Friday, October 17, 2014

Challenge - Stop, Take a Minute and Smell the Posies! Blog # 600!!!


"I have seen that nothing is better than that man should be happy in his activities, for that is his lot.  For who will bring him to see what will occur after him?" (Ecclesiastes 3:22).

 Hey Gang:  There is a saying floating around that says, you can tell who the true successful people are - they are the ones with the most toys.  Did you know we live a superficial world? A world where we measure success by who has the most bangles and beads?  It is a world where many often miss the wonderful hidden pearls that God has so bountifully placed all around us.   As I sit here at the computer, I am blessed to see the sunrise each morning and the light rays as they radiate through the trees. 

This morning there are deer in the back yard and in the front yard; several squirrels are playing in the trees and the birds are availing themselves of the feast that we provide for them each day.  We tend to take such magnificence for granted, in this rapidly moving affluent world, and miss the wonderful joys that God created for us.

Yesterday was one of those especially-trying days.   I wish I could say that I learned how to deal with such days, after running a home for fifty children with adjustment problems for twenty seven years, but such is not the case.  I wonder if God sometimes throws monkey-wrenches into our regimented lives with the express purpose of moving us out of our comfort zones! 

Did you ever notice that brother and sister sand paper can be a catalyst that sends us down a road that is totally different from the one we had planned?

One of the more colorful of God's feathered friend creations just flew by the window.  I wonder if he knows where he is going.  I suspect he does.   We need to learn from our feathered friends that God has provided a whole smorgasbord of blessings for us to enjoy, even in the busy world of trying to climb the corporate ladder. 

It is one of God's other creations - man - who, many times, seems to run to and fro not knowing where he is going.  One might refer to it as ‘the chicken without its head syndrome.’  I personally believe it resembles what is going on in the Beltway today.

Solomon recognized this fact when he wrote, "How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded?" (Pro. 1:11a).  Man, in his infinite wisdom, "…is ever seeking and failing to come to the knowledge of the truth" (2 Tim. 3:7). 

Soooo, take a piece of advice from an old man, "If there ain't no tomorrow it won't matter no how, so take a minute and smell the posies.  And, keep in mind, as the Plain People would say, 'There are many times we are climbing the mountain when we ought to quietly resting'. God speaks to us when we are in a quiet listening attitude.  Shhhhh - listen.

Blessings, 

Gramps   
P.S.  A month or so ago when the number of hits dipped on the  Gramps Morning thoughts, I asked the Lord if it was time to put Gramps to bed.  Within the week the numbers not only returned to their previous levels but increased.  But the amazing thing, God has been putting subjects for future blogs in my heart and mind on a continuous basis.  To the point where we feel we need to return to the three a week format.  So effective, following this one, we will return to the Monday, Wednesday and Friday format. 

If you knew the problems I had in my school years reading, writing, sentence structure, etc, you would realize what a miracle God has done in allowing me to write these 600 morning messages.  To God be His glory!

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