May 18th, 2020

“It’s All For Jesus”
 
       During a missionary service in a church, the adults were asked to contribute money to help feed some starving children in India who had been placed in a Christian hospital.  The boys and girls in the congregation were urged to give a favorite toy.  When the time came for the offering, one little girl began crying as though her heart would break.  In her arms she clasped a well-worn doll, her only doll.  Everyone could see that she was having quite a struggle in parting with her cherished possession.  Then all at once a smile broke through her tears as she almost ran down the aisle to the front.  Holding up the doll, she said, "I'm sorry I cried, Mr. Missionary.  I forgot for a while--it's all for Jesus!"
 
      This wonderful story reminds us that every trial, every battle, every sorrow, every sacrifice is to be faced with the realization that “It’s ALL for Jesus!”.
 
                                 I therefore so run, not as uncertainty; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
                                but I keep under my body; and bring it unto subjection: lest that by any means,
                                 when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.   1 Cor 9:26-27
 
 
Pastor Rudy