Over 2 years ago a friend taught our lesson in Sunday school and passed around a handwritten copy she had jotted down when listening to a preacher. The notes were a numbered list of how to deal with conflict. I subbed that year and made a few copies of the note and passed it along.
Just this week my daughter's teacher mentioned the note and how it had helped her. I told her I could only take credit for passing it on. I was amazed at how the true words handwritten on notebook paper were still being passed around and used, nothing fancy, just TRUTH.
I know that the Bible tells us that the Word is powerful over and over again, but I realized that when we share the Word with others that amazing things can happen. So often we pass on gossip, our opinions, a tell it like it is text, a facebook comment, a critical word, or even just a little "jab" as my husband calls it. Let's face it: those things are NOT of the Lord and will never bring about anything worth a flip.
However, a word, note, verse, or even copy of a sermon or devotional will never be lost or forgotten. It may sit on a shelf, in a file, or in a book, but when it is found and read, it will bring LIFE and HOPE to the one reading it. Isaiah 55:11 says "so is my word that goes out from my mouth: it will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.".
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