A while back I read a
story of a visiting pastor who attended a men's breakfast in the middle of a
rural farming area of the country. The group had 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.
Lord, I pray for all my Sonshine Friends who are nursing those
sick with the coronavirus. Protect them and keep them safe from the virus and
may their compassion bring healing to those in their care.
