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a friend shared this story:
"I sat outside this morning and was reading a book. I was distracted though by the ugly squawking of birds...blue jays. I had forgotten to fill the bird feeders for about a week and I filled them last night.
There were several jays that were fighting over the food.
THREE bird feeders were full to bursting. There was one jay that a group of jays were trying to run off. They went from branch to branch...squawking and fighting and chasing that one jay out of their territory. And the whole time, the feeders sat full of food and empty of feeders.
There was enough for all of them, but they were so busy chasing that one bird off they forgot to eat.
I sat there and cried and shook my head. There's enough for all of us!!! It's there for all of us!!!!"
Yes...
grace...
this is grace...
God's grace...
there is enough for all of us...
always...
we need not chase others from it...
God's feeder is full (always) for each of us...
"I tell you not to
worry about your life. Don't worry about having something to eat, drink, or
wear. Isn't life more than food or clothing?
Look at the birds in
the sky! They don't plant or harvest. They don't even store grain in barns. Yet
your Father in heaven takes care of them. Aren't you worth much more than
birds?" Matthew 6.25-26
may we let others come to God's feeder...
Amen and amen!!
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Showing posts with label grace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grace. Show all posts
Thursday, August 23, 2012
there's enough for all of us
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
steeping
i keep thinking i get it and mostly i do. for others.
as others share the potholes in their journey i am quick to remind of the need to be gentle. to rest in the arms of the One who loves first. to breathe when all else is overwhelming. in. out. repeat. just breathe.
so
much harder to extend to myself. in the
midst of wrestling with things that wear me out physically, emotionally, and
spiritually i expect to be able to maintain this crazy list of expectations
written in my sky.
one
of the places i go when i need to remember grace extends even to me is Matthew
6. these words speak to my heart in a
way i cannot explain. they soothed me as
a sweet one faced heart surgery, as i left all i knew to follow God to a very
flat place and then to a holy mountain, when i doubted my ability love and to
be loved, and once more today.
the
transliteration from The Message speaks to my heart and soul as i wrestle to accept a small portion of grace for myself today:
"If God gives such attention to the
appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—don't you think
he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? What I'm trying to
do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God's giving. People who don't know
God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how
he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't
worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be
met.
"Give your
entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about
what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard
things come up when the time comes.”
yes! i need to steep myself in God…
like that tea sitting on the counter.
steep…rest…knowing that as I do God is making
me stronger, bolder, somehow better as I relax into re-remembering that God has
this stuff.
God is more than with me…before,
behind, and all around me…
much like the water as the tea brews…
moving in and
through and around allowing me to become better than when i am dry and sitting
in a place away from grace.
i remember that for right now I can
erase the list in the sky, breathe in, breathe out, repeat as I steep in the
arms of the One that loves me first.
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