Peanut Butter and Plug Ins
Greetings sisters,
I'm thankful to be a content person with the simple things in life. As we were traveling we stopped in a gas station and brother Jim found this...
We didn't buy it but we had a good laugh about something as simple as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich being sold in a complicated world.
Another simple thing we appreciate is this...
A plug in :-) I used to be thankful for electricity when we lived in a house but it was expected to be there and today in our mobile life, we rejoice in thankfulness when we find a plug in, while out working on ministry.
As you strip your life down as much as you can, you realize you were not as thankful as you thought you were. When we set up our little off grid homestead in Missouri several years ago we went through some brutally hot, humid summer months without any running water and let me tell you, it certainly makes you have a deep gratitude for cold water and if you get ice, that's a big bonus!
What's in your life that you take for granted? A place to rest your head at night? A nice bed to lay it on? Warmth in the winter and coolness in the summer? A refrigerator that keeps your food and drinks fresh? A shower every night with warm water? Clean, freshly washed clothes? Food on your plate at dinner time? Healthy children?
Too often we walk through this world 'expecting' things because that's just the norm, but think about back in the biblical days when the modern conveniences weren't available to make people self centered. I'm not saying you need to get rid of everything and do what we do, I'm encouraging you right where you are to take notice of the deeper things and gain a thankfulness for the small things in life, that we take for granted and expect.
This verse was powerful to me as a new babe in Christ...
And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. (Luke 9:58)
Our Savior didn't even have a place to rest His head, how much more thankful should we be when we have a place, in safety, to sleep. What about being thankful in in EVERYTHING?
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
That's living in the spirit, giving thanks unto God in everything, instead of living in the flesh, expecting what we need or want.
Galatians 5 is about walking in the Spirit, not the flesh, and it's a battle to do but one we do for the Lord as our living sacrifice. (Romans 12:1-2)
I encourage you sisters to examine yourself and your home to see if you are being thankful in everything. This will be a wonderful witness to those around you who see a godly woman, content and thankful in all things. They will see a God that fulfills her, not the world.
Have a joyous evening.
Love in Christ,
Sister Deb
I'm thankful to be a content person with the simple things in life. As we were traveling we stopped in a gas station and brother Jim found this...
We didn't buy it but we had a good laugh about something as simple as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich being sold in a complicated world.
Another simple thing we appreciate is this...
A plug in :-) I used to be thankful for electricity when we lived in a house but it was expected to be there and today in our mobile life, we rejoice in thankfulness when we find a plug in, while out working on ministry.
As you strip your life down as much as you can, you realize you were not as thankful as you thought you were. When we set up our little off grid homestead in Missouri several years ago we went through some brutally hot, humid summer months without any running water and let me tell you, it certainly makes you have a deep gratitude for cold water and if you get ice, that's a big bonus!
What's in your life that you take for granted? A place to rest your head at night? A nice bed to lay it on? Warmth in the winter and coolness in the summer? A refrigerator that keeps your food and drinks fresh? A shower every night with warm water? Clean, freshly washed clothes? Food on your plate at dinner time? Healthy children?
Too often we walk through this world 'expecting' things because that's just the norm, but think about back in the biblical days when the modern conveniences weren't available to make people self centered. I'm not saying you need to get rid of everything and do what we do, I'm encouraging you right where you are to take notice of the deeper things and gain a thankfulness for the small things in life, that we take for granted and expect.
This verse was powerful to me as a new babe in Christ...
And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. (Luke 9:58)
Our Savior didn't even have a place to rest His head, how much more thankful should we be when we have a place, in safety, to sleep. What about being thankful in in EVERYTHING?
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
That's living in the spirit, giving thanks unto God in everything, instead of living in the flesh, expecting what we need or want.
Galatians 5 is about walking in the Spirit, not the flesh, and it's a battle to do but one we do for the Lord as our living sacrifice. (Romans 12:1-2)
I encourage you sisters to examine yourself and your home to see if you are being thankful in everything. This will be a wonderful witness to those around you who see a godly woman, content and thankful in all things. They will see a God that fulfills her, not the world.
Have a joyous evening.
Love in Christ,
Sister Deb
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