“Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.” Ephesians 6:24
While reading the ‘Nearing Home’ book by Dr. Billy Graham the following quote attributed to Carrie Ten Bloom was shared; “the measure of life is not by the duration but by the donation.” It struck me like that frozen snowball that hit me in the face so many years ago and gave me a black eye; it still has my attention.
It really doesn’t matter how many years you are blessed with but rather how much you have been a blessing throughout the span of your life. It seems that is an accurate description of Trinity HOPE. In a span of a little over twenty years faithful donors have grown from feeding 46 kids in Tarrasse to just over 62,000 in January. What a blessing that growing cloud of young missionaries will be to the country of Haiti. The vodou priests will cringe when they see them coming from their schools but will be thankful when their closed ears hear the truth of the risen Christ and express joy when they realize that their sins are forgiven. I close today with the words to the hymn ‘Take my life and let it be’ which was written by Frances R. Havergal in 1874.
“Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee; take my moments and my days, let them flow in ceaseless praise. Take my hands and let them move at the impulse of Thy love; take my feet and let them be swift and beautiful for Thee. Take my voice and let me sing always, only, for my King; take my lips and let them be filled with messages from Thee. Take my silver and my gold, not a mite would I withhold; take my intellect and use every power as Thou shalt choose. Take my will and make it Thine, it shall be no longer mine; take my heart, it is Thine own, it shall be Thy royal throne. Take my love, my Lord, I pour at Thy feet its treasure-store; take myself, and I will be ever, only, all, for Thee.”
Heavenly Father, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, 8not knowing where we go but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.
May God be with you,
Jay