Princess Tom Boy

Princess Tom Boy

I was raised to be a princess but to my salvation I had older brothers. So I am this strange mix of girly girl and tom boy. I know completely useless things like a lady never crosses her legs when the Bible is open, on the other hand I can throw a pretty good right hook. I know which fork to use for the salad, main course and dessert and what rifle to use for a duck, boar or deer. (Not that I would actually shoot one but I could) I believe in being in the trenches but in also having a good pair of work gloves to preserve my manicure. I could no more deny the princess side of me then I could the tom boy side of me.

James 2:14-17
14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 15 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.


In the same way faith and works should be different sides to the same coin. We don’t earn our salvation by our works but good deeds should be a natural outpouring of the grace (unmerited favor) that is poured out on us.
When we love others we are spreading Christ’s love. We have to minister to the physical before we can reach the spiritual. Someone who is cold and hungry cannot grasp the love of a benevolent savior. Do you just tell people of Christ’s love or do you show them his love?


Mark 12:30-32 (New International Version)
30Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these."
Father,
I thank you for all you have blessed me with. I pray that you will make me a good steward all you have given me. I pray that if there is a need in my community that I can fill you will show me. Please let me touch the lives of those around me in a very real way. In all I do I want your love to shine through. Make me a see through servant for you. In Christ name I pray!
Amen