Can God use You? Or better worded Does God Use You?

Think about it for a minute. I know some of you are thinking are you crazy. God can use anything. He can loose the tongue of a donkey and make him speak. He can cause the rocks to cry out. And you are right. God can use anything or anybody. The question is does He use you? Does He use you and you don't even know it. Yes he does. I know a lot of you have the same feelings I do from time to time. We post here and there and wonder if we are doing any good whatsoever. We will venture out of our comfort zones and into some of the areas that are geared more to debates and arguments. We all get frustrated from time to time. I know I do. I often get so down I think I will just throw my hands up and quit. Don't you? I usually try to post in areas where the people are of like mind and spirit. My comfort zone. I will however visit other areas and post if I feel lead to do so. Sometimes I think I am just a glutton for punishment. Then I stop and think, why am I posting here. Am I trying to change someone's views. I hope not because I don't think that will happen. Am I simply trying to express my views? I don't know. Frankly I don't know why I even bother most of the time. I have been on several occasions ready to just say that' it I quit and stick to my comfort zones. Now this is where I get back to the heading of this post. Every time I reach this point something amazing happens. Well at least to me it is amazing. Just when I am at my lowest and want to quit I will receive a e-mail from someone that I don't know and to the best of my knowledge have had no interaction with. These simple little messages will say things like "I just had to let you know I read your post and they are funny" "I really enjoy reading your post" "Your post brought a blessing to me" "You bring a fresh air to the conversation". I may be wrong but I feel this is God's way of letting me know He is using me to brighten someone's day. To give a blessing to someone. I certainly am not capable of giving blessings on my own. This happened as recently as last night. I got a message from a someone that I don't think I have talked to that said some of these things and ended with "Don't Quit." How did this person know I was about to stop posting. This got me to thinking about all the posts I have read that touched my heart. The ones I received a blessing from. Then I thought I have never told that person what they meant to me. There is a thread in CrossWalk in the Southern Gospel folder called "Inspirations From Santa." On more than one occasion he has posted something or a link to something that turned out to be just what I needed to read at that particular moment. Something that reached down inside me and brought me to tears. I hope I told him what a blessing he had been but I probably did not. I am going to end this post by issuing a challenge to each and everyone that reads this. If someone has made a post that touched you, that you received a blessing from, that brightened your day and lifted your spirits, or simply made you smile, drop them a note and let them know. You have no idea what it means to get these little messages. If one person is blessed by something we post it makes the frustration worth living with. Until Next Time I am in His service Sam