"Nobody But Jesus!"

You need not look far out on the horizon or go anywhere up yonder in order to find people that are hurting and crying out in pain, be it self-inflicted or the recipient of.

Just take a solemn look around and look beyond what you see aesthetically, cosmetically and superficially. You see we have learned to hide it well, but thank God for being able to see right through us. Thank God for prescribing just what we need way before we learn that we are even sick to begin with or that a need even exists.

Who knows better than He, what we stand in the need of...

Be it at work, in the home, YOUR home, in the Church, or just out and about, know that someone, somewhere stands in the need of reassurance, a warm embrace, a genuine Smile, a happy "hello," a kind gesture, a delicate touch, a gentle something to give them just an ounce of encouragement that everything is going to be alright.

Sometimes we soon forget about the greatness of the Lord and that our efforts alone are efforts in vain because we struggle to maintain when we foolishly fight battles that were not designed for us to win, rather designed for us to bare witness to His ability to defeat our adversity in any situation or circumstance, depositing within us an unwavering Faith that directs our path and rids us of the hurt and pain that we know we can escape, because through Christ Jesus, we are already free!

But freedom is not free! When you become liberated, you must show others how to they too can become free. On the other side of hurt and pain exists joy and happiness. And although hurt and pain cannot recognize joy and happiness until it is formally introduced, joy and pain can readily identify who and what hurt and pain resembles and looks like, since it used to be a representation of who and what YOU used to resemble and look like.

In your new vision, the Blessing that you have been Blessed with needs to now pay it forward and turn someone else's hurt and pain into that same joy and happiness that Christ uses to sustain us as we "stand in" all the while that we "grow through."

When they see the face, hear the voice or recognize the actions, may the familiarity be "Nobody But Jesus!"

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey A. Ford