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Do we recognise the food we need?

I lost my appetite a little while back. I knew that I needed to eat though. I knew this and as such I had to effectively force feed myself.
I didn’t enjoy the experience, but I knew that I needed the energy.

There were actually two times I lost my appetite.
The first was when I was overcoming a virus. I was weak from the virus and I did not want to face food, but I knew that my body needed the energy to continue to recover.
The second time was when I was experiencing pain. Again I just lost my appetite. But, I just knew that I needed energy. If anything I needed more energy to cope with the pain that I was experiencing. I was working harder just to do normal things, hence my increased need for energy.

On both occasions my body was telling me, “I don’t want anything to eat.” On both occasions I had to ignore this message my body was sending to me and I just had to force feed myself something in order to recover and have the energy needed for the day.

Physical food is one thing, but there is another type of food that we need? Spiritual food.

If we starve ourselves of spiritual food, then how will we stand up to the pressures of life?

Sometimes we may not have much of an appetite for healthy spiritual food, but are there times when we just need to force feed ourselves the spiritual food that we need?

Are there times when we just have to tell ourselves to just seek our Heavenly Fathers face, even though it might be the last thing that we want to do?

I’ve heard it said that prayer, the word and fellowship are like a three legged stool. With all three in place the stool is stable and can be sat on. Take one of those three legs away and the stool just falls over.

Prayer.
Talking to your Heavenly Father, and hearing His words back to you.

The Word.
Reading your bible, and hearing what God is speaking to you through what you read.

Fellowship.
Meeting with fellow believers in order to share what God has been speaking to you, and also to hear what God has been speaking to others. In good fellowship we can uphold others while they also uphold us.

Prayer, the word and fellowship are three forms of spiritual food that will nourish us if we can feed ourselves with them. Hopefully we won’t always need to force feed ourselves these spiritual foods, but sometimes we might have to just do this in order to remain fit and healthy, in Our Lord God Almighty.

Father,
Help all to come to You, to receive all the goodness that You have for us.
Thank you that You are there to lead, guide and nourish us with all the blessings that You have for us.
Our Loving Father in Heaven.
Amen.

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Take it with you.

I had yet another strange dream the other night. (I don’t think I’m eating too much cheese before I go to bed. 🙂 )
I’ll share as much of the dream as I can remember, even though I don’t fully understand certain parts of it in the hope that it might be just what someone needs to hear. (With a better interpretation than I currently have :-))

In the dream I was in a queue waiting to purchase an electric bicycle. The queue was not on the ground though. We were all on wooden wall bars, like the ones I remember from school times.
There was a ledge somewhere where I was putting my extra purchase of a fancy lock and other bits for the bike I was about to buy. As the queue moved along I would move my purchases along the ledge, just like everyone else was doing.
In the dream it all seamed perfectly normal, but looking back at it now, it seems utterly mad.

The next thing I remember is being at the till.
I paid for the electric bicycle and then went onto pay for my extra purchases, which included the fancy lock. The lock needed some explaining on how you use it. The sales assistant duly gave a demonstration on how the lock worked, then put everything in a bag and then sent me on my way.

I was then walking down the street looking through my bag at all the items I had bought, with a bit of excitement.
All of a sudden I realised that I didn’t have the electric bicycle with me, that I had just bought. ?????
As I turned round to go back to the shop, the sales assistant was suddenly present with the electric bicycle. Then I woke up.

My first thought was, what was that all about???

I then had a thought, if you don’t take Jesus with you, then what’s the point? It’s like buying a bike and then leaving at the shop as you walk out.

OK, let’s just ponder that one for a bit.
If you do great things for God, but you don’t have God with you, then what benefit do you have?
If you have a great program of events to do for God, but you don’t have God with you, then how much value do you have?
Could these things be thought of as having bought and paid for a bike, and then leaving it at the shop?
If you are doing something for God, then make sure that you keep in step with Him. Don’t go running off leaving the One who it’s all about behind.

There is a bible passage that comes to mind as I’ve been thinking on this, it is…

1 Corinthians 13-3.
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

The importance of having Jesus with us wherever we go is something that we should never let go of. I have a previous post that follows something of this thought process called, “Don’t get carried away, instead get carried along“.

I do think that it is relevant that the sales assistant was suddenly there the moment that I turned to go back.
God is waiting for us to turn to Him.
The moment that we acknowledge that we have gone wrong and turn to seek Him, then no sooner is He there to help, lead and guide us in the way we should go. Just like the Father in the prodigal son, who runs to greet, and welcome back his wayward son. Luke 15: 11-32

I do think that it is relevant that the bike was an electric bicycle. Yes, it’s another post I’m going to point to for the answer as to why.
The Electric Bike Sermon, part 1
Brief summary of that post.
There are 2 ways to live. With God and without.
The electric bike is with God where as a normal bike is without.
On a normal bike headwinds and hills could cause you to want to give up, where as on an electric bike, you just have that little extra help to see you through it all. Just like being a Christian means that you have access to One who can be the help you need to see you through ……….

The strange way of queuing still has me a bit baffled. It can only make any kind of sense to me if I consider that the electric bike represents Jesus coming into the life of the purchaser. Then is it a picture of how people could be feeling without Jesus in their lives?
Just hanging on in there, just the same as everybody else, not quite sure of what’s going on around us, but just going with the flow all the same??? (I told you it had me just a bit baffled :-))

The good news Is that if you are in the queue waiting to meet with Jesus, then He is ready, and just waiting to meet with you.
You just need to say Yes to Him, and He will then lead and guide you in the way that it is best for you to go.
As The Wannabe Christian Doorman, I can only encourage you to say Yes to Him, for He is …….
The Lord of Lords and the King of Kings.
The one who is above all and knows all and is in all.
He is The One who Loves you with an everlasting Love that goes on beyond measure.
He is just waiting for you to ask Him into your life, so that He can then be all that you need Him to be, for you.

If you haven’t already asked Jesus to come into your life then I do encourage you to do so. The starting point could be to say the words below.
Jesus,
I ask you to come into my life.
Help me to know You, to hear your words to me and to follow You and your ways.
Amen.

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Yet another Stange Dream

Last week’s post came from, another strange dream.

In the dream I was at work, trying to complete a task that was new to me.
As it was new to me, I was doing rather badly at the task.
I didn’t quite know what I was doing. I kind of knew what to do, but I just hadn’t put everything together.
My supervisor was loosing his patience, and he was letting me know just what he thought of me.

In the dream I kind of thought, “The heck with you. Do I care what you think? I’ll do this at my own pace and you can either like if or lump it.”

I think I can sum this response up as defiance.
I am not going to let you upset me.
It was in effect, putting on the old armour. Creating a hard skin, so as not to be hurt by the supervisor.

Hence the post, “Will you Remove your Ancient Armour, and Replace it with God’s Armour?” was written.

I do think that there is a value to the dream all on its own, hence my sharing it now.

Defiance is a hardening that we can be subjected to, if we are attacked in some way.
If we put defiance on too closely, then can it become the ancient armour I wrote about last week?

Sometimes we may need to hand ……. over to our Loving Heavenly Father, so that we do not let the defiance in us, define who we are.

So is there a better response that I could have had in the dream?
Accept, Repent and Forgive ???
Could doing the process of accept, repent and forgive be putting on God’s armour???

In the dream, I do think that I was in the position of potential instead of neat and tidy. I had the potential to be better, but I needed time to learn.
Time my supervisor didn’t have, and hence his response.

Can we, at times, take on the role of the supervisor?
Can we sometimes be more concerned with the task being completed than the individual who is trying their best? (If they are indeed trying their best.)
If we are in the role of the supervisor then can we try to be a supervisor that will inspire people to give their best? Instead of causing hurt and defiance, can we bring help and blessings?

Father,
Help us your hear the words that you are speaking to us.
Help us to hand anything that You ask for over to You.
If we are in a position of leading someone, then help us to do it in a way that will bring the best out of them.
Help us to have a positive impact wherever we are and in whatever we are doing.
Amen.

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Will you Remove your Ancient Armour, and Replace it with God’s Armour?

I see before me an individual dressed in a suit of armour.
It offers protection to the one who wears it, but there are draw backs to the amour. It’s armour that won’t come off, so it is taken everywhere the owner goes.

The armour does offer some protection, but there is a price to be paid. Hugs in a suit of armour are never quite the same. (For both hugger and hugee.) The weight of the armour can be very heavy at times and can slow down the one dressed in it. The armour is not a perfect fit, and as such it rubs against the skin, causing sores all of its own, not to mention any hurts it’s covering up.

You may feel that you need your armour, but there is a better alternative, God’s Armour!

Where your armour may be made from iron and steel, God’s Armour employs a force field technology. It’s so light you won’t even know that you are wearing it. You can move about freely, completely unhindered.
But when it is needed, then a force field is projected that is soooo much stronger than anything iron and steel can offer. It’s also put in place at just the right moment so you can have full protection without the hindrance of the old.

In order to put on this new armour, the old must first be removed.

This may be a pain full thing to do. Your Loving Heavenly Father can provide for you a protected changing room to do this.
Follow His prompting, and He will lead and guide you to where it is safe to make the exchange.
He will remove the burden of the old, as you hand it to Him.
He Will then bring a healing and cleaning touch to the wounds that have been hidden for too long. He will restore and renew you, as you allow Him to.
He will then dress you in the new armour.
It may feel strange for a while, until you become accustomed to the new, but it will be so much better than the old. You will be able to experience life to the full, not held back or obscured by anything from the past.
You will be as you are meant to be.

As Christians, all we need to do your put on this new armour is to follow His prompting to us. When He asks us your hand something over to Him, then hand it over to Him. It will be for your benefit.

If you are not a Christian, then in an instant you can be, and then you too can have access to this armour.
You just need to say yes to God.
You just need to ask Him into your life, to lead and guide you in the way you should go.
To say Yes to your Loving Heavenly Father will be the best choice you can ever make.

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Potential instead of Neat and Tidy…. On a personal level.

I wrote about potential being more important than neat and tidy a couple of weeks back. That post centred on potential in the church. (Link here.)

As I have shared this thought with other people, the thought has developed a bit, onto a personal level.

So, in our own lives, will we favour neat and tidy over potential for development?

It’s like, we can have boxes stored away in the cupboard, of our lives, all neat and tidy. Then God comes along and says to us,
“That box that you have stored away so tidily, take it out and pour it’s contents all over the table, and then we can have a look at it.”

If you are anything like me, then this could cause you a little (or a lot) of discomfort. But our Loving Heavenly Father is more concerned about our potential, and our overall well being, rather than a small amount of discomfort.

You see, there are some things that He will put His finger on and tell us that they are for the bin. (He will help us with the disposal process.)
He may then take two pieces at opposite ends of the table and then bring them together and explain to us how they are meant to be this way.
He may then do many things with the contents, some of which may make immediate sense, and other actions that may need a bit of time for us to see the reason.

In short He will make a masterpiece out of the contents of the box which we would have rather kept locked away. But for this masterpiece to be made, we need to hand the box over to Him and allow Him to have His way with it.

So when He asks for something in our lives, whether it be large or small, will we hand it over to Him.
Will we allow Him to have His way in our lives, so that He can then make us closer to the masterpiece that He sees that we could be?

Father,
Help us to always say yes to You.
Help us to be willing to let You have Your way in our lives.
Help us to know that we can trust You, for You do have our best interests at heart.
Amen.

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Are we Distracted by Pretty Lights?

As I sat down with my morning cup of tea, I absently minded reached over to pick up my tablet to look at ……. ,when the thought “Why don’t you put that down and talk to me instead” came you my mind.

OK, put that down.
Sorry Lord, you should be the first thought on my mind, but so many times You are not. I can only say sorry.

Then the thought, “Are you so easily distracted by pretty lights?” Came to my mind.

The answer should be no, but clearly I am. 😦

There are just so many pretty lights calling out for my attention.
Tablet, smart phone, games of many kinds and the biggest of them all, probably the TV.
As I said, so many pretty lights calling out for my attention.

So what do all these pretty lights give to me?

On the most part, they give to me a distraction, a passing of the time.
I know some pretty lights can be useful, such as reading something that draws you closer to God. (Such as a post like this one ….. maybe 🙂 )
But how many times do we just whittle away the hours by just being distracted by all them pretty lights?

Are we sooo drawn to them that we can end being like the fly caught in the glare of the fly zapper, being drawn to its end?

Could we do better?

Could we put them pretty lights down and spend some time with our Loving Heavenly Father instead?
(Could we end up writing a post about the distractions of pretty lights? 🙂 )

When all is said and done, what are we doing with our time?
Are we allowing ourselves to just be distracted or are we doing something that is worth while?
Are we going to do something that will last?
Investing time in your eternal resting place is always going to be a good investment! Or to put it another way, spending time with your Loving Heavenly Father in the here and now is always going you be a worth while thing to do.

Father,
I am sorry that I am so easily distracted by pretty lights.
I am sorry that so many times I just go looking for them, instead of seeking You.
Please help me your be more aware of You, all the time.
Help me to hear Your words to me, that much better, so that I can then put them into action.
Amen.

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What can the Kingdom of Heaven be Likened to?

This is going to be a picture which is a bit similar to a parable given by Jesus. This is a variation of the picture, so please don’t go looking for this version in the bible, you won’t find it. 🙂

The Kingdom of Heaven can be likened to a very rich man’s mansion, out in the country side.

Inside the mansion was the most exquisite luxury.
No expense had been spared. Everything was the best, but also everything was tastefully done. There was a real class to all that had been done, no tackiness could be found anywhere.

Outside the mansion, it was a different story.
It was in the country side. It was also a wet boggy type of terrain. Not to mention the many cows that roamed the land, leaving behind the inevitable cow pats.

Everyone who walked about in the country side couldn’t help but have the mud stick to them. All had fallen over or slipped in the mud at some point in time. Many had fallen foul of the many cow pats that littered the land.
Many would clean themselves in the river. But it was a muddy river, and as soon as one left the river, well, they were back in the muddy terrain all over again.

The rich man had a very kind and generous heart and he wanted to share all that he had with everyone. But how could he? If he opened the doors to his mansion and let all come in, then in moments his home would be destroyed by the dirt, mud and cow pats of anyone who entered.

So the rich man put a plan into action.
He put an extension to his mansion at the entrance. He had a washroom added.
It was done at a great expense. But put in place it was.

Now the rich man had the means to invite the people outside his mansion, in. And invite them in he did.

He showed them to the washroom were they could be cleaned of all the dirt, mud and cow pats that covered them. He then also gave them fresh new clothes of the finest quality and warmly welcomed his guests in. “Come, enjoy and share in all the goodness that I have” the rich man would exclaim, with great gladness in his heart.

All who entered by the washroom could now freely enjoy all that the rich man had for all time. There was no limit to the rich man’s generosity for all who entered by the washroom.

Now let’s suppose that someone had managed to enter the mansion by a different route other than the washroom. (I know that this would be an impossibly as the rich man also had the best security that could be obtained.) But let’s suppose this scenario happened.

How would the one who entered by the wrong route feel?
How would you feel if it was you?
How would you feel if you were covered in all the dirt, mud and cow pats of outside, in an absolutely luxurious surroundings?
How would you feel knowing that you stank to the highest order, and nobody else did?

How would the rich man respond to you?

Would he possibly say, “Friend, you are welcome to enjoy all that I have, but you must enter by the washroom. It was put in place at great expense just for you, so that you could join me.”
(Strictly speaking, this part is not in the parables that Jesus spoke, but I do believe that it would be the Father’s heart.)

If one who was challenged (who was covered in dirt) then said, “I don’t need any wash room. I’m going to enjoy some of that fine food over there, then I’m going to sit on the fine white sofa and put my feet up on that table.” Then how will the rich man respond?

The rich man would then summon his security (which was the best of the best) and have the intruder bound hand and foot and thrown outside, were there will be much weeping and gnashing of teeth. (That bit can be found in Jesus’s parables. (Matthew 22:13 for the bible version.))

I do believe that heaven and hell are true realities and that one day, every one will enter one or the other.

We all start off in the country side in the picture.
We all are covered in the dirt and muck of our surroundings.
We all need to enter the Kingdom of Heaven (the mansion) by the washroom.

The washroom in the picture is Jesus, the Lamb of God who has paid the price for all that we have done wrong.

In order to be cleaned, all we need to do is come to Jesus, to accept and acknowledge Him as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and then ask Him to enter our hearts and lives.
We most probably have things to repent of, (say sorry for and try to turn away from) but Jesus invites us to come just as we are.
We don’t need to keep going to the muddy river to try to make ourselves good enough for God. No, God tells us to go to Jesus and He WILL cleanse us.

John 3:16-18
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

If you haven’t already asked Jesus into your heart and life, then please do consider doing so.
It will be the best decision you’ll ever make to enter on into His Kingdom and His Love.
All you need to do is to say “Yes” to Him, Our Lord God Almighty.

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Will you play your part?

Have you ever seen one of those marble run videos?
You know the ones were a single ball is set into motion that then moves something else that then releases the next ball, and then so it goes on.
Eventually a flag is flown or or a cannon is fired (or something else) and the run is finished.

For it to all come together, everything needs to be set up just so, so that the run will not be stopped. Everything needs to be ready and waiting to play it’s part, and then when the time comes, it needs to do the right thing. (Have you guessed where I’m going with this yet?)

In the church (or our Father’s house) we all have a part to play.
Are we willing to play our part?
Do we want to be part of what our Heavenly Father wants to achieve?

Hopefully the answer is yes to that one.

If the answer is yes, then will you do your bit, that God is asking you to do?

In the marble run each little element on its own doesn’t look very impressive, but when it’s all put together, that’s when the magic appears.
When everything is doing what it’s meant to.

When we follow what our Heavenly Father wants us to do, then we can be like one of those small elements in the long marble run. We can be part of something that is so much bigger than ourselves.
We can be part of the magic, if we say yes to our Heavenly Father.

Sometimes we might know what we are doing and sometimes we may not. Sometimes we might know why, and other times we may not know why we are being asked to do …….. .
But if our Heavenly Father is asking us to do something (and we know that it’s Him who is asking), then will we do it?

I’m not just talking about the big things, like go to another country and be a light for those in darkness (a good call to answer if you are asked though 🙂 ).
But I’m talking about the small things.
The things where you think, that’s so small and silly, surely that’s just me being silly?

What if it’s not?
What if it’s your chance to play a small role in the larger marble run?
What if it’s your chance to be part of the magic?
Your opportunity to bless someone else in a way that would just blow your mind!

A smile or a kind word at just the right moment could change a life!

Do you want to be a life changer, someone who is willing to talk to someone, when prompted to (by your Loving Heavenly Father)?

Will you be willing to do whatever He asks you to do? It could be so small such as pray for ….. or just give so and so a call.

When we say yes to these moments, then we can be part of something that is so much bigger than just us.
We can be part of His Loving Plan to bless others.

Father,
Help me to hear Your voice that much more clearly.
Help me to say YES to You, when You prompt me to do something.
My Loving Heavenly Father.
Amen.

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Six of one, and half a dozen of another?

This might possibly be a follow on from last week’s post.
Hopefully it will also stand up all on it’s own.

If you try your hand at something new, then how do you feel when trying it for the first time?

If you finish something and then offer it up, but then someone else looks at it and then just adds a little extra, then how can you end up feeling?

For me it can be a case of, six of one snd half a dozen of another.

First reaction can be, did I get it wrong????
Is there a valid reason to why this little extra has been added?
Should I have done this little extra in the first place?

Next reaction (or even the first) could be, ….
What have you done with my work????
It was finished!
Nothing else was needed.
Why have you ruined what I have just done?

So, was the little extra needed in the first place???

Read the title of this post for the answer to that one.

The real question of this post is, how will you react, if someone adds a little extra to what you have just done?

Will you take offence and be upset by …… being done?
This is where the enemy can whisper in our ears, “Just look at what they have done!” Or, “How dare they do ……. with what you have just done.”

If we listen to this thought pattern, then upset is very likely to follow, along with disillusionment possibly not far behind. Which could then possibly leave us with the thought of, “Next time I just won’t even bother trying.”
Not a good place to end up at.

Or could we look at extra, and then do it ourselves the next time we try to do …… ?
Does the extra actually improve what has already been done?
Is it an enhancement to ……… ?

In order to see any improvements to what we have just done, then we need to be willing to see that things can be done better.

To do this we need to be willing to take on guidance from an outside source. (Even if we don’t initially agree with it.)

Sometimes, whether the extra is needed can be black and white.
There can be a definite answer and someone needs to be corrected. (This could so easily be either party involved.)

But more often than not, we can find ourselves in shades of grey, or to put it another way, differences of opinion.

How do we deal with it, when it could be a difference of opinion, that is at the root of the extra being added?

Will we try to rally people to our Way of thinking?
Look, this is actually how it is!
Or will you just hear what I am saying. ????

But is this just trying to justify your point of view?

Can we do better than this?

Could we try to understand what has happened?
Could we try to bring understanding to the one who brought the extra, without causing offence? (Sometimes this may not be an easy task to achieve.)

If we are the one who brought the extra, then how will we react if someone challenges the extra that was brought?
Will we be able to see the others point of view?

Sometimes we can have the best of motives, but the waters can become very muddied without our realising it. Will we also seek to understand the others point of view and then try to respect it, even if it differs from our own?

As a Christian I can also bring the whole thing to my Heavenly Father, for Him to help and guide me in how I should deal with ……
When I do this, will I then listen to His answer/s?
Will I listen if He then corrects me?
Will I listen to to method of how to deal with……. ?

It’s going to be better to listen to my Heavenly Father for how to deal with ……. , rather than to run off on my own and then try to correct or ignore …….. .

Father,
Misunderstanding is what the enemy would love to sow among us.
Help us to be aware of his attempts to disrupt us.
Help us your look to You, Our Loving Heavenly Father, for understanding in place of upset.
Help us to see and understand each other.
Help us to see that different doesn’t necessarily mean wrong, it can sometimes just be different.
Help us to look to You that much more, if we are feeling misunderstood. Amen.

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Will you see Potential instead of Neat and Tidy?

This post is going to start from a slightly random place, but I do ask that you don’t give up on it to quickly. It is going somewhere. 🙂

There is a game I play on my phone. I won’t give the name of the game as I’d rather not be advertising games. 🙂
It is however a puzzle type game.
Blocks of different shapes are given and you have to place them on a board to make lines, columns or boxes for the shapes to then be removed from the board.

Now I can tend to have a neat and tidy way about me. (Not that you can tell this from the mess I leave behind me at times 🙂 )
When I first started playing the game, I tried to place the pieces on the board in a neat and tidy way. It soon became clear to me that this was not a good tactic. The board would soon close up and the message “No space available” would soon appear, meaning Game Over.

I soon came to the conclusion that neat and tidy didn’t work and that developing potential for lines or boxes to be completed was a better way to go forward.
I had to change my thinking.

One time as I was playing, thinking about looking for potential over neat and tidy, I had the thought,
“Is neat and tidy in the church the best thing to be aiming for, or is looking for potential more important?”

Please don’t get me wrong here. There is a need for order in the church.
But if we are so set on having everything done in such a way, because that’s the way it’s always been done and it works, then are we trying to make things too neat and tidy?
Are we missing potential, because we like neat and tidy?

As an example, if we have someone new to try and do a task that has been done for a while, then how will they do?
Will they get everything correct from the start?
Probably not. They will need time to learn how to do the task. They may get things back to front. They could even come up with a better way of how to do …… (It’s possible.)
When we look at them as they start, will we think, they are just not neat and tidy, or will we be able to see the potential that they have?
Can we see them as they will be instead of how they are now?

When we look at people in the church, will we be able to see the potential in them, instead of where they are now?
Will we be able to act in a way to promote the potential in others, or will we be looking to keep things neat and tidy?

We are all a work in progress!
A masterpiece in the making! (If we allow God to have His way.)
Will we be able to see this?
Will others see the masterpiece that we will be and will we see the masterpiece that they will be?
Can we bear with the rough edges of …… as the masterpieces are formed?

Father,
We do need a certain amount of order in all things, but please help us to know what is good for us and what is not so good.
Help us to see the potential that You see.
Help us to know and trust You, so that we can follow Your ways, wherever they may lead us, even if it seems a bit untidy at times.
Help us to keep in step with You.
Amen.