God’s Thoughts to Me
The kings of the earth prepare for battle; the rulers plot together against the Lord and against His Anointed One. “Let us break their chains,” they cry, “and free ourselves from slavery to God. But the One who rules in heaven laughs. The Lord scoff at them. (Psalm 2:2-4, NLT).
Small Minds
The world is a publishing house blessed with new mercies and empty sheets at the break of each dawn.
It yearns for small stories of love and beauty written with rays of sunlight and colored with rainbows flickering through frisky dew drops dancing on blades of grass.
But the Tabloids of Life are written with the blood of murders and wars … the pain and sorrow of corruption … the putridness of crime … the infidelity of humanity.
The world’s Gazette is manipulated by a social hierarchy playing a game of chess with the minds of man. A Trinity of Terror splashes the front pages with lies and deception:
Politicians, puffed up with vanity, are leading their puppets, firmly gripping their strings of straw, into a pseudo peace beyond the grasp of any human mind. They are messing in the business of God.
Economists are promising an emaciated, starving world with beguiling lies, food and drink to feed and fill every empty belly groaning with hunger and thirst, seeking silently for breadcrumbs from the tables of the rich. They are playing God.
Religionists are building beautiful staircases to heaven, leading straight to hell, with tithes stolen from the overburdened naive, without lifting a finger to ease the sorrow of a suffering world. They think they are gods.
Yet, in the “Small’s” section of every newspaper, our little lives are interviewed daily. We are small advertisements, twinkling with the glory of grace … shining with the beauty of forgiveness … telling the wondrous story of love.
Much love and sweet blessings XX
Mia
Linking-up with Lisa Jo. Please visit my other linky places at my Tea Time and Link-Ups page.
His Loving Embrace 
Beautiful Mia! Thank you for linking up at Thrilling Thursday! I’ve been a bit consumed this week so, I’m sorry I’m just getting to this today.
Dear Ren
Thanks for returning my visit and your kind words! I love your “thrilling” moments every Thursday!
Blessings XX
Mia
Mia! This was the “Post that Thrilled Me Most” and will be tomorrow’s featured post!!
“Yet, in the “Small’s” section of every newspaper, our little lives are interviewed daily. We are small advertisements, twinkling with the glory of grace … shining with the beauty of forgiveness … telling the wondrous story of love.” I find the word “yet” to be such a hope renewing, refocusing word. Thanks for the reminder of who we are even in the midst of all there is around us.
Dear Wendella
Yes, that little word “yet” is powerful to bring our focus back to Him who is Truth!
Blessings XX
Mia
It yearns for small stories of love and beauty written with rays of sunlight and colored with rainbows flickering through frisky dew drops dancing on blades of grass.
Our “small stories” can help set lives free in big ways…
Dear Sheila
I cannot agree more! We should live love; not talk love!
Blessings XX
Mia
As a former newspaper reporter, I appreciated your news analogy. Thanks for linking with #TellHisStory.
Dear Jennifer
Coming from your newspaper background, I am quite honored by your visit and your kind comment on my blog. I always wanted to be a writer/journalist and we will see, god’s willing, when both my sons finis their studying!!
Much love and sweet blessings XX
Mia
Beautiful, as always, Mia! (((hugs))) XOXO
Hi Beth
Thank you for visiting and leaving such a kind comment!
Blessings XX
Mia
The other day, I was so depressed by the newspaper articles, each one seemingly worse than before. But this, this Mia, God uses to show me hope.
Dear Jen
The news can and will make us very depressed if we do not keep our eyes on Jesus. We have His promise also that He already overcame this world.
Blessings XX
Mia
I loved your last comment (sorry I can’t quote it 🙂 ) and you are the nearest post that I haven’t already read as I went around linking up this morning. Nice to *see* you again Mia….have a blessed day, my sweet friend.
Hi Judith
Thank you for visiting and all your kindness every Wedneday at your linky place.
Blessings XX
Mia
You have painted such a thought provoking work picture here at Tell Me a Story – – about this world and those pulling the strings of the puppets. How glorious is it when Truth reighns instead of lies and deceit. May Jesus ever be lifted up and those seeking to tear him down be torn down instead.
Dear Hazel
So true! Every knee will bow down to the King of Glory one day!
Blessings XX
Mia
I love when you wrote: “We are small advertisements, twinkling with the glory of grace … shining with the beauty of forgiveness … telling the wondrous story of love.”
That’s the good news everyone wants to read! Let us focus on the good news and not allow the stories of gloom and doom to steal our joy.
Hi Jerralea
Sometimes the twinkling with our Lord’s glory, sharing His love and compassion is the only Bible people are interested in reading!
Luv XX
Mia
This is such a great post, Mia! If we are not careful our voices can drown in all the awful things of this world. We must remember through the grace and mercy of our Lord we need to shine bright and share His love!
Dear Jennifer
This is so true! We need His grace and mercy so much for other to see His great love!
Blessings XX
Mia
This is good, Mia. We all have and are stories of grace that are worth sharing.
Dear Lisa
I agree. If our love doesn’t show the love our Lord, no amount of preaching will matter! So let us keep on twinkling the story of grace, my friend.
Blessings XX
Mia
Mia, Your words have the power to shake people from their comfortable make-shift reality to what is. Wonderful.
Dear Kim
Thank you! There is no one as blind as those who don’t want to see and there is an enemy that loves lulling people into a false security!
Blessings XX
Mia
Keep twinkling, my sister 🙂
Hi Lyli
Hopefully as bright as you!
Luv XX
Mia
You paint with words such a painful picture of our world, but it needs to be seen and recognized. And I pray that we {Christians} are able to stand in stark contrast to these people who use others for personal gain, Mia. Thanks for the challenge, my friend!
Dear Beth
Your service to married couples is a bright star twinkling daily, dear one!
Luv XX
Mia
“The world is a publishing house blessed with new mercies and empty sheets at the break of each dawn.” I thought I left a comment for you but I don’t see it so..I’m posting again. I loved this piece from line one. I’ve said it before but you really do have a special gifting with words and images. Be blessed friend!
Hi Lisha
And you, my friend, are a real encourager and I so admire your tenacity in life!
Blessings XX
Mia
Ok, it’s official. You ROCK! I love this one. Great line – “Tabloids of Life are written with the blood of murders and wars…” So true. But we know who the Master Editor is don’t we. What a comfort. Thank you once again for sharing your amazing voice.
“Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish.” Job 8:7
Dear Debi
What a great verse! Yes, even when we think our life is so insignificant, our Lord is the greatest story through us!
Blessings XX
Mia
One of my biggest frustrations is the way our leaders try to run the world from THEIR viewpoint, not turning to the Lord and trusting HIS. AND more people trust their leaders than they trust the Lord, too. So, our world has become very person-controlled instead of allowing our Lord to be the “controller”. He IS, He WILL.. and they will be shocked and surprised.
Blessings…
Dear Joanne
This is so true, but we have the wonderful comfort that we know our Lord Jesus has already overcame the world.
Blessings XX
Mia
Thankful for God’s good news,and the fact that He uses “smalls” to do His great work. Thanks, as always, Mia, for painting such vivid word pictures!
Dear Allison
Oh, He works with our ashes and weakness and smallness, I guess!
Blessings XX
Mia
That last line is so powerful and true Mia. In the midst of all the popular bad press there indeed is good news all around us. Have a wonderful day my friend.
Dear Wanda
That is so true and that is the news that matters for all eternity!
Luv XX
Mia
Powerful post, Mia! Yes, sometimes I have to dig deep for the “good” news, those small news stories that demonstrate real love. And boy do I have to disconnect from all the other news for a bit or my heart becomes overwhelmed!
Hi Carrie
Whenever I fell overwhelmed with this world, I keep reminding myself that Jesus already overcame this world and is making everything new!
Luv XX
Mia
“Religionists are building beautiful staircases to heaven, leading straight to hell, with tithes stolen from the overburdened naive, without lifting a finger to ease the sorrow of a suffering world. They think they are gods.”
WOW. So true!
Hi Anne
Yip! We have our own set of Scribes and Pharisees, don’t you think!
Luv XX
Mia
Wonderful post Mia! How true that we “advertise” what is deep in our hearts, and we should be a huge promoter of God’s love and amazing grace to those we come in contact with. Love, love this: “We are small advertisements, twinkling with the glory of grace … shining with the beauty of forgiveness … telling the wondrous story of love.”
Love and blessings to you today sweet sister!
Denise
Dear Denise
Yes, sometimes our lives are the only Bible people can read!
Luv XX
Mia
So much grace added up is a big thing. That is the Big news that must get out and overpower the hearts of men!
Dear Rachel
Yes, only the good news of Pappa’s love and grace is what the world needs!
Blessings XX
Mia
I love your perspective here, friend, and the thought of our lives being advertisements. Yours is one that shines our Father. Blessings to you! 🙂
Dear Mel
And your beautiful smile advertises His love so well!
Blessings XX
Mia
Hi Mia,
I love your daily news! 🙂
Blessings.
Thanks for reading my news!!
Luv XX
Mia
Wow…what beautiful words –they and the pictures really made your thoughts come alive for me and touched my heart. Keep writing with your heart–I can tell there is so much there! Linked up next to you at Heart Reflected.
Thank you for your kind words! As long as our Lord lives in our hearts, we cannot keep quiet!!
Blessings XX
Mia
Sharing our love story – a Knight in Shining Armor love story that is real – oh – it needs to be the front page story! It really does!
Yes, dear one, but one day He will be when every knee will bow to our King!
Luv XX
Mia
I’m “advertising” here on Pollywog Creek. God is good!
Dear Pat
And advertise you do!
Luv XX
Mia
Hi Mia –
Your post immediately brought to mind, 2 Corinthians 4: 6-7. So grateful that He shines through our cracks. I visited from The Weekend Brew this morning 🙂
Blessings,
Joanne
Hi Joanne
Yes, it is only our cracks that can allow His light to shine through!
Luv XX
Mia
Dear Mia,
Yes, I want to be twinkling with His grace and pointing others to Him…I know I need His grace daily…blessings to you and I pray your son’s hand is healing well..love to you 🙂
Dear Dolly
It is just His grace alone!
Blessings XX
Mia
Hi Mia! I know that you are striving to be that twinkle, as are all of us. Even though we are in the corner, let’s let our smallness make way for the light and love of God!
Thanks for your visit today!
Ceil
Dear Ceil
Oh, I like that! Let our smallness speaks of our God’s greatness.
Blessings XX
Mia
“We are small advertisements, twinkling with the glory of grace … shining with the beauty of forgiveness … telling the wondrous story of love.” Thank you Mia for these words. The possibilities I have today to advertise the glory and grace of God are endless. Thank you, New Friend, for the reminder. Let us advertise together for Him!
Dear Cheri
Oh, that would be my pleasure!
Blessings XX
Mia
And our Father will not be mocked. The very air they breath they use to mock Him and war against Him… and yet He loves them and calls them and uses us; the twinkling advertisements to show them His truth and love. May they open their eyes and hearts to His Majesty. Well done, sister.
Dear Floyd
Yes, they don’t realize that they become puppets in the hand of the evil one! But, like you said, our Pappa loves them soooo much.
Blessings XX
Mia
I love this line:
“Yet, in “Small’s” section of every newspaper, our little lives are interviewed daily. We are small advertisements, twinkling with the glory of grace … shining with the beauty of forgiveness … telling the wondrous story of love.”
Very well spoken…poetic
Thanks!
Dear Gail
Yes, dear one, our Lord living within us, is what keeps us twinkling!
Blessings XX
Mia
good post today
Thanks, Valeria!
Blessings XX
Mia
ah … ‘twinkling with the glory of grace’ … that’s where I want to be, Mia.
Dear Linda
I am sure you are, dear one!
Blessings XX
Mia
The tabloids of life…I love this line Mia! What is written in our tabloid is orchestrated before we are even born. Lovely words today my friend.
Dear Mary
Isn’t it wonderful how our Lord knows every beginning and end even before it happens!
Blessings XX
Mia
This! “We are small advertisements, twinkling with the glory of grace … shining with the beauty of forgiveness … telling the wondrous story of love.” visiting from fmf. We are truly “small” advertisements for HIM. Lovely image and so much better than any paper out today.
Dear Jenny
It is usually the small things that count, I guess!!
Blessings XX
Mia