M & M's

My name is Wendy Witz and I am a chocoholic.

This is not a confession—as I am not admitting anything that I hope to change. Instead, I am making a profession—a declaration of my love for chocolate.

However, I do not love all chocolates equally. My preference is milk chocolate. My favorite chocolate indulgences are Dove chocolate, Reece’s peanut butter cups or my Mom’s ‘buckeyes’ and M & M’s—peanut or plain (with no discrimination of colors).

What I am about to write is not a justification of my continual consumption of M & M’s~however, M & M’s are an encouragement and a reminder to Meditate upon & Memorize God’s Word! Let His Words melt in your mouth as ‘you taste (& see) that the Lord is good’ (Psalm 34:8).

Meditating on God’s words is to think deeply, ponder. Like a cow chewing its cud~we are to continually bring God’s words back to our minds over and over again. Doing this will help us to Memorize scripture verses and store them in our hearts and minds. ‘I have hidden Your word in my heart’ (Psalm 119:11). The Memorization of God’s words is essential--for us to recall verses of the bible more readily so that we might be encouraged as well as discern God’s direction when we are at crossroads in our lives.

Through Memorization we can hold God’s words in our minds and hearts when we are not holding God’s Word in our hands.

There are M & M’s that we need to avoid. (Yes, it’s true--just like there are wolves in sheep’s clothing there are also some bad M & M’s!) Take for example, Meribah & Massah. Meribah means quarreling. When we are quarreling with others, or with God, roots of bitterness can take hold in our hearts making our hearts become indifferent in our relationships, even our relationship with God. Massah means testing. We all go through times of testing in our lives when circumstances are difficult and situations are stressful. Or times when we feel that we are between a rock and a hard place. Times like these can cause us to doubt our faith and make our hearts go astray….from God.

This is when we need to partake of the ‘good’ M & M’s— and bring back (Mediation) to our minds & hearts what God’s Word says and not allow bitterness to take root in relationships, especially with God. And also to recall God’s words that we have Memorized to remind us of His love for us and that His plans are to prosper and not harm us, plans to give us a hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29: 11)

Now that we all agree on the necessity of M & M’s in our daily spiritual nutrition-- the only question is~ plain or peanut?

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Wendy Lee (Sell) Witz
January 22, 2011

Who’s behind the wheel?

On a recent Sunday, a little girl was being baptized at our church.
When the Pastor asked her why she wanted to be baptized with childlike faith she responded, 'I want Jesus to be in charge of my life'.

Now I have witnessed many baptisms. The sprinkling of water on babies and also the emersion of the whole body (older children and adults) under water in representation of the dying of self and desire to live for God. Baptisms are also a reminder for the one being baptized that '...if any man be in Christ he is a new creation, old things have passed away, behold all things are new'*

Yet the words of this particular little girl struck me. Her words made me ponder...
I was reminded of the title of Carrie Underwood's song, 'Jesus, take the wheel'.

That is really what it's all about, isn't it?
The little girl, you and me~giving over the steering wheel of our lives to Jesus?
I envied that little girl in that she is so young yet she spoke so wisely.
'Out of the mouth of babes' ~(I’m just sayin’)

I was older—seventeen-- when I asked Jesus to take over the wheel of my heart and steer my life according to His purposes.
OK now we all are back seat drivers from time to time especially when we think the driver has taken a wrong turn or is going too slow. I have done my share of that...and have ended up in ditches. Or my wheels spinning—spewing mud every which way, making a an epic mess.

Why? Because I grabbed the wheel back and decided I wanted to go a different direction. Or I wanted to go a faster speed. Or I chose not to obey ‘STOP signs’ or heed the ‘Slow Down’ warnings or brake for ‘Icy Conditions Ahead’ and even ignored the ‘Dead End’, ‘Turn Back’ sign posts.

God has had to rescue me and steer me back on His path, marked ‘One Way’ only.

One of my daughters has had AAA inform her that she has used their service so many times-- that they will no longer come to her aid.

However, no matter how many times we leave our keys in a locked car, go off the path, get stuck in ditches, blow our tires, cause fender benders, or blow the transmission of our faith….God will continually, unconditionally, always come to our aid- 24/7.

All we need to do--like the little girl—is to yield our hearts— and ask Jesus to take the wheel!

Wendy’s Witz-dom: Yield now before you come to the end of the road.

God’s Wisdom: Jesus answered, ‘I am the way…’ (John 14:6)

*2 Corinthians 5:17

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Wendy Lee (Sell) Witz
January 11, 2011

Snow!

As we look out our windows upon the blanket of pure white snow,
let’s reflect upon Psalms 51 and make David’s prayer…our very own.

‘Have mercy on me, O God,
according to Your great compassion;
according to Your unfailing love,
blot out my transgressions.

Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.

For I know my transgressions….

Cleanse me… and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow *

…says the Lord, ‘Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow **

Sins like scarlet Now washed Out Whiter than snow!

*Psalms 51: 1-3a, 7
**Isaiah 1:18

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Wendy Lee (Sell) Witz
January 10, 2010

R your hearts Ready for the New Year?

What a fun time in God’s Word this morning!
Learned so much---I wanted to share.
I am going through the book of Luke.Today, Chapter 5, verses 1-11.

‘R your hearts Ready for the New Year?’

Verse 3---Simon put his boat out to shore for Jesus out of Routine (common practice)

Verse 4---Simon replied to Jesus’ Request ‘to put the boat in deeper water and let down the nets for a catch’ with Reluctance and Resistance

Verse 5b: then Resigned himself to letting down the nets only ‘because Jesus said so’

Verse 6: Results of Simon’s relinquishing to Jesus’ request—he ‘caught such a large number of fish
that the nets began to break and he needed additional men to help with the catch
… their boats were so full that both boats began to sink’

Verse 8: When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees—in Realization—of who Jesus is

Verse 8b and who he was—‘a sinful man’—needing to Repent (turn away from sin, self, situations, style of life and turn to God)

Verse 10b: God’s Requirement of Simon—‘Follow me’

Verse 11: Simon’s (and other fishermen’s) Response was that they ‘left everything and followed Him’

Does this Resonate with us and will we Resolve to do the same?


W.OW.2 (Words of Wisdom/Wit)
Wendy Lee (Sell) Witz
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1/3/2011