HIS SHOE SIZE FIT ...

Some years back, I heard a story of a man who had great faith. I do not really remember the story clearly but I know I can tell the main bits of the story to make a point. I have no idea if the story is true but am glad I got to hear it and share it with you guys.
There was this man who had a disease that ate his feet and for a long time he could not wear shoes, or even had no hope of ever knowing the comfort of wearing shoes. In pain and suffering, he bared it all, knowing that there is nothing much to hope for, but to just pray that perhaps the pain would go away. One day, there was a crusade in his hometown. He decided to attend the crusade meeting not knowing, that this would be a life changing experience for him. Throughout the crusade all he heard the men of God preach was about faith that can move mountains, faith of a mustard seed that when sown on the ground it is the smallest of all seeds upon the earth but when it grows it brings forth much more than any other tree. This guy received that word right there and when he came out of that crusade he went to a shoe shop and asked for shoes his previous size that he used to wear before his feet were eaten up by the disease. Now the attendants thought he was crazy and whispered among each other wondering what they should say to this man who has no feet but is ordering shoes to wear for his feet.to make matters worse this guy ordered for socks to match too and when the attendant brought him the sock he wore the socks and when the shoes came he wore it as if there were feet in them and guess what happened? Yes the unthinkable, unexpected and unimaginable, this guy got feet.
When i heard of this story, i remembered the story of Naaman in 2Kings5 when Elisha asked him to go and deep his body in the Jordan River seven times, his miracle had already been ordered but what Naaman needed was to have the faith and do something about it.
This other guy yes he got the faith but he needed to get up and do something about it. He had to get out of his comfort zone of self-pity and shame and do something about. There are so many stories in the bible of amazing people who believed in God and went out of their way to do something about their situation to receive. The story of the lady who bled for twelve years is also one. This lady who was considered unclean could have remained in her house and fill her mind and body with things that the devil wanted her to believe. That she is unclean, unworthy and not even qualified to go meet Jesus but just the little step of her getting out in the public  and knowing the greater good of what God can do healed her.
Faith with works pleases God and yes though He knows before you ask...you going out of your way to work in your faith to please God and shows that you are ready to receive what you ask for.

NOT EMPTY...

recently while in town,i had a wardrobe malfunction.my jeans' zip unzipped and left my fly open.knowing that i had no much choice before people noticed and made me get embarrassed i decided to look for a tailor and lucky for me i got one just in time.in my mind,i knew to make a zip would not cost me much and without talking to the tailor prior before handing him the jeans i gave him knowing it could not be more than a hundred shillings.when the tailor was done and handed me back the trouser i asked him how much i owed him and without blinking he simply said two hundred shillings.now in the first place when i left the house in the morning i had not budgeted for such an emergency as jeans and again in my thoughts i was so mad at this guy for robbing me in broad daylight.with no much to do because i was already so pissed to even bargain i got into my purse and gave him the money said a simple thank you and walked out.i was really bothered that i had actually spent more than i had thought of on money that i had not bargained for.in all these when i got home and began reflecting on it,i thought if i actually had more than enough and he actually asked for the 200 shillings i would have actually given him with no hard feelings but because i did not have enough to push me through the week and i had to part with that it made me mad.
how many times in our lives do we have people who just come and take all of our joys and just leave us with sorrow.people who know that the best person to dump their crap on is you.this are people who use you in every way as a dustbin and by the time they are done with you,they leave you rotting with their crap you are full of anger full of sorrow and you do not even know who y
when i thought of all this i asked Lord to help me so that my cup never runs dry that even if garbage is thrown at me am at my worst and people are fighting to take it all he may always sufficiently give me His grace that I may never run dry that i may always be filled with laughter and joy.i may give wholeheartedly knowing very well that when i give my cup is refilled in many amazing ways.that i will not be the one having tocarry all the garbage that i receive for I shall hand it over to Him for He has said i should give Him my burdens and his yoke is light.
so am not afraid when used as a means with other people.they will never leave me empty and dry as soon as the damage is done God,My Father restores me,re-moulds me and makes me new all over again.