Are you feeling like a Rug in Life?

Good morning!! Here are some wonderful thoughts from a very dear friend of mine. I had asked her to share a few thoughts on this subject because of a remark she had made to me. I don’t think she could have done a better job!! Thank you Mary Yannayon for your inspiration to me! May God bless you for studying and doing this! It has such a powerful message…prepare to be convicted and changed!!! (Here goes….)

Usually when we think of a rug, we think of something dirty. Something people wipe their feet on and walk on. It is on the floor for that purpose. But it can also be a place for kids to play. It’s warmer in the wintertime. And is easier to take up and wash. We all need rugs, right? Or at least we think we do. smile emoticon Otherwise our whole house collects all that dirt that stays on the rug.
So we have a choice to make. We can be the dirty old rug that is hard and caked with dirt. Feeling sorry for ourselves. Or, we can choose to be a beautiful plush rug washed daily in the blood of Jesus. So as to remain clean,soft and ready to serve.
So let’s take a look at the typical rug as most people see them. They are generally shy, downtrodden, backward type of person. with a pessimistic attitude. They lay there letting people say and do anything they want to them. Them complain to themselves that no one cares about them and feel bad about it. They don’t seem to have the courage to do something about their lives to make it different. Most times, their thought pattern is, ” This is just the way I am. I can’t change. I wouldn’t even know how to begin.” So they are just a dirty old rug, complaining bout their lot in life.
But there is a better way. One can chose to be a beautiful, soft, plush rug. One that cheerfully serves others for the glory of God. Yes collecting other folks dirt and giving it to God to be washed in the blood of Jesus our Savior: So it doesn’t get scattered throughout the house. This “rug” is cheerfully lying there being stumped on, walked on, collecting the dirt, then taking it all to Jesus to be washed. Keeping itself clean and ready to serve again the next day. Make a soft place for others to lay their dirty burdens down. Being a go-between for the Master of the house. Thus, working for Him and helping others to be able to n to lay their burdens down. Jesus uses us to be a witness for Him. Some people are not be comfortable talking to God until they learn to know Him. So we are workers for Him in showing people that. We are their “Rug”.
Sometimes we have to be the lowliest of all before our Master can use us for a greater purpose. So don’t worry about being a “rug”. Just choose to be the best, most beautiful, the softest rug you can be.
So are you a “rug”? If so, what kind of “rug are you? The lovely plush rug others like to use or the dirty, mud caked, hard and unyielding? Not caring about others but just feeling sorry for yourself?
But then you may not be a rug. God may have some other purpose for you. And that is also great! But don’t look down on the “rug”. It is serving a good purpose. You never know when your going to need to have that rug to wipe your feet on. Especially when the storms of life come and your feet get caked with mud. Be thankful for the rug!
John 13:13-16; Matt. 20:25-28; 23:11,12; Mark 9: 34,35; Luke 22:24-27
So maybe I am still a rug. smile emoticon I don’t really know. But if I am I will be a soft plush rug for Jesus and enjoy being it.
So if you have any thoughts to share on this subject feel free to share. Maybe I can learn something. But Please don’t dishonor God in your comments. Thank You!