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Showing posts with label God's plan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label God's plan. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Spiritual Biscuits

Hello everyone.  Praise the Lord!

Here is an old story that I have rediscovered to share with you.


A pastor asked an older farmer, decked out in bib overalls, to say grace for the morning breakfast.  "Lord, I hate buttermilk", the farmer began. The visiting pastor opened one eye to glance at the farmer and wonder where this was going.  

The farmer loudly proclaimed, "Lord, I hate lard." Now the pastor was growing concerned.  
Without missing a beat, the farmer continued, "And Lord, you know I don't much care for raw white flour". The pastor once again opened an eye to glance around the room and saw that he wasn't the only one to feel uncomfortable.  

Then the farmer added, "But Lord, when you mix them all together and bake them, I do love warm fresh biscuits. So Lord, when things come up that we don't like, when life gets hard, when we don't understand what you're saying to us, help us to just relax and wait until you are done mixing. It will probably be even better than biscuits. Amen."  


Within that prayer there is great wisdom for all when it comes to complicated situations like we are experiencing in the world today.  Stay strong, my friends, because our LORD is mixing several things that we don't really care for, but something even better is going to come when HE is done with it. AMEN!














Sunday, June 4, 2023

Keep Hanging Around Jesus

 Hello everyone.  Praise the Lord!

This message comes from a preacher that I listened to recently.  I don't know where he had received it from, but I wanted to share it with you.

Matthias was there from the beginning.  He saw it all, and followed close.

He wasn't chosen in the beginning ... but he never walked away.

He wasn't chosen in the beginning ... but he didn't get bitter.

He wasn't chosen in the beginning ... but he didn't sulk or seek promotion.

He wasn't chosen from the beginning ... but he chose Jesus over title.

He wasn't chosen from the beginning ... but he chose relationship over position.

He was the guy that just kept hanging around, refusing to be offended.

But, Jesus knew who he was, and had plans, and a place for him.

When Peter brought about his selection in Acts 1 to fill the empty position vacated by Judas, Jesus had already chosen him...

For 1 Corinthians 15:5 tells us that after His resurrection, Jesus was seen of Peter, then of the twelve. That means to me that Jesus was already including him.  He was that guy that just kept hanging around!

Don't ever quit, don't ever be offended, don't ever get bitter...

You may not have been chosen in the beginning, but the 11th hour workers were just as valuable as those chosen in the beginning.  The harvest would not have been brought in without them!

William James Roop

Hospice Care and Dying

The Trucking Tango

Brother Roop teaches the Bible