Today’s scripture: Psalm 95:1-7 (NRSV) (The Message) (KJV) What might God be saying to me?
My thoughts (Tammy Mills):
Recently I arrived home late after a evening meeting — and I was starving! I threw open the refrigerator, looking for something to eat. I searched in vain and then declared, “There’s nothing to eat!” I stomped off in a huff!
It wasn’t but a bit later, when one of our girls came to me, bringing an apple. “Mama”, she said. “I found this apple in the fridge and there is milk, and ketchup, and eggs, and cheese, and juice, and yogurt,” on and on she went….
She was right, of course. There was a lot of food in the fridge. But when there wasn’t exactly what I wanted, I dismissed the whole lot. I need to work a whole lot harder at REALLY seeing what is in front of me and learning to give thanks for what I have, even if it isn’t precisely what I wish I had at that moment.
Psalm 95 reminds me that I need to approach God in the same way my daughter approached the fridge. I need to open my eyes to see who God really is and the amazing way God works in my life!
The apple I ate that night might just have been the best snack I have ever had.
Question for the day: Do I really see all I have to be thankful for?
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