OUR INCOMPREHENSIBLE BLESSING

Geez, my blinding flash of the obvious this morning tells me maybe God isn't such a bad judge of character...he's just not nasty about it. I was nattering (as I got dressed in my many, many layers of wool) about this weather and the snow that is coming and I and I and I...and I.

At which point I was gifted with, "This weather is just a minor inconvenience to you."

Tell me that wasn't God giving the old  "tsk-tsk, Beloved." (I added the Beloved.)

But it sure brought to my mind...p.d.q. and clearly...all the homeless, the impoverished, the sick, the alone and lonely poor. Who, even without this frigid winter, live...shall, we say, "uncomfortably."

And my reasoning mind immediately started shaming...I should do this for them, I should have already done that for them, the trouble with me is...and, wow!, here comes God to save my day. With another bfo. "Pray your 'thank you,' trusting...knowing...that I am here for all...all ways and always."

This is how we build our trust in God's saving grace...if we're doing it right...by feeling utterly helpless, knowing something needs to be done, not knowing what or how, and turning immediately to God with "Thank you...I know my problem is in your hands and has already been solved."

We're also building our trust in God's incomprehensible power...by knowing that prayer is all we have, all we need...and we trust that that is enough without ever knowing how. We then do something for another...just something for someone. It will carry forward.

God is so good to me...and you. We are blessed.

Thank you.