I Believe In You

I believe in you. How easy it is to let those words rise from our heart, over our lips, and into someone else's heart.

I believe in you. How powerful those words are in turning someone's life around and helping them to believe in themselves again.

I believe in you. Oh, the light that just went back on in your child's eyes!

I believe in you. Their smile just beamed brighter than it's ever beamed before.

I believe in you. Yes, you! In spite of the weaknesses and shortcomings that only you see in yourself. I don't see them.

I believe in you. And when you wish upon that star just remember... I made those stars for all of your wishes.

I believe in you. And I believe in your dreams and I know you can make them all come true.... if you believe, too.

I believe in you. I really do.

I believe in you. I always have... and I always will. I promise.

I believe in you.

Love,

God

Author, Jace Carlton

Jesus cried and said, ‘he who believes in Me, believes not in Me, but in Him that sent Me. And he that sees Me sees Him that sent Me. I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness. And if any man hears My words, and believes not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.’

 John 12:44-47

Honesty Is the First Chapter of the Book of Wisdom



The editor of the "weddings and engagement" section of a small-town newspaper grew tired of hearing from the town's citizens that she always embellished her reports of parties and celebrations.  She decided that in the next issue she was going to tell the truth and see if she had greater favor with the citizenry.  She wrote the following item:

"Married--Miss Sylvan Rhodes and James Collins, last Saturday at the Baptist parsonage, by the Rev. J. Gordon.  The bride is a very ordinary town girl, who doesn't know any more about cooking than a jackrabbit and never helped her mother three days in her life.  She is not a beauty by any means and has a gait like a duck.  The groom is an up-to-date loafer.  He has been living off the old folks at home all his life and is now worth shucks.  It will be a hard life."

We may not always need to be so brutally "honest" in telling the truth!  Truth, after all, is ultimately known only by God--who alone has the ability to see into the hearts of men and women and know everything involved in any situation or relationship.  Rather, we should be honest in expressing our hopes for another person's best welfare and success.  That is a truth everybody loves to hear.

Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

Romans 12:17