My Baby Fluff....5 days old....in the egg!

Hello sweet ladies on this precious SONday!

Today I will show the college kids the eggs....with the little ones growing on the inside.......they look like little spiders don't you think? Two of the boys lived in a area where there were gangs......one said they always heard shootings.......to think the Lord brought them all the way to our farm.......makes me giggle sometimes!!!!! He is good!

I was sitting at my computer this morning. It was early and outside our window a bird was up in a huge tree among the branches singing to the top of it's lung!!!!!! It was so beautiful to hear the first thing this morning.......God was so good!!!!!! 

Today we will be going to church.......we have asked another young man to join us and dinner (lunch) afterwards.......and also the other 7 college kids that have been coming. He hasn't been going to church, but when my sweet man asked him he seemed excited!!!!!! His life could change this morning. Can't wait to have him!

One other thing......since the kids have been coming to church a few of them have been going through the fire.......you know that thing that happens after the "high" you have when you first get your life right with the Lord? Then life sets back in and the enemy tries to discourage you from living Holy? We have been encouraging them to stay in the for the long "run". It was neat one day when one of the young men came to me really low.......someone at the school was very unkind.....I was able to say that someone that I worked with had been the same way with me the day before. I told him that I kept praying for the person.......all the rest of the afternoon. I have been praying for this same person for 3 years, that God would touch their life in some way and he is doing just that. I get to watch HIS faithfulness. Anyway that morning the person spilt something on the floor......I knew it was my opportunity to love them back.....I ran and got the broom and dustpan.......and started cleaning it up along side them. God moved in that moment. The person hugged me and said thank you........precious God we serve!!! I could have stayed angry, but God would not have been honored. Anyway, I told the young man to not let the other person get to him......I told him my little story and how the Lord had redeemed the situation for me. I said, "acts of kindness......acts of kindness!!!" It was the cutest thing.....he said smiling......."Okay Momma (that is what he always calls me)......I am going to go and do just that!" Thankful I can encourage him on to good and not evil! In my Blessing Jar!

Today I will be giving them this paper....I have printed it out. 

Hope it encourages you also.

Silver

There was a group of women in a bible study on the book

of Malachi. As they were studying chapter 3, they came

across verse 3 which says: "He will sit as a refiner

and purifier of silver." This verse puzzled the women

and they wondered what this statement meant about the

character and nature of God.

One of the women offered to find out the process of

refining silver and get back to the group at their next

bible study.

That week this woman called up a silversmith and made

an appointment to watch him at work. She didn't

mention anything about the reason for her interest

beyond the curiosity about the process of refining

silver. As she watched the silversmith, he held a

piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He

explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold

the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames

were hottest as to burn away all the impurities.

The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot

spot, then she thought again about the verse, "He sits

as a refiner and purifier of silver." She asked the

silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in

front of the fire the whole time the silver was being

refined. The man answered that yes, he not only had to

sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his

eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire.

If the silver was left a moment too long in the flames,

it would be destroyed. The woman was silent for a

moment. Then she asked the silversmith, how do you

know when the silver is fully refined? He smiled at

her and answered, "Oh that's easy - when I see my image

in it."

If today you are feeling the heat of the fire, remember

that God has His eye on you and will keep watching you

until He sees His image in you.

Love you and may the Lord bless your day!

Linda