Crown of Beauty Magazine The Mission Issue | Page 65

I surrender my life to Love, and I hope you all can do the same, because Love is eagerly awaiting for you to accept Him, because He deeply wants to show you the heart of love He has for you. You are more valuable to Him than any other creature in all creation!

We are blessed to have been created in love by our Heavenly Father and have been made perfect, daughters and princesses of the Most High God forever.

Love wants to give you even more than this, and the best awaits us in Heaven!

But right now...today...Love wants us to live life more abundantly, with Him living in us.

Love is not just anything to take lightly. Love is the person of Jesus Christ: Our Lord, Savior, Bridegroom and our Big Brother!

About the Author:

Jessica Louis Pierre is a 19-year-old college Sophomore, who loves God and will serve Him for the rest of her life. After her miracle birth, and facing great challenges in her adolescence, Jessica has great hope to share with young women of all ages. She loves music, singing, song-writing , acting, creating and helping others through the love of Christ.

Love is what launches us forward and gets us up off the couch! In Him, we live and move and have our being! Love has inspired Jade to minister to co-workers. She is determined to bloom where she is planted! She says,

"Nobody is limited to a pulpit or church setting to share Christ! Those aren't the only jobs that you can have! It can be done anywhere! For me, it's done in a public setting called HEB.

HEB is a grocery store chain that is located all over the state of Texas.

So, as you can imagine, I interact with lots of people on a day-to-day basis. I have many, many oppurtunities to show people God. Not all of it is even done in words! Some people need a smile or a listening ear. For others, they need kindness and love. There is this quote that I

love which says, "You might be the only Bible that some people read." This is definitely true in specific work settings.

At work we may not always actually talk about Jesus with every single person, but sometimes we show it by our actions. We let His love flow out through us so that it can pour out onto others! We handle situations in love and kindness rather than with attitude or anger. Our actions should let others realize, "Hey, there's something different about her, and I wonder what makes her act that way!"

Sarah, another smalltown Texas girl, is determined to share the love of Christ in her mission field...which is her town! She says,

"My city isn’t huge and honestly there’s not a lot to “do” here, but I love this place. My city has my heart, and my desire is that the people of this city would realize and come to know that Jesus is the Answer. He is all that we need; more than enough and sufficient.

The Bible tells us in Deuteronomy 11:24 and Joshua 1:3, “Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours…” The Lord may have been talking to Moses and Joshua in these Scriptures, but I’ll take it as my inheritance as well, and you should too. Every place you go, the places you walk – your school, your local grocery store, the park – any place that you visit, you have authority in it because of Jesus. So when I think about my mission field, which is my home, these Scriptures come to mind. As I walk around my city, I say, “This place belongs to Jesus.” And when I come in contact with people, I want to show them the love of Christ. The funny thing about it is I never even have to say Jesus’ name. I can be kind, and show love and the other fruits of the Spirit (with the help of Holy Spirit), and that plants a seed in the person.

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