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"> God’s Helping
Hand #2
Hello everyone! I hope you have had a good couple of weeks. It has been
nice and sunny and warm here in Ontario, Canada. Now, though, it looks like we are going
to get some rain—Showers of Blessing!
Thank you very much, Jani, for your reply and introduction.
Our question was:
Has God been doing any miracles in your life, or that of a friend that
you would like to share?
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Jani’s (16) answer was:
I would like to tell you about a miracle that is happening in the life of our neighbor.
She has never been a Christian, and knows nothing about God or Christianity. We have been
sharing with her, but trying to be very careful not to overdo it or try to "shove it
down her throat," because other religious groups tried that and she really
disliked that. A few weeks ago we had a special speaker at our church and he was talking
on health. She has MAJOR health problems, so my Mom invited her to come. She’s had an
interest in health as it is. She attended pretty much all of the meetings. She missed one,
because she had to do something for another neighbor. At the end she decided to give her
heart to the Lord! My Mom has been working with her in the area of health and also giving
her Bible studies and just sharing with her. She’s gone to church with us once, and
spent the afternoon with us after church. She also came over for lunch and had a Bible
study with my Mom shortly after accepting Jesus. She is having struggles, as can be
expected, so please really keep her in your prayers. Thank you!
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Editor’s Note:
I shall keep this lady in my prayers! The way the Lord works with people is so amazing!
There are so many that need prayer! We all do.
I had my 17th birthday on Thursday, June 14th. I would consider
this a miracle, and thank the Lord for it. None of us knows when our life may end. It will
be interesting, when we get to heaven and are able to ask our guardian angel about all the
times that there were "close calls"!!
Do you have any stories, poems, recipes, … that you would like to
share?
An introduction:
Hi! My name is Janessa, but I go by Jani mostly. I am 16 years old, and I live in NE
Washington state with my parents, brother (Tom, 14), and our 3 dogs, Misty, Heidi, and
Abby. I enjoy reading, studying God’s word, hiking, being with friends, computers,
writing letters, working on my e-mail youth group, chatting with friends online, playing
with our dogs, playing the piano, and lots more. If you’d like to contact me, my
e-mail address is jsorlien@mac.com. Have a nice day and stay close to Christ!
The questions for this issue is:
What is your favorite Bible verse, and why is it special to you?
Would you like to introduce yourself?
Please send in your replies (I would REALLY appreciate them and they
don’t have to be long) and contributions before or on June 30th so they can be
published in the next issue.
REMEMBER!!!
"The Lord has appointed the youth to be His helping hand."
God bless you all and I look forward to hearing from you!
Kyla
God’s Helping Hand Editor
Web site: http://expage.com/godshelpinghand
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Email Address: kylajayne@yahoo.com
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Hand, just send me an email and let me know.
Brenda was a young woman that wanted to learn to go rock climbing.
Although she was scared to death she went with a group and they faced
this tremendous cliff of rock. Practically perpendicular. In spite of
her fear, she put on the gear and she took a hold of the rope and she
started up the face of that rock.
Well, she got to a ledge where she could take a breather. As she
was hanging on there, whoever was holding the rope up at the top of the
cliff made a mistake and snapped the rope against Brenda's eye and
knocked out her contact lens.
You know how tiny contact lenses are and how almost impossible to
find. Well, here she is on a rock ledge, with who know how many hundreds
of feet behind and hundreds of feet above her. Of course, she looked
and: looked and looked, hoping that she would be able to find that
contact: lens. Here she was, very far from home. Her sight was now
blurry. She: was very upset by the fact that she wouldn't be anywhere
near a place: where she could get a new contact lens. And she prayed
that the Lord would help her to find it.
Well, her last hope was that perhaps when she got to the top of the
cliff, one of the girls that was up there on the top might be able to
find her contact lens in the corner of her eye. When she got to the
top, a friend examined her eye. There was no contact lens to be found.
She sat down with the rest of the party, waiting for the rest of them to
come up the face of the cliff.
She looked out across range after range of mountains, thinking of
that Bible verse that says, "The eyes of the Lord run to and fro
throughout the whole earth." She thought, "Lord, You can see all these
mountains. You know every single stone and leaf that's on those mountains
and You know exactly where my contact lens is."
Finally, the time came when it was time to go down. They walked
down the trail to the bottom. Just as they got there, there was a new
party of rock climbers coming along. As one of them started up the face
of the cliff, she shouted out, "Hey, you guys! Anybody lose a contact lens?"
Well, that would be startling enough, wouldn't it? She had found
the contact lens! But you know why she saw it? An ant was carrying that
contact lens so that it was moving slowly across the face of the rock.
What does that tell you about the God of the universe? Is He in
charge of the tiniest things? Do ants matter to Him? Of course they do.
He made them. He designed them. Brenda told me that her father is a cartoonist.
When she told him this incredible story, he drew a picture of that
ant lugging that contact lens (as you see in the comics with a balloon
with words in it over his head) with the words: "Lord, I don't know why
You want me to carry this thing. I can't eat it and it's awfully heavy.
But if this is what You want me to do, I'll carry it for You."
If God is in charge of the ants, don't you think He cares about you and me?
I guess Solomon was right. One could learn a valuable lesson from
that ant -- trust in God. We could probably all say a little more often,
"God, I don't know why you want me to carry this load. I see no good in
it and it's awfully heavy. Still, if you want me to, I'll carry it for You."
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