Are you hurting? Then you've come to the right place--the place where long ago a woman from Samaria found help and healing. From human answers? No--from the One Who IS the Answer! Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, awaits us all at the Well today--come with me, and let's meet Him there!

A Little Girl and Her Lunch!

"To God Be the Glory" (Andre Crouch) - by a little boy with outstanding talent

A Hurting Word...

I like to eat, and I'm a pretty good cook--great stories, true and false, abound about my creative turkey dinners, my cravings for chocolate ice cream, and my crunch-ability for anything salty to go along with it! But this story goes way back to little girl days, and it's about a lunch--a story that exceeds any concoction I've created in my kitchen, or you've been lucky enough to eat at my dinner table! Come to the Well, and let's meet the "little girl and her lunch!"

A Helping Word...or Two!

The Preparation of the Lunch!
She was a skinny little girl, with pigtails, and a love for Jesus. She proudly held the banner as she led the VBS parade down Main Street of the little town where she lived. And she usually won the prize for bringing the most visitors! This little girl accepted Jesus as her Savior at a VBS--and many times thereafter, she was her dad's convert at any altar call given! She learned to play piano, and began playing in her dad's small church at 11 years old--and that's not all she played. One of her favorite fun things to do, besides playing house, was to play church, and even enjoy being the preacher. She played secretary too, and loved collecting books and papers, of all sizes and shapes...she loved the library...she loved to write, and her first effort was a terrible play she remembers to this day.....and all the while, the lunch was being prepared...

The skinny little girl grew up to be a skinny young woman. She spoke at her high school graduation. She played and sang in her pastor dad's church, and as the "leader" began to develop, she became involved in youth and music ministries, ministering with her dad, visiting the sick, preparing the bulletin, writing BETTER plays, and producing them for holiday services...and all the while, the lunch was being prepared...

The Blessing of the Lunch!

Every little girl knows that before you eat a lunch, you must ask the Lord to bless it...and she did. At an early age, this young girl dedicated her life totally to Jesus Christ. Every talent and ability was given to Him. He received it, developed it, matured it, and blessed it until it was ready for His plan and purpose. Sometimes the lunch itself was not too attractive--it wasn't always tasty, times weren't always pleasant, but the little girl knew the lunch belonged to God, and she didn't dare to touch the taste or the timing, for He would do it just right. And He did. He planned a young life perfectly to fit into HIS purpose; He timed it in providential fashion, and adapted it to meet His needs. He changed her career in mid-30s from legal secretary to assistant editor, and within a year, provided her a companion to love her, lead her, walk beside her...and guard and protect "the lunch."

The story takes a strange twist here, for the lunch once blessed, turned into a "Mac" - not a burger, but a formidable computer, a technology tool the little girl had shyed away from for years. "Learn it," He said, in so many words. "And know that the lunch you have placed in My hand is MINE to do with as I will...Do not question or be afraid." And she let go of the lunch, once again, and placed it completely in the Master's hand. He blessed it...and by now, you know who that little girl is, and what He's done with her lunch.! She sits at this computer, typing this devotional, amazed and humbled at what an awesome God has done with the little lunch given to Him. Every part of the lunch given was received by Him, blessed, and then...would you like to hear the "rest of the story?" Jesus didn't keep the lunch - He blessed it, broke it (and THAT'S another story...smile...but you know, you can't bless other people until you have first hurt yourself!), and is now giving it to the world.

The Distribution of the Lunch!

The distribution plan was set in place in December 1995, with the development of a simple home page called Peggie's Place. It grew from a little home on the web to a mega-mansion on the hilltop, with thousands of visitors coming to the doorstep, being welcomed in, and receiving the Bread of Life. Many thousands of visitors have knocked on my door--a lot of people to feed from one little lunch! But isn't that how our Lord works? He takes the little we give Him, He blesses it, and multiples it, not for the LUNCH'S glory, but for the MASTER'S use....Big difference! There's nothing special about the lunch...until it is blessed by the Lord...and then it is multiplied into HIS nourishment for a needy world.

And that's what's happened--to God ALONE be the glory! Recent statistics show the lunch is being distributed to 187 countries/territories of the world (see below). All because a little girl gave it to the Master. And you are no different than that little girl. You can give Him the talents and abilities you possess. He will bless them, and distribute them to the world where YOU live...perhaps your school, your church, your home, your community, or around the world. I dare you to give Him YOUR lunch, and see what He will do with it for the advancement of the Kingdom of God! For that's how much He loves His world, and that's how much He loves you! I now praise Him with my whole being for what HE has done....all because this little girl gave Him her lunch! Will you?

...And that's just a thought or two--from my heart to yours!

His Healing Words

John 6:1-15

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God (Romans 12:1,22 KJV)."

"Lord, all I've got is a little lunch...I give it to You...bless it and use it as You will. In Jesus' Name, Amen."

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Countries of the World

191 Countries/Territories, Islands of the Sea Visiting Peggie's Place
An A to Z listing - Is YOUR country here?

American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Azerbaijan, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Bahamas, Bahrain, Balarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Congo, Columbia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Georgia, Gilbraltar, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guana, Guatemala, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hong Kong, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kenya, Korea (South), Kuwait, Latvia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Maldives, Malta, Martinique, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caldonia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Nive, Qatar, Oman, Pakistan, Papua, New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Panama, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, San Marino, Senegal, SaoTome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Helena, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Sweden, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Taiwan (province of China), Togo, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuato, Vatican City State (Holy See), Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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