Flow through me Jesus!

I love the kids Story Bible that Joei Kate has, it does such a great job of explaining certain things in a light that I've never thought of. I highly recommend it for children of all ages, so well done! I love it! You can find it on Amazon. It tried to input a link for it, but apparently I'm not that sharp! It's called "The Jesus Storybook Bible."

We just read a chapter called "The Perfect Storm," taken out of Mark 4 & Matthew 8. It really was a fitting chapter to read tonight, as Joei tends to be drawn towards worrying about this, that and the other. She was fascinated that Jesus slept in the midst of a horrendous storm! She was pretty confident that there would be no sleeping for her in a storm like that! She was also intrigued by how quickly the winds and the waves listened to Jesus' command to "Hush!" I love how this is worded:

"The wind and the waves recognized Jesus' voice. They had heard it before, of course - it was the same voice that made them, in the very beginning. They listened to Jesus and they did what He said."

The winds and the waves knew the voice that commanded them to be still! I imagine we can flip that to our personal lives as well; the fear we carry, the worry that consumes our thoughts, the condemnation we allow ourselves to sit under...that too knows the mighty voice of God! And if we would but activate our faith and speak to those things that are not as though they were, they have to submit to the authority of Jesus that is able to flow through us!

Joei Kate told me that she wished the winds and the waves would listen to her too. She said she wanted to be like the Lord...and that she wants the light of Jesus to flow through her. Of course that touches this mamma's heart; oh how I pray she always desires that. At 6 years old, she is asking for the light of Jesus to flow through her.

It reminds me of the scripture in 2 Corinthians that says "But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord." Our lives have the ability to reflect the glory of the Lord; that same light that my little baby Kate wants to flow through her. It's quite a prayer to pray, that Jesus would flow through us. I'd venture to say that it's one He is ready and waiting to answer.