Double Honor…

Written by FAVORED1 on August 17, 2009 – 7:59 am -

Monday, August 17, 2009

Instead of shame and dishonor, you will enjoy a double share of honor. You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.
[Isaiah 61:7]

Good Morning Beloved,

Happy Monday! Yesterday I was privileged to witness our church honor a great woman… my mother. It was a reminder of what true greatness is. There are many people who have done much for the upbuilding of God’s Kingdom and to ease the suffering of humanity all over the world. We hear of multi-millionaires and well-known celebrities and athletes. Missionary’s who have left the comforts of home to spread the Gospel all over the world, in some of the most remote parts of the globe. Many people doing wonderful works, and walking in their destiny. Yesterday, it was good to see an unsung hero rewarded openly for what she has done mostly in secret for years. She got an opportunity many do not. She was able to ‘smell her flowers’. I’ve been to many funerals where people say the most beautiful things about the deceased. I always wonder if the person ever got to hear any of this while they were alive. She was blessed by many tributes, tears and prayers. My goal is to let everyone around me know how much they mean to me and how special and unique they are. Purpose to leave nothing unsaid or undone. Yesterday, many people braved the heat (and it was a sauna in there), to stop by and just say thank you. It was a promise of God that I saw fulfilled in my mother’s life yesterday. Double honor. It was worth more than gold.

What “goes around comes around”. We truly ‘reap what we sow’ and everybody wants a good harvest. We get a good harvest by sowing good seed, in good ground. It needs sun and water. So do we. We grow in the Lord because the ’Son’ shines through us, as we’re constantly cleansed by the washing of the Living Water … the Word of God. The dirt in our life, as unfortunate as it may have been, only helped us to grow and learn. Side note: my grandmother used to say, “soap and water will clean anything”… cleaning is a specialty of Jesus. I don’t think it is for nothing that Jesus washed His disciple’s feet. Everything He did had purpose, and was given as an object lesson for us. And now we are in a position to minister to that area in someone else’s life because we know from experience.