Monthly Archives: May 2012

Open the Door of Your Heart

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Revelation 3:20 (Amplified Bible) Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears and listens to and heeds My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will eat (sup) with him, and he [will eat] with Me.

Jesus wants and desires a relationship with us. He knocks at our hearts door and waits for us to answer and invite Him in. He has so much He wants to share, show, teach, give, touch, heal, revive, strengthen, shape, tell….and the list can go on and on…Jesus has so much He desires to reveal to us in one act of obedience…open the door of our heart to Him. In this one act of obedience, He will reveal life to us. He will restore relationships. There is nothing He would not do for His people…for you.

Like the old chorus song, “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full (completely) in Hss wonderful face and the things of this life will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.”

He wants to hear us, but we also have to give Him time to express Himself to us also…This is where we learn of Him. When we don’t we become ‘frazzled’ and weighted down with the cares of everday things.

Luke 10:39-42 (Amplified Bible) And she had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Lord‘s feet and was listening to His teaching. 40 But Martha [overly occupied and too busy] was distracted with much serving; and she came up to Him and said, Lord, is it nothing to You that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me [to lend a hand and do her part along with me]! 41 But the Lord replied to her by saying, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; 42 There is need of only one or but a few things. Mary has chosen the good portion [that which is to her advantage], which shall not be taken away from her.

What are the few things Jesus was speaking of to Martha concerning Mary…1) Mary sat at Jesus feet. 2) Mary listened to Him. Martha didn’t do anything wrong, she did what wa natural to her and she just ran off doing things for Jesus…in her fleshly strength. Perhaps if she would have sat with Jesus for a few minutes OR SO this would have not taken place in Martha. I don’t know, but I know me.

This is so like me. I see a need or something that needs to be done and I rush off and TRY to do it. Nothing wrong with that, it needs to be done or taken care of. But did I stop and see how, what, where, when-Jesus’ desires was for this or if I needed to wait or be involved at all. Just because there is a need of something, am I really needing to do it. Meals can wait. Jesus speaking to me is more important. Someone needs a ride. But they didn’t call me I just knew it…maybe Jesus has sent someone else He want to use in that situation and I blow it. Yes the Lord uses our mistakes, but I want to live this abundant life with less of me, my desires and thoughts and more of His.

This is why we need to be sensative to Jesus knocking at our hearts door. Invite Him in. He wants to hear what you have to say, BUT then we need to stop and listen to what HE desires in the situation or direction of our life at the moment.

Have a blessed day.

We are in His hands, the Master’s hands.

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Ephesians 2:4-10
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

In the hands of Jesus our lives will sing. In the hands of Jesus our lives can be transformed like in no other way. Our lives are priceless to Jesus. Let Him have the strings of your life, and watch what He can do with it. He wants His life to sing through us; through you and me.

ONLY BY HIS TOUCH! He takes us as we are, no expectations, no preconceptions. We are priceless…He paid the highest price for you and me…so tha we will show forth His glory, let the strings of your life come to life.

Lord Bless you all.

Dreamer of Dreams – Part One -

Aside

We have great dreamer in the Bible who was and IS a great example to us. Today, I want to share a story I received in my email. Please see the note at the bottom of this post.
 
Let me tell you, Jesse hated this job. And you would too, I imagine, if you had to do it. Jesse was a chicken plucker. That’s right.He stood on a line in a chicken factory and spent his days pulling the feathers off dead chickens so the rest of us wouldn’t have to.

It wasn’t much of a job.

But at the time, Jesse didn’t think he was much of a person. His father was a brute of a man; William Jesse Knotts died in 1937, when Don Knotts was thirteen His dad was actually thought to be mentally ill and treated Jesse rough most of his life.

Jesse’s older brother wasn’t much better. He was always picking on Jesse and beating him up. Yes, Jesse grew up in a very rough home in West Virginia . Life was anything but easy. And he thought life didn’t hold much hope for him. That’s why he was standing in this chicken line, doing a job that darn few people wanted. In addition to all the rough treatment at home, it seems that Jesse was always sick. Sometimes it was real physical illness, but way too often it was all in his head. He was a small child, skinny and meek. that sure didn’t help the situation any.

When he started to school, he was the object of every bully on the playground. He was a hypochondriac of the first order. For Jesse, tomorrow was not always something to be looked forward to. But, he had dreams. He wanted to be a ventriloquist. He found books on ventriloquism. He practiced with sock puppets and saved his hard earned dollars until he could get a real ventriloquist dummy. Jesse was told early in his career that he did not have a chance as an actor. This is when he took a job plucking chickens for a market.

Before he entered high school, Knotts began performing as a ventriloquist and comedian at various church and school functions. He traveled to New York City to try to make his way as a comedian, but returned home to attend West Virginia University when his career failed to take off. After his freshman year, Knotts joined the Army, and during World War II he toured the Pacific Islands as a comedian in a G.I. variety show called “Stars and Gripes.” That was when his world changed. He gained confidence. He found that he had a talent for making people laugh, and laugh so hard they often had tears in their eyes. Yes, little Jesse had found himself.You know, folks, the history books are full of people who overcame a handicap to go on and make a success of themselves, but Jesse is one of the few I know of who didn’t forget it. Instead he used his paranoia to make a million dollars, and become one of the best-loved characters of all time in doing it!

Yes, that little paranoid hypochondriac, who transferred his nervousness into a successful career, still holds the record for the most Emmy’s given in a single category; He won 5 “Best Supporting Actor.”

The wonderful, gifted, talented, and nervous comedian who brought us Barney Fife was …Jesse Donald Knotts.  

Jesse Don Knotts as he performs his ventriloquist with his dummy.

Don Knotts, had many other acting roles. In the late 1950′s he played along-side Andy Griffith in “No Time For Sergeant.”  During this time Knotts and Griffith shot a film of the same title. Later he was on “The Steve Allen Show”, along with Andy Griffith making several appearances. In 1960, Knotts joined Griffith on a new sitcom, The ”Andy Griffith Show”, playing Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife to Griffith’s Sheriff Andy Taylor. Between 1960 &1965 Knotts won 3 Emmys. In 1965 he left the show to pursue his acting career. He made periodic appearances in 1966-1967 and this won him 2 more Emmys.

In 1964 he played in the comedy “The Incredible Mr. Limpet.” In other family films for Knotts included “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” (1966), “The Reluctant Astronaut” (1967), and “The Shakiest Gun in the West” (1968). Later in the Disney comedy-Western, “The Apple Dumpling Gang“, in 1975, co-starring Tim Conway, a few years later the two comedians made a sequel and spin-off ”The Apple Dumpling Gang.” Knott is also known as Mr. Furley, from “Threes Company” (1979). Once again in 1986 Knotts teamed with Andy Griffith and Ron Howard in te “Return to Mayberry.” In 1988-1992 Knotts played the pesky neighbor along-side Andy Griffith in “Matlock.” Knotts also had a lead role in the film “Pleasantville” (1998).

Thank you for listening/reading to this story. I trust it will encourage you today as it has me. Until Later, Lord bless you as you seek Him daily for your hope, joy & peace as He showers you in His grace so amazingly. 

NOTE: This material is not my own. I was blessed by the determination of a shy, abused, backward man with much talent.

This was sent to me by a friend via email. I did a little research on my own to find out how true this story was. Here are a few places I Iooked: SNOOPES; DON KNOTTS BIO; WIKIPEDIA;  this story has been taken from many arenas and seem to be true accounts.