Hey Gang: How many out there
truly believe that you can do all things through Christ who stands ready to
strengthen you and supply for all your needs according to His riches in glory
in Christ Jesus?
This morning is one of those very
special days for this Pennsylvania Hillbilly. I have mentioned on several
occasions that my daddy was a coal miner and in my beginning years we lived in
a coal- mining town called Dean. It is said that we lived so far back in
the sticks that they had to pump sunshine to us and even the hoot owls wore
knapsacks.
Although both mom and dad were
endowed with common sense, the ability and drive to work hard and use their
gifted talents to the maximum, formal education was not a luxury that they had
opportunity to achieve. In essence in those early formative years, (also
the depression years) there was very little time to sit on Daddy’s knee or have
Mom read stories or teach some of the finer things about life.
And then disaster struck, my Dad was
injured in a mining accident which terminated his mining days. We moved
from the mountains to, what I considered, a gigantic metropolitan city.
Actually, it was a city of sixty thousand or less. From Hunky Hollow,
deep in the Appalachian Mountains, to a place where indoor plumbing was the
norm- along with all the other wonderful modern conveniences -was
exciting but also very frightening.
It was indeed a time of deep shock
for yours truly. I was enrolled in a school where there were more kids
than I had ever cross paths with in my entire years on earth. On the
first day I arrived wearing my knickers, brogan shoes, had buck teeth and
my name was "Kermit"- which immediately placed a large bulls eye on
my back. School, from that point on it was more of a survival exercise
than an educational exercise. I graduated twelve years later with a fifth
grade reading level.
Now I tell you this so that all of
you that struggle with the schools of higher learning will have hope.
Look at the Scripture of day again and note "My God Shall". There is no greater power verse for the
down and outer that "My God Shall".
True I was very limited in my formal education but as I look back over the
years, I was truly blessed by God, who supplied my every need.
You see I learned "God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that
always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for
every good deed" (2 Cor. 9:8). This morning I reached a plateau that was totally and completely
impossible for that Pennsylvania Hillbilly kid with limited education. If
you were to ask any of my teachers, they would be quick to tell you my chances
for climbing the ladders of success were so very limited. But as you read
this morning message keep in mind that it is blog number 400. Also remember "My God Shall!"
Soooo, my young friends, as you get
ready to face another day of challenges, keep Paul's words in the front of your
mind, "Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food
will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your
righteousness" (2 Cor. 9:10).
Malachi blessed our sox off when he
gave us these power verses: "Bring the
whole tithe in to the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house and
test Me now in this," says the Lord of Host, if I will not open for you
the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it
overflows." And note his next words, "Then I will rebuke the devourer for you".
(Mal. 3:10-11a). And that my friends you can take to the bank!
Blessings
Gramps
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