Just a Person

The angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among
women!” But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner
of greeting this was. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found
favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call
His name JESUS. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God
will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever,
and of His kingdom there will be no end.” (Luke 1:28-33)

What a great passage! The announcement of the birth of The Savior! The verses above were
the part of a very good message I heard the other day. You know, it is very easy for us to look
at Mary and be amazed (and maybe jealous) that she was chosen to do such a great work for
God. She must of been a super-woman, right? She was a person chosen to fulfill God’s will!
How about Moses? He led the Israelites (God chosen people) out of bondage. He was just a
person chosen to fulfill God’s will. How about the Apostle Paul? The man responsible for most
of the writing of the New Testament and leading more people than we will ever know to Christ.
He was just a person chosen to fulill God’s will. So how about me, or you? "...He chose us (you
and me) in Him before the foundations of the world, that we should be holy and without blame
before Him in love." (Ephesians 1:4) You and me are people chosen to fulfill God will. We are
just as much in God’s plan as all the Patriarchs of old. So what am I doing (today) to fulfill and
seek out that will?

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of
evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11

What do you think?

I have asked God to mold and shape me into a person that can reach out to struggling people, but I don’t know how ready I was for Him to show me the filthiness of my own heart. As a person with a desire to love and help others it pained me to find myself judging others and expecting the worst of them. A poem that was shared with me really convicted my heart of this. The poem is The Right Kind of People by Edwin Markham.

Gone is the city, gone the day,
Yet still the story and meaning stay:
Once where a prophet in the palm shade basked
A traveler chanced at noon to rest his miles.
“What sort of people may they be,” he asked,
“In this proud city on the plains o’erspread?”
“Well, friend, what sort of people whence you came?”
“What sort?” the packman scowled; “why, knaves and fools.”“You’ll find the people here the same,” The wise man said.
Another stranger in the dusk drew near,
And pausing, cried “what sort of people here
In your bright city where yon towers arise?”
Well, friend, what sort of people whence you came?”
“what sort?” the pilgrim smiled,
“Good, true and wise.”
“You’ll find the people here the same,”
The Wise man said.

Abraham Lincoln said it like this: “If you look for the bad in mankind expecting to find it, you surely will.” So I have been looking for the good in everybody, and you know, I have been able to find it! May God fill your life with his loving spirit towards others! God Bless


“Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.”
Philippians 4:8