By Donna Wittlif
"Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain" (1 Cor. 15:58, ESV).
Fanny J. Crosby's blindness came from a doctor's mistreatment for an eye infection when she was one year old. Fanny did not let blindness hinder her, nor was she bitter. However, her one wish was to be able to read. She tried to go to school, but the teachers did not know how to teach her, and they sent her home. But her grandmother read the Bible to Fanny daily, and she memorized what she heard. She often prayed to God, asking, "What can I do for You?"
Fanny's gift from God was her ability to compose poetry, which she had friends write down. Her mind and heart were filled with God's word, and she turned to it for her poetry. During her lifetime she wrote and had set to music hundreds of the hymns that Christians all over the world sing. She was voted one of the most important women in the United States.
"What can I do for you today, God?" This is a prayer we can say every morning. It will turn our minds from our troubles to God's power and strength as He works for us, with us, and through us. No matter what our circumstances are in life, God will use us in His kingdom when we give our lives and our substance to Him.
Let God surprise you. You may think you have no talents to use for Him, but He will show you what you can do. Whether it be a cup of cold water given in His name, or some great deed, God will guide you and bless you. As James wrote, "But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing" (James 1:25). May God bless you as you work for Him.
"Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain" (1 Cor. 15:58, ESV).
Fanny J. Crosby's blindness came from a doctor's mistreatment for an eye infection when she was one year old. Fanny did not let blindness hinder her, nor was she bitter. However, her one wish was to be able to read. She tried to go to school, but the teachers did not know how to teach her, and they sent her home. But her grandmother read the Bible to Fanny daily, and she memorized what she heard. She often prayed to God, asking, "What can I do for You?"
Fanny's gift from God was her ability to compose poetry, which she had friends write down. Her mind and heart were filled with God's word, and she turned to it for her poetry. During her lifetime she wrote and had set to music hundreds of the hymns that Christians all over the world sing. She was voted one of the most important women in the United States.
"What can I do for you today, God?" This is a prayer we can say every morning. It will turn our minds from our troubles to God's power and strength as He works for us, with us, and through us. No matter what our circumstances are in life, God will use us in His kingdom when we give our lives and our substance to Him.
Let God surprise you. You may think you have no talents to use for Him, but He will show you what you can do. Whether it be a cup of cold water given in His name, or some great deed, God will guide you and bless you. As James wrote, "But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing" (James 1:25). May God bless you as you work for Him.
- Donna Wittlif,
the founder and first editor of BulletinGold, lives in Denver,
CO. Donna is also a writer of fiction. Her novels, World
Eternal: Promises and World Eternal: Proselytes,
and World Eternal: Perils, and her newest book, Finding
Her Heart, are available on Amazon, Barnes &
Noble, and other book outlets. For more information visit her
website. http://www.donnarwittlif.com/
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