THE GOOD NEIGHBOR

Written by Irvin L. Rozier


Matthew 22.39 "Andrepparttar second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

Mrs. Kelly, a dear departed neighbor, was a woman who really practiced whatrepparttar 126729 above scripture reads. She was a quiet-spoken humble woman of God. I met her and her husband when I first moved back torepparttar 126730 neighborhood in 1987. Both of them enjoyed their yard, especially allrepparttar 126731 flowers and shrubbery they had planted overrepparttar 126732 years.

Christmas morning, 1989, was especially beautiful here in south Georgia. It had snowed, andrepparttar 126733 ground was covered. Allrepparttar 126734 water pipes in my mobile home were frozen, so I went next door to my sister's house to take a bath. No one was home; they had went to Mama's for Christmas dinner. I was supposed to meet my family there. I finished my bath, put on some warm clothes, and went outrepparttar 126735 door. Acrossrepparttar 126736 road atrepparttar 126737 Kelly's was an ambulance. I went over there; Mr. Kelly had taken sick. He and his family had celebrated both his birthday and Christmas. Before he died, I hadrepparttar 126738 privilege of prayingrepparttar 126739 last prayer for him. He finished celebrating Christmas in Heaven.

After this, Mrs. Kelly and I developed a deep friendship. She had two granddaughters she was raising and she worked full-time despite her handicap. She had contracted polio when she was a youngster. She still cut her own grass and worked in her yard.

The other neighbors and I would keep a close watch on her to see if we could be of assistance. If a big pecan limb fell in her yard, some of us neighbors would see it was cleaned up. Mrs. Kelly had a strong faith in God and she took her problems torepparttar 126740 Lord, and He would help her. Jesus particularly loved and cared for widows.

DESTINY

Written by Irvin L. Rozier


Destiny..the future to which any person or thing is destined.

Jonah 1 verse 1 "Nowrepparttar word ofrepparttar 126728 Lord came unto Jonahrepparttar 126729 son of Amittai, saying, verse 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me."

Jonah was picked by God to go preach to Nineveh. He tried not to heedrepparttar 126730 call, and instead headed inrepparttar 126731 other direction. While onrepparttar 126732 searepparttar 126733 Lord sent a great storm and everyone onrepparttar 126734 ship were afraid for their lives, except Jonah, who was fast asleep. The shipmaster came to him and asked him to call upon his God (he recognized that Jonah was a man of God). They cast lots to find out whyrepparttar 126735 storm was so great, andrepparttar 126736 lot fell on Jonah. He then testified to these lost souls and requested that they throw him overboard. Thenrepparttar 126737 storm ceased. Thenrepparttar 126738 men ofrepparttar 126739 ship fearedrepparttar 126740 Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice untorepparttar 126741 Lord, and made vows. God used Jonah even when he was running.

God could have thrown Jonah away, and picked someone else to preach to Nineveh...but God is sovereign, and chose Jonah (this was Jonah's destiny).

The great fish swallowed Jonah and in this dire predicament, Jonah prayed unto his God. Thenrepparttar 126742 Lord spake torepparttar 126743 fish, and it vomited (spewed out) Jonah upon dry land. Then Jonah went and preached to Nineveh (his destiny). Lo and behold, an amazing thing happened...fromrepparttar 126744 King on down, every one repented, believed Jonah's message, andrepparttar 126745 Lord sparedrepparttar 126746 city.

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