BBD 08.08.04 In His Steps (New)

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The Burning
Bush Devotional

08.08.14

In His
Steps

…there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. - Proverbs
18:24b NKJV.

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us,
leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: “Who committed no sin,
nor was deceit found in His mouth”; who, when He was reviled, did not revile in
return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who
judges righteously; who Himself bore (carry - MSG) our sins in His own body on
the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness - by whose
stripes you were healed. - 1 Peter 2:21-24 NKJV.

“China’s most beautiful student” is beautiful because she has a beautiful heart. The
student is He Qin-Jiao, and she is just a 13-year-old little girl living in the
Hunan Province. Her heart is beautiful because of what she has been doing for
her friend He Ying-hui for three years. Qin-Jiao has been carrying her friend,
who has polio, to and from school, which is a four mile round trip. She says, “Ying-hui is my
best friend and school would not have been the same without her. If that meant,
I had to carry her then that’s what I had to do. I didn’t mind it at all. It
gave us a chance to have a good chat before and after school every day.”
In a creative writing project Ying-hui described the most important person in
her life as she wrote, “He Qin-jiao uses her little young shoulders to prop up
my sky. I wouldn’t have been to school at all if it hadn’t been for her. She is
the best friend anyone could have.” (China.org;
Shanghaist 08.07.14)

For today’s students in the United States just walking one way two
miles to school, would be beyond difficult. Now we have all heard stories, some
true, of our parents or grandparents walking five miles to school in the rain
and snow. That kind of difficulty in attending school is hard for students
today to really understand. It is almost beyond belief that a young student
would make the sacrifice to carry a disabled friend those many miles for those
many years. He Qin-Jiao truly is a very beautiful child inside and out! May the
Lord bless her and heal her friend!

Think for a moment about that friend that sticks closer than a
brother, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross is hard
to wrap our minds around, why did Jesus, the Creator of the Universe die for
our sins? Jesus “bore
(carry - MSG) our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to
sins, might live for righteousness.” Jesus
left the glorious comforts of Heaven to come down to this earth and walk among
us for some 30 years. Jesus did not come in this modern age where so many have
so much that makes life easy. Instead, Jesus was born into this world, fully
God, fully human, in a time without the modern conveniences we have now. The world Jesus was born into was
a cruel world where bad things happened at a far greater frequency than they do
for many of us today.

We are told that the suffering of Jesus was an example in 1 Peter, “…leaving us an example, that you
should follow His steps.” The most beautiful
student in China, He Qin-Jiao, is an example of someone knowingly or
unknowingly following the example of Jesus. Jesus carried our sins, “bore” our sins on the cross. He Qin-Jiao has carried
her friend with polio four miles round trip back and forth to school for three
years. Qin-Jiao has been “a friend who sticks closer
than a brother” to her friend. May
we too follow in the steps of Jesus!

Copyright © 2014. Ed Wrather. The
Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998
the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather
began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

www.theburningbush.net

www.theburningbush.org

The .org
Burning Bush website

is being updated.

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received visits from more than 170 countries. Celebrating 15 years online since
January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush Devotional has been
spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000 subscribers across the
world.

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some reason you do not receive your email version of the devotional please
check the Burning Bush website at http://www.theburningbush.net for the “Devotional of the Day” and read the devotional there.

The Burning
Bush Devotional

08.08.14

In His
Steps

…there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. - Proverbs
18:24b NKJV.

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us,
leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: “Who committed no sin,
nor was deceit found in His mouth”; who, when He was reviled, did not revile in
return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who
judges righteously; who Himself bore (carry - MSG) our sins in His own body on
the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness - by whose
stripes you were healed. - 1 Peter 2:21-24 NKJV.

“China’s most beautiful student” is beautiful because she has a beautiful heart. The
student is He Qin-Jiao, and she is just a 13-year-old little girl living in the
Hunan Province. Her heart is beautiful because of what she has been doing for
her friend He Ying-hui for three years. Qin-Jiao has been carrying her friend,
who has polio, to and from school, which is a four mile round trip. She says, “Ying-hui is my
best friend and school would not have been the same without her. If that meant,
I had to carry her then that’s what I had to do. I didn’t mind it at all. It
gave us a chance to have a good chat before and after school every day.”
In a creative writing project Ying-hui described the most important person in
her life as she wrote, “He Qin-jiao uses her little young shoulders to prop up
my sky. I wouldn’t have been to school at all if it hadn’t been for her. She is
the best friend anyone could have.” (China.org;
Shanghaist 08.07.14)

For today’s students in the United States just walking one way two
miles to school, would be beyond difficult. Now we have all heard stories, some
true, of our parents or grandparents walking five miles to school in the rain
and snow. That kind of difficulty in attending school is hard for students
today to really understand. It is almost beyond belief that a young student
would make the sacrifice to carry a disabled friend those many miles for those
many years. He Qin-Jiao truly is a very beautiful child inside and out! May the
Lord bless her and heal her friend!

Think for a moment about that friend that sticks closer than a
brother, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross is hard
to wrap our minds around, why did Jesus, the Creator of the Universe die for
our sins? Jesus “bore
(carry - MSG) our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to
sins, might live for righteousness.” Jesus
left the glorious comforts of Heaven to come down to this earth and walk among
us for some 30 years. Jesus did not come in this modern age where so many have
so much that makes life easy. Instead, Jesus was born into this world, fully
God, fully human, in a time without the modern conveniences we have now. The world Jesus was born into was
a cruel world where bad things happened at a far greater frequency than they do
for many of us today.

We are told that the suffering of Jesus was an example in 1 Peter, “…leaving us an example, that you
should follow His steps.” The most beautiful
student in China, He Qin-Jiao, is an example of someone knowingly or
unknowingly following the example of Jesus. Jesus carried our sins, “bore” our sins on the cross. He Qin-Jiao has carried
her friend with polio four miles round trip back and forth to school for three
years. Qin-Jiao has been “a friend who sticks closer
than a brother” to her friend. May
we too follow in the steps of Jesus!

Copyright © 2014. Ed Wrather. The
Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998
the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather
began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The .org
Burning Bush website

is being updated.

The Burning Bush websites have
received visits from more than 170 countries. Celebrating 15 years online since
January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush Devotional has been
spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000 subscribers across the
world.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top left hand corner of all of the pages.

Prayer Warriors Wanted! Please join the
Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998. Send prayer requests and
receive prayer requests. To join send an
email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Ed Wrather has retired from
pastoring full-time and has more time to pursue other ministry opportunities.
You can make contact at edwrather@yahoo.com or theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

Prayer Requests: Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of
prayer - please pray for me.).

If you enjoy the devotional
please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank
email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

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