A Magnolia's Heart Beats

Luke 10 tells the story of Jesus sending out the seventy-two (72) men ahead of Him to preach the gospel to the towns where He would soon be going. He knew that in some of these towns the men would be met with resistance and trouble. He referred to them as lambs being sent out among wolves. The transliterated word for wolves is lykos, and was a metaphor for the cruel, greedy, rapacious, destructive men they would face.

Lambs are just the opposite of wolves. They are kind, peaceful, patient and loving. When you're a lamb, you're easy prey. I love that He sent them in pairs.

"Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!" ~ Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

Total strangers stumble across our blogs and we have such potential to make an impact for Christ on the internet. I remember the first time I stumbled across a blog that led me to your blogs...and now I love visiting you each day. The first blog I visited was Twinkle Mom's blog Sunflower Faith. I noticed a signature in her emails in an email group we are in together. I asked her for some hints and began blogging and haven't stopped since!

As evidenced in the verses above, there is strength in numbers. It's hard when we face this wolf-filled world we live in alone. I sincerely praise God for the Christian blogging community we have here and feel privileged to be a part of it. I don't know how it got started, who found who first and how it grew, but I believe Christ led us all to each other.

I pray we will have a good return for our work, spreading the Good News through our posts as we write the things God has placed on our hearts. May we, like the seventy-two, seek to serve God and go before Him proclaiming His name before His return. May we also continue to encourage others and lift our families and each other up through our writings. May we pray faithfully for the writers of the blogs we read as well as their families, for those who host memes such as this one, and for sites like the Internet Cafe, Christian Women Online, Proverbs 31 Ministries, etc.

I like to stay away from the "wolf-y" sites on the web and steer more toward ones that honor the Lamb. What are some of your favorite Christian sites on the internet? I love the ones I mentioned above, and you'll find some of my favorite memes on the sidebar. I'm interested to see what some of your favorite Christian websites are.

May you have a glorious Word Filled Wednesday. Please visit Amydeanne, hostess of WFW, to view more of God's Word through pictures and Scripture.