Vergie,

You're right.  Too many times we let pride get in the way of letting others 
be blessed.  I'm not saying take everything for free, but it takes 
discernmetn to know when someone might need to bless us.  Preaching to 
myself here.





JulieMelton
visit me at
www.heart-and-music.com
Keep smiling!





>From: VIRGIE UNDERWOOD <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Electronic Church <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Causes to Pray
>Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 10:17:39 -0400
>
>Vickie,
>Sometimes we just need to let others have their blessings!  This man was 
>obviously blessed by that act of kindness.  You never can tell it might 
>have made that guys day by your acceptance of his kindness. Your prayer 
>might be the one that helps to lead this man to the Lord wouldn't that be 
>wonderful?
>Huggs,
>Virgie and Hoshi
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicki and the Rors" 
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>Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 1:08 AM
>Subject: Causes to Pray
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>
>>Saturday I went to a water aerobics class.  I took our local Para transit
>>
>>Service to get there.  I was pretty convinced by the tone of the 
>>conversation in the van
>>
>>That my driver wasn't a professing Christian.  He was nice enough, but if 
>>I could
>>
>>Describe him with one word just based on casual observation, I would have 
>>labeled
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>>Him as hard-shelled.  Of course, we run in to people in our daily paths 
>>each
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>>Day who aren't Christians, so nothing new about that.  I didn't speak with
>>
>>Him about the Lord as I didn't feel led to do so.  Quite frankly, it never 
>>crossed
>>
>>my mind.  I don't happen to have the gift of evangelism, though that isn't
>>
>>an excuse for any of us.  But as I said, it didn't cross my mind and I
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>>didn't feel led in that direction.  We talked about the Cinco de Mayo
>>
>>traffic, the weather and a few others pass the time type topics.  We 
>>rounded
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>>the corner taking sharp turns in to the parking lot, and he began to
>>
>>maneuver that vehicle in to a parking spot to drop me off near the gym
>>
>>entrance.  When I reached down and grabbed my gym bag I noticed I had
>>
>>forgotten my bottle of water. I casually commented about it, with a hint 
>>of laughter
>>
>>in my voice.  He asked me what I was going to do
>>
>>about forgetting it.  I responded that there was a whole pool of water in 
>>there should I
>>
>>need some.  I told him there was always the drinking fountain too if I was
>>
>>really seriously interested, and that it just wasn't a big deal.  In my 
>>mind,
>>
>>I thought, "I never drink out of drinking fountains."  "And that 
>>disgusting
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>>pool water certainly doesn't count for drinking substance, unless of 
>>course
>>
>>by accident, one gets a mouth full of the nasty tasting stuff."  I 
>>obviously didn't voice my thoughts.
>>
>>As I reached for the handrail to descend the steps of the van, instead of
>>
>>Finding the hand rail, there was a bottle of cold water firmly placed in 
>>my hand.  I
>>
>>explained that it really wasn't necessary for me to have it, and for him 
>>to keep it.  He
>>
>>replied that he had three other bottles.  Nothing would do but that I 
>>should take it.  He
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>>told me it was unopened and that it was Kroger's brand.  Feeling quite
>>
>>embarrassed, I offered to pay him for it which he didn't accept.  So I 
>>thanked him and hurriedly left the van.  I showed my id at the counter and 
>>headed toward the women's locker room hardly giving a thought to the cold 
>>water given to me by the stranger.
>>
>>I was just inside the locker room door when a voice thundered in my head 
>>the words, "And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least 
>>of my
>>
>>followers, you will surely be rewarded." (Matthew 10 verse 42, NLT) WHILE 
>>A CAREFUL STUDY OF THIS VERSE AND SURROUNDING VERSES WILL MORE FULLY 
>>EXPAND THE full MEANING AND APPLICATION< I was abruptly reminded of the 
>>act of kindness done to me by the van driver, and how Jesus views 
>>seemingly small actions. In that moment I asked the Lord to bless him for 
>>his kindness and prayed for his salvation.  Had this not happened as it 
>>did, I most likely would not have prayed for this person's salvation at 
>>all.
>>
>>
>>
>>Wonder what God incidents have happened to others of you that have caused 
>>you to specifically pray.
>>
>>
>>
>>And by the way, don't ask me if my water aerobics cause me pain and agony 
>>the next day.
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>>Vicki
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