Update: Go Here for BooMama's recent post and update on the total contributed to Kelli.
I know...I know...J and I are so behind on our blog. Forgive. I'll soon post catch up blogs, but today I wanted to share this amazing story. It is something wonderful. To know why Boomama decided to do what she did, read here. What an amazing response to truth spoken from the mouth of a child.
J and I are participating in a study on the Gospel of Mark and the questions we are being ask are "how has your vision of Jesus been enlarged by this study?" and "What are some specific ways that this vision of Jesus will effect the way you live?" Rephrased, what ways will an encounter with truth (Jesus) effect the way we obey, serve one another and proclaim the truth of the Kingdom?
Seeing the response to Boomama's simple act of service is a testament to how the love of Christ can change lives. Kelli needs our prayers. We know there are many Kellis in the world, and we pray for them one at a time. And thankfully, God already knows them.
If you are able, pray for Kelli and her family and give if you can.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. ~ Ralph Emerson
Lord, give them wisdom and devotion in the ordering of their common life, that each may be to the other a strength in need, a counselor in perplexity, a comfort in sorrow and a companion in joy. Amen ~ The Book of Common Prayer
Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land. Proverbs 25:25
Ah, Sovereign Lord, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for You. Jeremiah 32:17
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to God must believe that He exists and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. Hebrews 11:6
"Measure thy life by loss and not by gain, Not by the wine drunk but by the wine poured forth, For love's strength standeth in love's sacrifice, And whose suffereth most hath most to give." ~ Ugo Bassi
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. II Corinthians 3:17-18