In my quiet time this morning, I read a reference
to the Bible verse that advises us to take no thought for what we shall
eat, what we shall drink, what we shall wear, that our Father knows our
needs…seek Him first and get our needs met in His (plenty of) time
(paraphrasing, of course).
And the thought popped that I have never seen a naked “bag
lady.” The very term “bag lady” negates the possibility…chances are, if she’s
toting bags, she’s got something with which to cover herself.
I then imagined me as that bag lady. I’d be praying for
something to eat, drink, wear while eating out of dumpsters, drinking rain
water, wearing rags…never realizing that these are my answered prayers, that if
I’d give God His head, I would do considerably better…or at least not any worse.
My take then is how deep within am I willing to know God.
Like the bag lady, the dumpster and the rain water, I already have all that I need. It is
simply to seek deeper within to find better, to what already is, God.
God has my back. Mine is to believe, trust, live that fact,
knowing and showing care and concern for others by not imposing me or my wants
on them.
If/when I feel disrespected by another, I get to thank God for having
my back, knowing that my good will come to me and that to return disrespect for
disrespect is to pick up mud and throw it in my own face. God can…and will…do
better.
Thank You.
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