JESUS SPIT

By: Donna Selma Lind

What's up with Jesus spitting on people? 

It is recorded in scripture that people were healed when Jesus used his spit.

Why would He use his spit?

Let's dig into a few verses and see what treasures we can find.

In Mark 8:23-25 it says " Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. Then, spitting on the man's eyes, he laid his hands on him and asked, "Can you see anything now?"...25 Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

John 9:1-7 As Jesus walked along he saw a man who had been blind since birth. 5 "While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."6 After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground. He made some mud and smeared it on the man's eyes.7 Then he said, "Go wash off the mud in Siloam Pool." The man went and washed in Siloam, which means "One who is sent." When he had washed off the mud, he could see.

Mark 7:33-35 After Jesus had taken him aside from the crowd, he stuck his fingers in the mans' ears. Then he spit and put it on the man's tongue. 34 Jesus looked up toward heaven, and with a groan he said "Effatha" which means"Open up!" At once the man could hear, and had no more trouble talking clearly.

What we find in all three of these verses is that when Jesus used his spit, people were healed. 

Why spit? What is the significance of the spit of Jesus?

I believe it is because, the spit of Jesus contains his DNA!

Whoa, mind blowing! Yes, let that sink in for a minute. 

What is DNA? It stands for Deoxyribonucleic acid. It's the genetic code, the molecule of life. DNA is the carrier of information. It's the distinctive characteristics or qualities of all living things.

Our DNA tells us who our Daddy is! You can't deny the hereditary DNA of your Father. 

So when Jesus spit on people he was transferring his DNA into them!

Glory to God!

They had no choice but to be healed when the DNA of Heaven touched them!

Blind eyes must see. Deaf ears must hear. Mute tongues must speak.

Jesus inherited his DNA from his Abba Father. 

The DNA of Jesus Christ is the Divine Nature of Abba! 

And we as believers have the DNA of Jesus Christ living in us!

Hallelujah!

Praise the Lord and share the Good News!

Donna Selma Lind 💓

THE SWEET AROMA OF CHRIST

By: Donna Selma Lind

"For we are the sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are saved and those who are perishing." 2 Corinthians 2:15

Some years ago I went to visit a lady who was recovering from surgery. She was very sick with a fever and a bad infection. The doctors weren't sure if she would ever recover. 

When I walked into her room an overwhelming stench hit me and about knocked me over. It was a putrid odor, and I knew in my spirit it was the smell of  death.  

Though weak and frail, she mustered a smile as I pulled up a chair next to her bed. We talked, I read some Bible verses and shared some stories with her.

I really couldn't concentrate because the smell was so bad that I was covering my nose with a tissue and holding my breath. 

I asked if I could pray for her and she said; "Yes."

I put my hands on her head and began to pray over her asking God to touch her body and heal her completely.

Suddenly a sweet fragrance filled the room. It smelled like frankincense and myrrh anointing oil. As I continued to pray the aroma grew stronger and stronger, it seemed to swirl around us. It was the most heavenly and intoxicating fragrance.

 At one point I cupped my hands together, held them to my face and inhaled the sweet perfume. It felt like oil was dripping from my hands. Time stood still while the presence of the Lord filled the room.

I can't put it in words, it was Holy and Divine. 

The color in my friends face returned. She sat up in bed and said she felt stronger and believed that God had touched and healed her. 

When I hugged her goodbye she looked up at me and said, "How come you don't smell like you usually do?"

What do you mean? I asked.

You're not wearing your "Cotton Candy" spray like you always do.

Yes I am, I sprayed it all over me before I came here today.

No you didn't. I can't smell Cotton Candy. You smell totally different, like something I never smelled before. 

What is that new fragrance you're wearing?

Glory to God, I wasn't the only one, she smelled it too! It was the sweet aroma of Christ! It was the fragrance of life that came to conquer death! 

God healed her that day. Her infection and fever left. She didn't die, she lived to declare the works of the Lord!

That Holy Sweet Aroma of Christ lingered on me and around me on that glorious day.  

As believers we are to be the sweet aroma of Christ, spreading His fragrance everywhere we go! 

We can't buy this fragrance, but the more time we spend with Jesus the more His fragrance will rub off on us.

The sweet aroma of Christ, the fragrance of Heaven.

"For we are the sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are saved and those who are perishing." 2 Corinthians 2:15

Hallelujah! 

Praise the Lord and share the Good News!

Donna Selma Lind 💗

     

MAMA TRADED HER SWEATER FOR A ROBE

By: Donna Selma Lind

"I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation he has covered me with the robe of righteousness." Isaiah 61:10

Mama's old sweater lay rumpled in the bottom of a dusty cardboard box. 

 I set it aside as I sorted through some photo frames and devotion books, the last of Mama's personal belongings from the Nursing Home.

To think that all of her earthly possessions of nearly eight decades were condensed to a few tattered boxes, made me think.  

I thought about how she lived loud. She lived life to the fullest. She loved to the fullest. She was a servant of the Lord and she loved to give herself away. 

As a kid I was jealous because I had to share her with the world. She just had so much love to share with everyone, I had to learn how to share her. 

Even at the end of her life when she had so little left to give, she gave away her love and shared Jesus with everyone that came to see her.

I received a text from one of her caretakers. 

"Did you find her sweater in the box? She was wearing that sweater when she passed."

My heart fluttered as I ran to my closet to grab the sweater.

I sat on the end of my bed, I brushed my fingers over the tiny pearl buttons and coddled the cable stitching. I held the sweater up and buried my face in it as I burst into tears. 

Her sweet fragrance still lingered in the threads. 

As I yearned and ached for my Mother's arms to hold me, the Lord gave me a vision.

I saw my Mama lying in her bed. I watched her take her last breath on earth and her first breath in Heaven. 

She was accompanied by a band of Angels as she ran into the arms of Jesus!

Her stained and filthy old sweater disappeared into the clouds as the Lord wrapped her in a beautiful pure white Robe of righteousness.

That was all I saw as the vision faded to black.

  

But she was home. Safe in the arms of her Savior. 

Mama traded her sweater for a Robe and now she's wearing the clothes of Heaven.

"But our citizenship is in Heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like His glorious body." Philippians 3:20-21

HALLELUJAH!
PRAISE THE LORD AND SHARE THE GOOD NEWS!

Donna Selma Lind