Recently I have thought of how disconnected I have felt over the many years with the family of God….it hurts the heart of the Father because He sees how much abuse there is among His people. I was born out of wedlock, so I lived much of my life under the guise of shame and rejection. Thank God JESUS found me as a young teen, but because of the lack of follow thru in the church, I was lost again in the shadows of neglect. I didn't have a bible one in my home nor did anyone think to give one to me. I had an undeniable experience with the Lord, but didn't know how to 'keep' it alive. So there I was, lost and alone 'over looked', yet again. There comes a time where we must put aside the mass and concentrate on the few, or even the one. One thing about JESUS, is He always had a 'crowd' about Him, but He took time for the ONE, because He cares. He sees the details others overlook. Sometimes, we see people who are 'hungry' perhaps, it isn't just for the word, but to 'feel' at home among the people of God. Many miss their golden opportunity to give and receive from each other. So spending time with one is it not counting for something? Or is it that the crowd is more appealing? How do you know that the one may reach more than you could in a day? Jesus left the multitude to seek one lost sheep. That sheep maybe insignificant, unimportant, to someone or many, but to JESUS that person is so precious. Did you hear me?? J He is not like man…thank God, who would not give up anytime to speak or reach out in kindness ,and in love to help or encourage someone. He sees the 'crumbs', the scraps mean something to the Father. He goes beyond all that we can ask and think to reach out to feed one person, to help one person…His compassion is so great…His love so wide, His heart so full…..to give out to the mass or the least of all. He doesn't show favoritism or is He prejudice, He knows the ends and outs of all we go thru. The family of God at times, is to busy, to preoccupied and engrossed in their own lives, to recognize a need in a brother or sister, so caught up into our own agendas. Many miss opportunity after opportunity, a few here, a few there come and go. All they want is to be connected….linked in the great scope and plan of the King… to share the joy of it with 'family'. The 'family' has become cold and harsh…they've lost the personal touch and intimacy with each other….they treat each other as distant relatives….2nd and 3rd cousins, trying to just keep the relationship at arms length instead of embracing each other as brother/or sister with God's great love. Or perhaps rejecting because the other one doesn't meet their expectations, or fit into their agendas. The Lord is trying to unify His church. His prayer before leaving this world, was FATHER Make them ONE AS WE ARE ONE! We attempt to have an imitate relationship with Him, yet we are failing miserably, because we can not love our neighbor as our selves. The enemy also has worked very hard with offense, or WHATEVER to cause the people of God to be in discord. We've become isolated in our own little corners….and in our own little world's. He wants us to take in and partake of so much more than we have. He has placed in you a wealth of goods, what good are they if you horde them? They are meant to be shared, partaken of with His people. Numbers doesn't matter to Him….but only the heart and the character of the saint. He is looking deep into our hearts and let me ask you my brother and sister, does He like what He sees in you? I think if we are honest with each other, we could say….you know, I have some improving to do…I have some things I can change about my attitude and how I treat His people. Some may plain annoy you…but try to look a bit deeper you might see there is 'something' there that you didn't see before. There is something amazing and incredible in all of us, if we could look thru His eyes and with Heart we could see Him, and His great love that has been shed abroad in our hearts. Then perhaps we can fall in love with His people, as well as have our 1st Love with the Lord renewed. God gave me an analogy one time….I was coming into the prophetic, I had been abused and was hurting, my wounds deep, and my heart was needing some direction. I felt to ask a fellow prophetic, some questions, sharing with them, trying to identify with someone….the Lord showed me that person was intimaded by me, jealous and was 'afraid' to tell me anything, some people don't want you to pass them up in the spirit…so they withhold information. The Lord told me those types of ministers are likened to the fig tree. Jesus was hungry, He was weakened in His body, so He reached into the flourishing fig tree, looking mighty green and leafy, and there was NOTHING…..not one piece of fruit! Appearances are nothing to Him. You may look good, you may have it together, know the right people, have this one and that one in your corner….but honey, you ain't got no fruit. Your not worth a toot, if you are not producing FRUIT! He didn't' get anything from that tree…all He got was upset and cursed it at its roots. He was disgusted because He wanted, required and expected when He reached in, that tree would provide a small snack to get Him by. It doesn't matter, if someone is reaching out to your life, your tree….God told me to always give them something to eat….to sustain them, encourage them, produce something that would make them feel strengthened. I have NEVER forgotten it. The tree was cursed because it was not producing , the tree looked great, had it all together in appearance, but when the Master came to check out the goods…there were none to be found. There are many today, that are not producing…. because your ROOTS are not in the word, you not living a life in the spirit. Not developed in your sensitivity to Him, to those He puts around you. Many are living in their flesh, high and mighty, thinking your doing something 'great' for Him. Well…if you can't feed one….how in the world are you going to feed the masses????? We are called to the nations….how will they be reached???? If we can't start giving to each other…can't start 'helping' each other out of some hard places….so we can all go and harvest the lost together!!!! It is to great to do alone….we need each other, and need to learn to work together to fulfill this great commission. We must allow Him to do that supernatural work within the deep places of our heart, allow Him to dig around in our roots. Remove some things, so that you can bear some edible 'fruit'. Lord, help us to be people who will be willing to step up and treat and regard others more highly than ourselves. It doesn't matter how petty the task He asks, or how frustrated a person can make you….Give out as If you are 'feeding' JESUS….make sure you have something for Him to see beside a 'together' ministry, let Him see a heart that wants to serve. He will start with one or two….and if we are faithful, understanding, perceiving and discerning…than He will consider to take us higher….but first He must find us faithful to the few…..faithful to give out to those who are in need, or need a friendly face to talk to….God only knows what is in a heart of a brother/sister…but it is up to us to pray and ask the Father, Lord what can I give to that person….it is not about YOU…it is about Him. It is time today we stop and examine the fruit on our tree and ask what can I do Lord, to be a servant to ALL? God bless you all! In His Great Love Your sister! Tamara