The World – The invalid’s paper was too thin, March 14, 2025

   A young lady in distant Australia through some unusual accident had lost both her lower limbs and her arms to the shoulder. As she lay helpless, the light of Jesus shone into her soul. She desired that in some manner she might be a blessing to others. She conceived the extraordinary plan of having her father make for her shoulder a pad that would carry a fountain pen.

   By the painful process of moving her body she learned to write. She then started to write letters about Christ to the prisoners in the national penitentiary. Months passed by, but no word was received concerning her letters. She began to grow discouraged but finally a letter from the warden came, asking if it would be possible to use heavier paper in writing her letters, for when they were passed from hand to hand among the fifteen hundred prisoners, the thinner paper wore out too soon.

   The result of this service to the Master was that during the years of her life by this means alone hundreds of prisoners were brought to Christ.

    It is not how much we do, but how faithful we are in accomplishing what we are able to do, that brings the reward of the Christian’s service.

    We will not be judged by what we do – but what we were called by God to do.

Jesus said: “There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed or hidden that will not be made known. What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.” (Matthew 1026-28)

    What limits the Body of Christ, is the absence of the Holy Spirit’s teaching and power which makes it possible for us to be faithful to God’s ‘whisper’ entrusted to us that no one else can hear.

If, and when, we proclaim it, we allow others to “add to or take away” from the word He gave you.