What Do You Want Jesus to Say?
by Katherine Kehler
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" Master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant’” (Matthew 25:23).
One evening, our six-year old granddaughter, Tia, came into our house with a piece of paper and pencil in hand. She had a Sunday school project.
“Grandma,” she said, “I want to draw your foot.” So I obediently put my bare foot on the paper and she drew around it. Then she wanted to know what I wanted Jesus to say to me when I met Him face to face.
“Well, that’s easy,” I said to her, “I want Jesus to say, ‘Good job, Katherine!’” So, with her mom’s help she carefully printed, “Good job, Katherine” beside the drawing of my big foot.
The next Sunday, the church gymnasium had a whole wall covered with grandparents’ footprints. Good job! Faithful servants of our Lord!
Recently, Marvin and I traveled in Southern California. One of the highlights of this trip was meeting long-time friends and co-workers, men and women who have been serving the Lord for many, many years.
One night we celebrated with Warren and Diane Willis. They have been in ministry for over 30 years. They directed the Campus Ministries in the United States, they directed the ministry on the island of Guam, they were the National Campus Directors in Canada and they began and directed the ministry in Mongolia. Now they are back in California directing yet another ministry - training Christian high school students and leaders from cultures other than white North Americans.
Throughout all these years, Diane has had an amazing mentoring ministry to younger women, and now because of her journey with breast cancer, she encourages so many women who are also walking this journey. She also has an amazing counseling ministry to women by e-mail. (Check out Diane’s story – see the Related Article below.)
The Willis’ have been faithful. Faithful to God, faithful to their call, faithful to each other, faithful to their children and grandchildren. Only when we get to heaven will they see all the rewards of their faithfulness, but even now, we know of thousands of people whose lives have been changed because this couple remained faithful.
I am certain Jesus will say to them, “Well done, good and faithful servants!”
Father, as we leave our footprints here on earth, we ask ourselves, “Where are we leading those who are following?” May they find us faithful to You until death. Amen.
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