We had a wonderful sermon at church today. "How to be Truly Thankful for the "Fleas" in Life." So, what does that mean exactly? Give thanks to God in all circumstances. In times when all is going wrong we still need to be thankful to God. That is so hard to do sometimes. Faith is knowing God is going to provide a future blessing. If you know me that statement is as hard for me to digest as vegetables are to some children. I trust God but do I really let Him in all the time? Is He in complete control of my life or am I only allowing Him to have control over the areas in my life that seem to be not as important as the others? As I listened to our speaker talk about giving thanks no matter what, my thoughts drifted to a poem someone gave me a long time ago.
Broken Dreams
As children bring their broken toys
With tears for us to mend,
I brought my broken dreams to God
Because He was my friend.
But instead of leaving Him
in peace to work alone,
I hung around and tried to help
With ways that were my own.
At last I snatched them back and cried,
"How can you be so slow?"
"My child," He said. "What could I do?
You never let them go."
What have I given to God lately only to take it back because He wasn't taking care of it when I thought He should? Or because the answer wasn't what I wanted? And what have I told myself I have given to Him but still have my hands on?
I really needed to hear this today. Thank you God for giving this to our speaker today. I know that you had a hand in this. Your spirit is telling me You are in control.
Matthew 6:34 "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
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