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...our Father knows our needs.
The thought popped that I have never heard of a naked “bag lady.” The very term “bag lady” negates the probability…chances are, if she’s toting bags, she’s got something with which to cover herself.
I then imagined myself as that bag lady. I’d be praying for something to eat, drink, wear while eating out of dumpsters, drinking rainwater, wearing rags…never realizing that these are my answered prayers. If I’d give God me-clearance, He'd do considerably better…for sure, not any worse.
How deep within am I willing to know God? Like the bag lady's dumpster, rainwater and rags, I already have all that I actually need...my self-determined want is the problem.
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.
When (not if) I feel disrespected by another, I know that to return disrespect for disrespect is to pick up mud and sling it in my own face. First rule of spiritual growth still applies: Keep it simple...God can and will always do better.
Blinding flash of the obvious: Go deeper within, beneath wants. Find what is already ours...God.
Thank you.
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