a decorated house or not. He Said, Yes, I do. I want you to decorate your house up just for me. I want you to do this." I ask Him "why does it matter to you? Because it's your birthday or are you wanting me to decorate with just a theme about you?"(no tree, tinsel, etc...) He said, "No, I want you to decorate it for me, because I care about what you care about. Because it is always what has made you happy and what makes you happy makes me happy. So I want you to do it for me!"
God knows me too well. I will do anything I can to make Him happy. If He wants me to decorate my house for Him, then I will decorate my house for Him. I started to feel the first spark of the "Christmas Spirit". I was getting excited about decorating my home for the holidays! Why is that I wondered? Cause I was doing it for someone I cared about deeply! I was doing something I love to do for someone else! How great is that?!
God does care about what we care about! The same way we want to be pleasing and make all of our dreams come true for our children, He is even more so that way! God loves you so much! So get up off of your duff, stop thinking about how bad you have it and start thinking about how much God loves you and do something for Him. Something you love to do and enjoy doing but have had no "umph" to do it! Just get going for Jesus! And yes that includes decorating you house for the holidays if it is something you love to do!!! Have a blessed Merry Christ-mas!
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'To separate the chaff from (grain) by means of a current of air. To rid of undesirable parts. To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate: winnowing out the errors in logic. ...separate grain from chaff...separate the good from the bad...examine closely in order to separate the good from the bad; sift...' (www.dictionary.com) 'This study gave me direction and focus for my teaching. God had placed a longing in my heart to teach the body of Christ how to separate from carnal thinking and rid themselves of old ways that hinder their Spiritual growth. I desire to see them live victoriously, by the 'higher ways' of God's wisdom.'
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