Arm Out Stretched

This Crusade instilled in me the importance of pressing into His promises. It was no longer others that I read about and the things happening in their lives but this was reality, it happened to me. It happened to my brothers and sisters in Christ, it can happen to you. Our world is lost in the deprivation of sin and can't see its way out. Many can't see their error but our Father sees everything and His heart carries this burden to save us.

Let me tell you a short story of a trip I made with our children here in Honduras. We planned a beach trip for them which only occurs maybe twice a year. So the event was exciting; one in which each of the children looked forward to. We went to the beach despite the rain. The rain was warm, the water was warm and the company was warm and friendly. I slipped out into the deep water to play with the older children. After a while I headed into the beach to dig in the sand with our toddlers. They were collecting shells and I happily jumped in too. They dug for all the brightly colored shells, it was fun because they were having  fun. With sand collecting where I did not want it I swam back out to the deep. Shortly, I noticed the boys were in another area digging so I launched out to meet them. They too were collecting shells, little did I know that these multicolored shells were actually clams. Both houses, the girls house and the boys house, were collecting clams to make clam chowder. I had been assisting in this collection without realizing the value of these colored shells. They were beautiful and good to eat.

 How many times do we have things, objects in our hands without realizing their amazing value?  You see our God sees us like these shells, we have amazing value and it breaks His heart to see us buried in the sand so we cannot see, or damaged by the pounding of the sea. His heart is to restore us to our rightful place with Him. His story has always been about restoration, that has not changed. His hand is still out stretched now. Will you grab it and teach others to grab it too?

So for now and always, I cling to my Savior for I want to see the value in others as He saw value in me. He restored me and He can restore you no matter where you are or where you have been. He is all about restoration. The question is where are you going? His arm is out stretched still.....

Faithful