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Life’s Contacts


Reading & Meditation
II King 8:1-6; 4; 8 -37.
       “About this time next year, “Elisha said, “you will hold a son in your arms” 4v16.
“Go away with your family and stay for a while wherever you can, because the Lord has decreed a famine in the land that we last seven years.” 8v1

From the above passages from the Bible the Lord we have us look at the importance of life’s contacts, those we meet on/during our life’s journey and our day to day activities. From the passages, we saw how the Shunanimite woman, met the prophet Elisha and her story and that of her family changed forever. Because of the positive impact, she made in the life of the Elisha her barrenness was changed with a gift of a son who later died, but restored to her. In chapter eight  she again reaped the dividend of her contact with Elisha; her entire family was saved from famine. On her return, after seven years with a new leader on the throne her contact with Elisha helped restored her possession that was already taken over by the government.
Do you think if her first meeting with Elisha had gone bad, she would have benefited from all those miracles and help? Definitely, the answer is a capital NO, so what impression do you leave with those you meet, either for the first  time or not, do you look down on people or look for ways to be of help?
A story was said of a woman who smiled at a sorrowful stranger, the smile seemed to make him feel better. He remembered past kindness of a friend and wrote him a thank you letter. The friend happened to be the woman’s former employer owning her ten (10) month’s pay; He was so pleased with the thank you letter that he immediately left an instruction with his accountant to call the woman and pay her, her ten (10) months pay, with a large tip on it and a personal apology and a request to return to work, if she still needs the job. What! All these as a result of a simple simile that cost nothing! 

Lesson Learnt
Beware; life’s contacts can become life changing! 

Prayer
Dear Lord, help me not to look down on people I meet during my daily activities. Help me to look out for the best in them, in Jesus Name (Amen)

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