Good Morning
All!!
Psalm 13:6; “I
will sing to the Lord, because he
has dealt bountifully with me.”
Living on the plains of South Dakota is always an interesting time. Many people around here will tell you that
February, March and April were among the driest ever witnessed. Although not spoken, the dreaded “D” word (drought)
was on the mind of many. Cattle
producers were worried about hay supplies lasting as there was none to be found
to buy. Grain farmers were debating
whether to plant or wait for rain. The
retired old timers would quote the old saw “plant in dust and your bins will
bust” while the active farmers looked at the amount of money being put into
dry, cool ground. I took my cues and was
dusting off the sermons and prayers that asked for rain and encouraged patience
while trusting God to supply us. So how
did it go?
Well, I do my gardening in garden boxes.
I use potting soil in lined boxes with an irrigation system in the
bottom. I used a type of potting soil
that had moisture retention qualities.
So I spent July 3rd and part of July 4th scooping
some of the soil out of the boxes, spreading it on a tarp so it would dry out
because the boxes had received too much rain.
The pastures have tremendous growth.
If you missed the hail, most crops look fantastic. What a turn around, what a change, what a
phenomenal blessing from God!
This is one place where we really need a boost. Too often we expect God to fail us. We expect God to take something from us or
deny us and so we spend a lot of time missing the joy around us. God deals with us bountifully, we only need
to look around us as we are surrounded by God’s grace. He pours his love out upon us. He offers us his peace and he uses the people
around us to do this. He uses the
created things that surround us to give us hope for our day. He blesses us bountifully at all turns as we
are promised eternal life, with him in paradise. A promise paid for by Jesus and guaranteed by
the Holy Spirit is ours, always. So we
can always look to this as a sign of God’s bountiful love for us as he delivers
to us his bountiful mercy every day.
Being a Christian means starting each day new, revitalized by the
forgiveness which is bountifully poured out upon you. Thus each day we, by faith, are renewed,
refreshed and restored. We live a life
with much potential because of all that God gives to us. It is the devil that wants you to focus on
what you don’t have but what we don’t have is miniscule compared to what we do
have. We have his love and mercy and
promise of eternal life. We know that he
has defeated the enemies in this world for us and that he has promised us
abundant life. For this we should sing
his praises forever.
Father
of all good things, your blessings pour over us and refresh us each day. Help us to focus on your incredible mercy and
wondrous kindness which never ends. Lift
up our eyes to see your mercy. Help us
to point others to your hope. In the
precious name of Jesus we pray, amen.
God’s Peace,
Pastor Bret
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