One God, One Love, Can Save All

    Could one person change the whole world? Would one action change everything? Would one person be the answer to everyone's cries? The answer is yes.

    Because of two people, sin was passed unto the entire world. There is none that doeth good, no not one. There is no one that is righteous. The world is filled with sin and sinners. The question might come to mind, why would a loving God let this happen to His creation?.... Why is the world filled with sin?... God truly loves everyone but it was mankind's choice to sin. God did provide a way for mankind to be saved. As prophesied in Isaiah 53, God would send a Suffering Servant who would take the punishment for every one's sin.

    One man, Jesus Christ came to seek and to save that which was lost. Jesus was the Son of God. He was perfect. Never once, did He commit a sin. Jesus was the picture of the perfect lamb. The substitution for man kind. Before Jesus's death, He was beat with the Cat of Nine Tails. His back was stretched out to rip off the skin. Vinegar was poured on Him to burn His body. His beard was plucked off His face. Isaiah said that Jesus would be mard and unwanted. God had to look down to the Earth and see His Son hurt. God let His Son be put to death on the cross because of His love for the world. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotton Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlating life. People only need to call on God. Now, that is love. It takes one action for sin to enter the world and it took one person to defeat death and sin.

One God, One Love,
can save all

One Rest. One Look. Forever Changed.

    Could it take one look to change your life? Could it be that one look will change your future and your family's future? One would quick thought of staying home affect your life in a deep way? There is only one person to ask.

    King David stayed home during a time of war. He thought that it would be okay to miss a few battles. After all, David was king; wasn't he? What would be so bad.... One night, David took a stroll in the castle. He ended up on the roof looking down at his kingdom. The sight must have been beautiful with the streets lite by candle light. Then, his eye saw something. David saw a woman bathing herself upon the roof.

    David called for his men to bring the woman to him. Bathsheba was a very beautiful woman. David's men warned him that she was already married. Sadly, David did not listen to the men and slept with her. David soon found out that Bathsheba was with child. David wanted to hide his sin. He called for her husband Uriah to come to honor him. Uriah would not meet with his wife knowing that his men were fighting a battle. Uriah could not enjoy please if his men could not do the same.

    David sent Uriah to the front lines to be killed. David caused a man to be murdered and his wife to grieve. David married Bathsheba hoping that no one would suspect that the child was before Uriah death.

    The prophet Nathan visited David for his actions on behalf of the Lord. Nathan told the king that the sword would not depart from his house. The child that Bathsheba bore would die. Though the Lord forgave David of his sin, there would be consequences. Later on, David's daughter was raped by her half brother. One of David's sons killed the brother who defiled their sister. Later on, that same son thought to over throw his dad and become king before he met his death.

    King David went through a tough time. His family caused him many hardships. There was some good passed through his family. The Messiah would come from his line but David would not be around to see it. I am sure David had some lonely nights when he was fleeing from his son. Some of his children broke his heart.

    The though of the day is, what do your eyes see that effects your life? Do you let your eyes control your life? It could be one look that will change your entire life and future, Please do not let David's life be your life in the area of the eyes.

Does Your Eye Control
Your Life?

One Decision. One Action. Everything changes.

    Can one thought bring a decision? Can one decision take on an action? Can one action change the world? There is a man who can answer that question.

    Abraham was a just man in the sight of the Lord. He followed God where God led him to go. But, did Abraham do everything the Lord told him to do? Abraham took a pit stop in the land of Egypt. There was a famine in the land. Abraham and his family needed food and water. He went to the land that could supply all his needs. While Abraham was enjoying the fruit of the land, his wife Sarah was taken to the Pharaoh. God intervened and restored Sarah to Abraham.

    Sadly to say, Abraham picked up a person in Egypt. Sarah had an handmaiden from Egypt. When Sarah saw that she could not bare any children, she asked Abraham to take her handmaiden and bare children through her. In Abraham's day, a women needed to have children to show the blessing of the Lord and to have respect. A man who did not have children especially sons, was considered an outcast. With a heavy heart, Abraham conceded to his wife request and laid down with a woman who was not his wife nor with the person God promised the seed to come through.

    What could happen? It was only a child that was born. A baby boy is not that dangerous. A child is not destructive at all. That is what Abraham believed. Little did he know the strife that would cause.

    Tension grew between the two women. Abraham got rid of the handmaid once but was sent back by the Lord. Thirteen years later, Abraham had to let the handmaid and his first born son leave. For Sarah's and the handmaid's son could not grow up together. Sadly, this children became a father of a great and strong nation.

    Ishmaelites were the nation that bought Joseph when his brothers sold him. Tension had grown over the centuries between Ismael and the Ishmaelites. The Ishmaelites today are known as Arabs. What could be wrong with Arabs? Nothing. The Arabs and the Israelites are still feuding today. Their anger and hatred of each goes all the way back to Abraham's lack of faith in the Lord.

    Who knew that such hatred could come from one child? That one decision to do things your way would bring about wars and massacres? That a simple choice would change the world? That one thought about how the Lord has forgotton you would bring destruction to the world? Remember what you do can and will effect the generations after you. You might not see the effects now, but they will come.

When Jesus preached the sermon
on the mount, He knew that
people's thoughts controlled
their actions.

    Remember; to him that knowth to do good and doeth it not, to him it is sin. Please remember  that the tiniest thought has a reaction. What will your reaction and ripple be?

A Bite of an Apple?

    Could one action change the whole world? Would the world changed instant? Or would it be a slow change? The two people you could ask would be Adam and Eve.

    When God made the whole world, He made everything perfect. The sun, the moon, the stars, the plants, the trees, the animals, and humans. There was nothing bad on the earth. Everything was perfect. God made Eve out of Adam's side to serve as the perfect helper. Someone Adam could look to as an equal to love. Their marriage was perfect until Satan tempted Eve through a serpent.

    The serpent told Eve to look at the fruit of the Garden. She could have whatever fruit she wanted expect of the tree of good and evil. Eve saw with her eyes. The fruit looked so good that she touched it. After Eve saw and touched the fruit; she pressed it against her lips and did eat.Then Eve brought the fruit unto her husband and he ate of the fruit as well. What would happen? It is just a piece of fruit. What would God do to two people eating something He said no to?

    The pain was more than what Adam and Eve could bare. The serpent was punished to slither on his belly. Adam was cursed to til the ground and to eat of it. Now, when he would work the ground, he would sweat. Not only work would be hard but thorns would grow from the ground. To Eve, God commanded that he child birth would be very painful. Was this all the causes of Adam's and Eve's sin?

    Sadly, this was just the beginning of their reaping. Their son, Cain committed the first murder. Cain killed his brother Abel. Soon the world would be corrupted with evil. Adam and Eve's sin was passed unto the entire world. "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; an so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:" Romans 5:12. and Roman 3:23 says "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Who knew that because of one action, there would be so many problems in the world?

    Just remember when there is something that you want to do for yourself, will it help the people around you? Or will it cause everyone pain like Adam and Eve? Everyone is responsible for the actions that they take. So, please make your actions a good one.

What will your butterfly leave behind?

May I be a Pirate?

What question have you've asked recently? Is it a question that can change a life? Will it change the world? Who knows?....But if your question was "Can I be a pirate for Halloween?" what would that produce?

Three year old Keaton Weimer wanted to be a pirate for Halloween. It broke Keaton's father's heart knowing the could not be a pirate. The problem was, Keaton has Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Keaton is to remain in a wheelchair for his entire life. Keaton's father, Ryan could only do what a Dad needed to do. Ryan built his son a pirate ship around the wheelchair.

Keaton's First Costume

Ryan spent endless hours working on a design for his son wheel chair. Ryan's motivation was for Keaton to feel that he belonged with the other children. Ryan wanted his son to realize that being stuck in a wheelchair wasn't a bad thing. He wanted his son to see that there were special opportunities for him. It did not take long for Keaton to be the most popular boy in town. His wheelchair made the first page of the new paper.

Following the success of Keaton's wheelchair in 2008, Ryan decided to make wheel chair for other children who were stuck in wheelchairs. Parents began to request costumes for their children in wheelchairs. In 2015, Magic Wheelchair was born. Ryan designed the non-profit organization to provide a smile on every's child face.

The Organization has so made made 25 costumes. Ryan would love to make more costumes but there is so much time and money that goes into the process. Hopefully in the future, they will be able to put more smiles on children's faces.

Who knew that one little boy's question would inspire so many disabled children?...

Here are some picture of the costumes that Magic Wheelchair has made.

"There is nothing quite as magical as seeing a smile

on the face of a child in a wheelchair and knowing 

that you had a part in making it possible."

Ryan Weimer

Yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
James 4:2b

A Shake Passed Around the World

What would you do at your work if a lady came to you crying? What if this situation happened at a drive through? What would be the result? Let’s take a look and see….

    The Whitey’s Ice Cream shop in Moline, Illinois has its own butterfly effect. The manager Rhonda, wanted to have a special ice cream shop. She taught every employee how to serve and be serve everyone with kindness. Her message of kindness, she passed down to Brenden. Brenden McGee was 16 when he landed his first job. He wasn’t working there long when a lady sobbing drove up to the drive-thru window. She was upset and could barely speak. Through communication, Brenden understood the lady wanted a shake. Brenden personally made her the shake and told the lady “Your shake is on me tonight. You have a good night.”

Brenden's back room note

    Brenden did not think of the situation till a few days later when the lady returned to the shop but this time, to speak to the manager, Rhonda. The lady told Rhonda that she recently lost her husband and was still in mourning. When Brenden gave the lady the shake, she was touched by his gesture.

    The lady asked if Brenden could be employ of the month but Whitney’s Ice Cream Shop does not have an employee of the month. The management instead gave Brenden a card and note in the back room.

    Two months later, Brenden heard the news that he had cancer. People from all over the world gave money to Brenden through the GoFundMe and Facebook. For Brenden’s kindness, he was also able to receive a four year scholarship to go to the University of Iowa.

    One company taught a young man about kindness that reached out unto the entire nation. What have you taught someone? What has someone learned from you?

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted,
forgiving one another, even as God for Christ sake hath
forgiven you.
Ephesians 4:32

The Butterfly Effect

Can one person really change the world? Do people influence each other? Does a small action become a huge step for a person? Is a thought important to a person? I believe that everyone major event, every huge decision, the main situation started with one small thought or action. The choices that we make today, started back early on in a decision from the past.

When I hear of the phrase “The Butterfly Effect” I would think of time travel. “Why?” Might you ask? Because Ray Bradbury wrote the story A Sound of Thunder (1952). The year is 2055, time travel is now possible. Wealthy adventures can travel to the past and hunt extinct species. A group of hunters go to the past but are warned not to leave the levitating path. For any small alterations may change the future. One man runs off the path after seeing a Tyrannosaur Rex. When he returns to the group to go back to the future, they find many changes. The English language is written and spoken differently. It turns out, that the man accidently stepped on a butterfly.

I will not finish the story. You can read it for yourself. But the idea about the butterfly effect sprang from this story. One simple butterfly changed the whole future. How important was this butterfly at the time? Probably not that special but; he influenced the world in more ways than what man could imagine.

I do not know if Edward Lorenz read A Sound of Thunder but his research resembled the idea of the story years later. Edward Lorenz present his research in 1963 that a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil can produce a tornado in Texas. Lorenz’s research was for predicting the weather and rippled into many different theories about the world we live in. The main concept of his theory is that small change will change the world.

The Butterfly Effect blog is written to encourage people in the world. So many sad and depressing stories flout around the web. I want to encourage people that they make a difference. God created you for reason and has a special plan. You might not see it at the time but just like that butterfly, you can change the world. No matter what little actions you do; it may be helping an elderly person cross the street or losing your tempter; but someone is watching. Someone is listening. That tiny little action will affect someone else’s life. So may this blog be an encouragement to you as your decisions and actions affect the world around you.

Whenever you hear the term “The Butterfly Effect” or see the logo….. Remember that you are special and important.
I am Evangelin Lovett and I am praying that as a little butterfly that I might help you to spread your wings and fly.

You are the butterfly

1 Corinthians 10:31
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.