GIVIN’ :)

Written by FAVORED1 on July 29, 2010 – 11:55 am -

Thursday, July 29, 2010

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring you ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
[Acts 20:35]

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Is my living in vain
Is my giving in vain
Is my praying in vain
Is my fasting in vain

Am I wasting my time
Can the clock be rewind
Have I let my light shine
Have I made ninety-nine

No, of course not
Its not all in vain
No, no LORD, no
Cause up the road is eternal gain

Is my praying in vain
Is my labor in vain
Is my singing in vain
Is my speaking, is it in vain

Is my playing the organ in vain
Is my praying in vain
Is my, is my, is my labor in vain
Is my singing, singing, singing, in vain

No, of course not
No, of course not
No, of course not
No, No, no, no, no, no, of course not
No, No, no, no, no, no, of course not

Its not all in vain
Up the road is eternal gain.

Is my praying in vain
Is my, is my, is my labor in vain
Is my singing, singing in vain
I know I’m speaking in vain

Is my playin this organ in vain, at the temple
At the cathedral, at all these churches
Is my praying, my praying, my praying, in vain oohhhh,
Is it in vain?
Is it in vain?
Is it in vain?
Is it in vain?
No it aint in vain
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

No, no of course not
No, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no
Of course not
No, no, no, no, no, no
Of course not
No, no, no, no, no, no
Of Course not
Its not all in vain repeated 5 x
Cause up the road, is eternal gain
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Good Afternoon Beloved,

Why are so many people so miserable? Someone may answer … the economy is bad. Well, I know a lot of people, myself included, that were broke BEFORE the economy started going through its changes. I grew up in a house where my mother struggled; working full-time, while earning her bachelor’s degree. My grandmother lived on social security… in the 70′s/80′s so that wasn’t much. We had bare necessities at times. We bought water by the gallon from our neighbor. About a year before I moved in with my mom at 16, we finally got running water. In the midst of all of that, I can say that I had a good childhood. The only unhappiness I suffered was at the hands of ”mean” kids my age, and the creepy crawly critters

… but that’s another post

. Why is it that generally speaking we have ‘more’, but are not satisfied. What do we really want? Is it attainable? Wonder if the answer does not lie somewhere in our response to the needs of others. When we take our focus off of our own circumstances, and do what we can to help somebody else in their situation, I believe we’ll actually feel better. Remember our Lord said “it is more blessed to give than to receive”. Did you know that the word “blessed” means ‘to be made happy’? Now, look at that phrase again. I will be made happy when I give… wow. Talk about prospective. It does not negate what we’re going through. It does not tell us to ignore our situation. It simply takes the power out of the thing, by allowing our mind to shift to someone else’s predictament. On an episode of “Clean House’, Niecy and her crew tackled what was deemed the “messiest house in America“. This house was unbelievable. Fabulous mansion on the outside, but the inside was incredible. Literally piles and piles of stuff in every single room. What struck me was that this was a beautiful, intelligent, professional family, with sweet, well educated, immaculate children. Seeing them on the outside of their house, you would never in a million years imagine the horror they lived in everyday. The house had at least 3 bathrooms, but they could only get to one. The mom had taken sick and during her recovery, received no help for anyone in the house. The daughter was also diagnosed with an illness. The father is a flight attendant and is gone 20 days out of a month, so to compensate he buys ‘stuff’ to show his love for his family. The mother was also a ‘shop-a-holic’. Niecy and the crew really worked with this family and had really impressive results. They found out the basement was covered with black mold and everything down there had to be destroyed. They tried to save a few pictures but that was basically it. What struck me was when the mother cried over how “wasteful” they had been. She said that the money could have done so many other things, and now the items were ruined. They swept up the “loose money” and it added up to .. are you ready? $5000! .. YES! .. $5000 literally laying around the house for years. She had boxes of things she had ordered that were never opened. She had no clue what was in them. The son had a pile of unopened Christmas presents. Needless to say, theirs was the biggest yard sale in “Clean House” history. Many people were “blessed” on that day. We are blessed too.. We have more to give than we think…

… and that Beloved is Good News!

Y Stress? … U Blessed!

Have A Fabulous Day

Regina

Regina L. Hockaday