A friend of mine came to stay the weekend. We were doing some catching up. On Sunday morning we decided to go to IHOP. Just to eat, chat and enjoy one another's company. I wore my shirt that says GLORY The New Beauty. Our waitress comes and says, "I like your shirt" I responded "Thank you. It stands for Gods Love Openly Receives You." She stood there and immediately plunged into a conversation about church God, and issues in her marriage. She talked about leaving her husband because he goes to church but he is legalistic in how he treats his wife. He tells her if she's not going to be a Christian/go to church than he's divorcing her. Not realizing the word tells the husband to treat his wife like Christ treats the church, he demeans her because she doesn't attend services with him. She says the reason she can't attend church is because she is busy working for their family of 6. Her husband is misrepresenting the heart of God towards her and is using God as an excuse to push her further away.
Each time she came to our table to "check on us" she told us more details about her life. It was obvious she was searching for hope. My friend gave her a scripture the Lord placed on her heart. We exchanged our information. When we came back home, we got right to praying for this woman and rebuking the enemy from her thoughts/life.
It was no coincidence we were sitting at the table that she waitressed, on that day, at that time. Everyone around you needs a word of hope. Making it a lifestyle allows more of those opportunities to present themselves. Think about it. Do you have to focus on brushing your teeth everyday? Do you have to focus on getting dressed? Do you have constantly remind yourself to eat? These things are apart of your daily routine. So should be our daily communion with God. We should be in a routine habit of hearing and DOING the word of God. This is not to condemn anyone if they aren't doing this everyday. I want to encourage you to share the Light and the Life God has given you with others around you. The world needs you!
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