Honey Bee Press A newsletter brought to you by the Women on the Wall in loving memory of Annette “Honey” Grant
July—September 2014
What if Jesus Had My Attitude—by A C Nelson
Inside this issue: Featured Articles: Walk In It 2 Who Told You That? A Note From Our Founder
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Poem: No Longer Death’s Slaves Financial Fitness
Featured Article:
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Quest For the Kingdom Hone’s Reading Corner Encouraging the Singles
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Marital Bliss Honey’s Recipe Corner
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Featured Article: Trust in the Lord
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Honey’s Health Corner
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Do You Want to Know Him 10
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The other day my car was sideswiped in the wee hours of the morning and the aftermath included a side mirror in the neighbor's yard, a broken hubcap all over the street, glass near a neighbor's car and various parts sprawled all over the street and in other neighbors’ driveways. I felt the need to clean this up because I didn't want anybody else's car to get messed up from running over these sharp objects. After I fetched the broom and dust pan, I quickly realized how hard it was going to be to clean up the glass amongst the gravel. I also realized the fragments seemed neverending. I was getting so frustrated by the process, I sighed and said out loud, "Why do I have to clean up somebody else's mess AND pay for it?" This attitude was because I knew that I was going to have to pay a deductible and since money was tight, I was just flat out mad. After I yelled my frustration, this thought came to mind: What if Jesus had my attitude? Man-oman, I became relieved that He didn't have my attitude. I am glad He didn't say to God, "Dad, why do I have go down there and clean up their mess. Let them pay for their own mistakes!" Instead Jesus’ attitude was one of love and obedience to the Father. John 3:16-17 says, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved” (KJV). The Bible does not say that Jesus came here kicking and screaming. The Bible does
not talk about the argument that God had to present before Jesus decided to do what He was instructed. Before Jesus was crucified (killed), Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane as the load was heavy. Jesus did not allow His flesh to win and said, “...nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done” (Luke 22:42). When Jesus entered into full submission, the Bible goes on to say that an angel appeared from heaven and strengthened Him. Isn’t it fitting that Jesus’ abandonment of His will to God’s will caused strength to fall upon Him from heaven? What Jesus did on the cross was not easy, but I'm glad He didn't murmur about having to do this selfless act. He was falsely accused, yet He never tried to cast blame on somebody else. God was disappointed that man fell in the garden. Man’s act of distrust of God and disobedience put a separation between him and God. God’s redemption plan took years to be manifested after that first fall. He used several individuals to close the gap that was created, but the ultimate sacrifice that would seal our bond had to come from Him in the form of the person of Jesus Christ. He redeemed man Himself and He did it out of love.
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something to complain about, but at least I wasn't in the car. At least I had a good drivers credit to discount the deductible $100. I repented for my initial attitude and said to God, "God, you are going to have to come up with this deductible because I don't have it." After that I just let it be. That afternoon, I received three cards in the mail that had some money in them. I looked up to heaven and said, “God, you sure do work fast. All I need now is $125.” Let me say this, after it was all said and done, God worked the original $500 deductible down to only $150 having to come out of my pocket. This was truly a blessing because the birthday cards people blessed me with superseded that amount and two cards came from people I had never received cards from before. God was even in the cards coming 2 days after my birthday, which was the same day as the accident. I had no idea those cards would come that afternoon.
God worked on the insurance company to reduce the deductible. He had specifically answered my prayer and went a way that I would have never imagined. I thank God for the attitude shift and thank God for Jesus' attitude when He died for our sins, What the thought did for me is because not only did His death change my perspective to one of save those in His time, but it being grateful. There's always saved those before His time on earth, it is continuing to save us and will save those who have yet to be born.
We would like to stand with you in prayer. There is so much power in agreement and prayer. The enemy tries to make us feel like we are alone in this journey when in fact there are many of us that are going through the same thing. The Women on the Wall believe that “sisters need sisters.” We need each other to survive. In the kingdom, when one of us suffers, we all suffer. We want you feel the weight of the prayer pushing you forth in your calling. Send us your prayer requests and know that we will lift you up. No prayer request is too small or too big. Email us at 1wownews@gmail.com.