Changing Me First, How God Built Me, He Can Change You Too

Amen such a wonderful hub, glad I read it, your work in Philly is so precious keep it up!

Another beautiful hub dear friend! Yes, God has changed me too, has broken me to a point that there have been times I could not go even to Walmart without becoming so overwhelmed by what I saw in the faces I passed. I ask Father everyday (at least I try) as to what is on His Heart. What is my assignment for today. I recently moved into a new neighborhood and as I began to meet my neighbors I heard their stories and my heart would break. One woman whose husband was a pastor of a very large church fell into pronography, she is broken in her own disappointments along with having breast cancer. Another flies off to be with her daughter who has been having headaches only to find she has stage four cancer, all in the same year of her husband's homegoing. I look into the eyes of young men everyday who just want a job so they can feed their family. Some still cling onto hope while others have the distant look in their eyes that tells it all. With each one of these that come across my path I bring them to the Father. I too want to make a difference in my children's lives, my community, my world because like you He has made a difference in me.

Thanks again one good woman for another great hub. I am blessed once again by your words and pray that as we grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ we may positively affect those around us.

Blessings to you, Lorena

I did originally ask this question you are responding to, as an opportunity for others to share on what it is God is doing where they Live, and what kinds of moves that He is making within the church. Great Hub, and thank you for the in depth answer to the question

This is a great hub, I get very tired of everyone arguing about what they think is right and to me all it's about is just what you said, doing the small things every day that will help or just make someone smile. Nice work! Peace!! Tom

I truly liked this hub. You are obviously a kind and caring person. I always enjoy reading your articles. Thank your for sharing your thoughts. Although you find my writings offensive at times, i still believe in the goodness of life, and in God's eternal love and mercy and that everything we suffer on this planet serves a purpose, if we can only see that purpose through our pain and disappointment and learn from it..

Hi Y,

Another quality hub from “Bible Thumping Barbie,”…sorry, I couldn’t help it, I would laugh if someone called me bible thumping Ken.

Seriously though, you offer extremely cogent points, especially the illustration of Philadelphia, what a sad state of such broken devotion. There are individuals who read our work, who are in need, they require us to contact them, let them know we are more than just a community of words. Keep leading the way Y, God Bless you.

congratulations on maintaining that score, WOW. Good things are being done through you with God's influence.

I love when you said: "God will not bless us in our greed, our selfishness, our sins......we must let go of those things. We must get past ourselves, let Him guide, one person, one family, one community at a time. He will not come into an uninvited heart. He will not perform on demand. How true! You must give up and let God. I work with the homeless, street workers, drug addicts, etc. My heart as yours, go's out to them dearly!! We can't help them all but who we can help in our community is good enough to God! I love your Hub my new friend and I love you too!! I voted awesome!!!!!! Be Blessed and a blessing...

This is so touching! You are so gifted both in words and heart! Thank you for opening yourself up so much, this is truly remarkable!

I so enjoy reading you. You bring me to tears and help me remember why I'm here and to Whom I belong. Compassion has been a hard lesson for me to learn as well. It has taken many years and I am still not always so good at it, possibly because there are as many cons out there as people in real need, and I see that side quite a bit. But the cons need Jesus as much as the needy do. My old line of thought concerning people used to be that I'd just as soon run them over as deal with them. So glad our Lord has indeed changed me. With the help of my dear pastor and mentor, who has taught me so, so much, and held on tenaciously.

Good morning

I like the fact that you are honest. There is nothing better than honesty. Life is too short to beat around the bush.

The part about relationships are not about keeping score and if the past hurts let it go. this is so true, yet im just now learning this.

This is a beautiful well written hub,I'm so glad i dropped in to read it,it has made my rainy day here brighter. Thumbs up!!!

Another moving glimpse of what you carry in your heart. Thanks again for your generosity. Although you may have already heard it, I thought you might like the following metaphor:

An artist and his son stood before a painting which the artist had just completed. The son, always quick to constructively criticize his progenitor's work, said,"Father you've made a mistake. The door has no doorknob!" The artist turns to his son and softly explains,"My dear boy, the man standing before the door is Our Father, Jesus Christ and the door is the human heart. If Jesus is to walk through the door and into our hearts, it must be opened from the inside." Many blessings OGW, JR

This is a beautifully written hub.

The most important change we can make is first on the inside. We have to decide that we want it to be different. When we are willing, God will use us for his purposes.

Thanks for a great write.

Namaste.

This was a blessing to me..so glad I stumbled upon it. Thanks.

Beautiful.

Voted up. Voted beautiful.

So glad I found you here on hubpages. This hub is exactly what I needed. You are quite a talent. More than that, a gift to your world. You nailed it with this writing. Our Father has show me that I need to be the change I wish to see. It has really made a difference in my marriage. My wife and I spoke about that just last night. I told her about my response to a hub that spoke about how unhappy he was in his marriage. Don't know if my response helped him but being the change I want to see sure did help me. Grace is my only hope. Grace has changed me. It has become the overflow of my heart. What a wonderful Savior we have!

Your inner beauty is an inspiration!

There were no Christians when the Old Testament was written, and it was written by humans that had no idea what happened in the book of Genesis.

There is no Biblical God, and there is no Heaven or Hell. There are more than six billion people on this Earth right now, and that is the only fact that can be proved. Since the first humans that means that there have been much more than six billion humans.

What we also know is that humans haven't changed since recorded history, at least not in form or actions. The biblical God had no affect on humans, and Jesus Christ had no affect on humans. At least not for the good.

People are basically higher forms of animals, and nobody has to teach them to be evil, but they have to be taught to good. Man created laws and religion to domesticate humans, much like we train dogs. Some are faithful and some are not. It is when we try to train cats that we have real problems. So humans are like dogs and cats, some can be trained and some cannot.

Sorry

This article has many wise words such as; "God would perform a miracle and I would have to do nothing.

That is not so.....We are His workers. We are to be Brothers and Sisters in His mission. We have a cross to bear also. We have a part. We have a duty. We can not simply dismiss our part with a halfhearted attempt at prayer and expect to command His will.Most Christians play church and expect God to move while they sacrifice nothing, that's not the way it works. If we want the fire of God in our lives we need to put our flesh on the altar.

Also a good point that we are not the savior Jesus is. It took a long time for me to learn this, perhaps I have even more to learn. Its a great point that Jesus never had to prove Himself to anyone ie. the Pharisees and of course we need to be that way. Like you said we are to be confident in our God, in who we are in Him. We are ambassadors of the most high, the royalty of royalty. We have great works to do, that He has enabled us to do!

i am a fan of you after reading this hub...and i want you tell write more..u r pure and pure soul are transparent to show the face of God. the last question "what am i allowing God to do with me" superb.