James 1:19-27 (HCSB)
“My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for man’s anger does not accomplish GOD’s righteousness. Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and evil, HUMBLY receive “THE IMPLANTED WORD”, WHICH IS ABLE TO SAVE YOU. But be doers of the word and NOT HEARERS ONLY, deceiving yourselves. Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his own face in a mirror. For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is NOT a forgetful hearer but one who does good works — this person will be blessed in what he does. If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, then his religion is useless and HE DECEIVES HIMSELF. Pure and undefiled religion before our GOD and FATHER is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”
This humble servant ONCE WAS busier than busy, trying to solve the problems which “this world” caused, and the problems weren’t getting any better!! But GOD wasn’t through with me and decided I needed “a break”! So HE caused a tiny blood vessel in my brain to begin leaking!!!
After a 52 day hospitalization, which was EXTREMELY NERVE WRACKING for my loved ones, I was released to come back home and begin the recovery process! I began writing a daily blog to improve my “word-recall” a few years later. That process is STILL ongoing, almost 19 years later!!!
During the recovery process it has been REVEALED to me that my brain wasn’t the only organ that was affected by the “hemorrhagic stroke”! My HEART was changed dramatically! Not my physical heart, by my SPIRITUAL HEART. Memorizing words has never been something that I have excelled in, and it isn’t to this day. But GOD has displayed that “THE IMPLANTED WORD” can be stored in my HEART without any meaningful effort on my behalf.
Humanity NEEDS to HUMBLY receive “THE IMPLANTED WORD”, WHICH IS ABLE TO SAVE YOU before THE LORD comes back for HIS CHOSEN………even HIS Brain Damaged ones!!!!
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