WAITING FOR YOU

“Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?  Then said I, Here am I; send me.”

Isaiah 6:8 KJV

Have you ever said to Jesus “Here am I; send me”?  He is calling every one of us to go tell others of His unconditional love.  He may not send us to a different country or even a different state but He is calling all of us to spread His unconditional love to our family and our friends.  Does our family see Jesus in us?

Mrs. H. D. Carmichael wrote a beautiful hymn “Just For You”.  “While the heroes storm the heights, In the valley wet with dew Some wounded soul is waiting, Just for you, only you; Some wounded soul is waiting, Just for you, only you.”  God will use us to serve Jesus but we have to be willing to serve Him.

When I was going through those years of depression there was only one thing that kept me alive because I wasn’t walking with Jesus at that time.  I would listen to Joyce Landorf Heatherley, a Christian speaker and author, teach on her tapes.  She shared personal experiences from her heart and it touched my heart.

Sermons inspire me and convict me and I need them.  Thank God for our pastors.  However, personal testimonies touch my heart and let me know that someone understands how it feels to go through dark valleys.  No one understands how it feels to go through dark valleys like Jesus.  O how He loves us!

Heavenly Father, thank You for the times You have comforted me when I was going through dark valleys.  May we be willing to take the unconditional love of Jesus to our family and friends and to everyone we see.  Help us to realize that someone is waiting for us.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

August 10, 2015