"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:
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 several
squirrels playing in the trees and the birds a 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 when it seemed that nothing went as I had planned. 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 sisters sand paper can be a catalyst that sends us down a road that is
totally different from the one we had planned.
One of God's very colorful
creations, a blue jay, just flew by the window on his way to someplace. I wonder if he knows where he is going? I suspect he does but, in his quest to get to
his destination, he boobs and weaves and is in a constant state of checking out
the surrounding area. God programmed him that way.
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
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