Where the Angels Are

“Be careful. Don’t think these little children are worth nothing. I tell you they have angels in heaven who are always with my Father in heaven.” – Matthew 18:10 (NCV)

If these children have angels do you? What does it mean to you to have an angel who is always with God? How important is each child to God? What are they worth? How do you treat people who are worth so much to God?

The following story found at:
http://www.inspirationalnursing.com/inspiration/are.you.gods.wife.htm
It was a cold day in December. A little boy about 10-year-old was standing before a shoe store on Broadway in New York City. He was barefoot, peering through the window, and shivering with cold.
A lady approached the boy and said, "My little fellow, why are you looking so earnestly in that window?"
"I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes," was the boy's reply.
The lady took him by the hand and went into the store, and asked the clerk to get a half dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with a towel.
By this time the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she then purchased him a pair of shoes, and tying up the remaining pairs of socks, gave them to him. She patted him on the head and said, "No doubt, my little fellow, you feel more comfortable now?"
As she turned to go, the astonished lad caught her by the hand, and looking up in her face, with tears in his eyes, answered the question with these words: "Are you God's wife?"

Sometimes when we realize people have angels who are with God, we can become angels to them! Be careful how you treat everyone you encounter, because they are worth everything to God. Today go become an angel to a child who has an angel so that at least one child may know angels are for real!

With hope and joy,

Garrett

Love with Action

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. – 1 John 3:18 (NIV)

 

What is the difference between loving with words and loving with action?  Why would loving with action be truth?  How have you loved with action and in truth?  How has your life been affected by those who love in these two ways?

 

The following story can be found at: http://www.wow4u.com/gift-of-love/index.html

"Can I see my baby?" the happy new mother asked. When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and looked out the tall hospital window. The baby had been born without ears. Time proved that the baby's hearing was perfect. It was only his appearance that was marred.

When he rushed home from school one day and flung himself into his mother's arms, she sighed, knowing that his life was to be a succession of heartbreaks.

He blurted out the tragedy. "A boy, a big boy...called me a freak." He grew up, handsome for his misfortune. A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that. He developed a gift, a talent for literature and music. "But you might mingle with other young people," his mother reproved him, but felt a kindness in her heart.

The boy's father had a session with the family physician. Could nothing be done? "I believe I could graft on a pair of outer ears, if they could be procured" the doctor decided. So the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice for a young man. Two years went by. Then, "You are going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But it's a secret" said the father.

The operation was a brilliant success, and a new person emerged. His talents blossomed into genius, and school and college became a series of triumphs. Later he married and entered the diplomatic service. "But I must know!" He urged his father. "Who gave so much for me? I could never do enough for him."

"I do not believe you could," said the father, "but the agreement was that you are not to know...not yet." The years kept their profound secret, but the day did come . . . one of the darkest days that ever pass through a son. He stood with his father over his mother's casket. Slowly, tenderly, the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick, reddish-brown hair to reveal that the mother had no outer ears.

"Mother said she was glad she never let her hair be cut," he whispered gently, "and nobody ever thought mother less beautiful, did they?"

 

Love is action and is the most beautiful of all!  God loves with action and in truth.  We witnessed this on Christmas.  With the approaching New Year let us pray that we become those who love with action and in truth so that all may truly understand the words, “They’ll know we are Christians by our love.”

With hope and joy,

Garrett