"I can't get no satisfaction"... - 08:58, Tuesday, August 21, 2007 |
| I was skipping with joy at finding our first egg on Saturday morning. Later in the day I realized it was not the only egg Lucy had laid. I found another in a secure little shaded area behind the coop. I shared the excitement with everyone I talked to. But then came Monday... No egg. And today... No egg. I looked over at Lucy and asked her why she was holding out on me. After enjoying my coffee and devotions I realized how ungrateful I have been. Over the last few months I have been witnessing a miracle straight from God's design. Lucy was a gift from a friend of my daughter. I raised her from a few days old and so enjoyed the process that I ordered two dozen more from McMurray Hatchery. I've gotten to enjoy watching them grow from fluff balls to miniature hens (they're six weeks old). I have been blessed with a dream that I've had for 15 years come true . We have a little piece of property that is fertile and my garden demonstrates the abundance. My children all still live at home and get to enjoy the farm we talked about when we were traveling the country with the Air Force, changing homes every 2-3 years. I went with a couple of friends to look at some rural property a couple of weeks ago. I've had a hard time getting those 50 mountaintop acres out of my mind. With 20 flat acres and the rest wooded, it is a great place to do the whole Little House in the Big Woods life. We could probably afford to buy it next year, but what about the blessings God's given us right here. Why is it so hard for me just to enjoy what we have? Evidently I've been trying to pray the prayer of Jabez ~ "Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my border..." 1 Chronicles 4:10. Somehow contentment is the hardest virtue to achieve. The apostle Paul put in to clear words the lessons he learned from being a devoted follower of Christ ~ "Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled..." Philippians 4:11-12. So, my prayer today is this ~ Paul's words of gratitude: "But I have received everything in full and have an abundance; I am amply supplied." Philippians 4:18. I want these words to become my theme no matter what the circumstances. I have Christ in my life....all the rest is, as we say in West Virginia, just gravy! |
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