Food for Thought

"God does His best work when we have nothing to work with." - Me

Yep. That's my quote. Never heard anyone say it...though I'm sure someone has, so I decided to make it my own.

I've been thinking about that a lot lately because it truly feels like there is nothing left to work with. Our farm is approaching the 11th hour with ,what feels like, the speed of light. The savings that has helped us get at least this far is trickling faster than a leaky faucet. There is right now, only the miserable stuff left - the money stuff. The stuff where we have to enlist the council of, well, the bank. How helpful will that be in our economic race toward recession!?!

If I were to sit and think about it all, I might be tempted to head to the nearest cliff...There are none in the prairies! See! God is sooooooo looking out for me!

Joking aside, It is absolutely all about perspective.

Yes, the hollow buildings which used to hold our livelihood are still caverns of silence. There are many who have long since passed the place that we are at now, have lost it all and are trying to wrap their heads around their new lives - lives they had no plans for.

My heart breaks every time I turn on the news. It's not just about me. It's about the world.

The thing is, it's not about the world the way the media thinks it is and says it is. There is something so much bigger than this. But we'll never see that so-much-bigger when everything we see as important; all the stuff we have worked so hard for, is running like clockwork.

"Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you." John 6:27

This verse is so strange to me but it has become very clear to me! We need food, money and shelter to live. Our livelihood was really, to the core, laboring for food....we were in the business of feeding the world! How is it, that there seems to be more job security in being a professional athlete than in feeding the world?!?????

But what about the "food which endures." How much time and effort do we put into that? Our farm is living proof that it will all pass away. So WHY do we work so incredibly hard for what will not last?

In many parts of the world, suffering is a result of not having enough. Here, in the western world, our suffering is the result of having too much and wanting for more.

I must say that I am a very guilty party in it all. I like my stuff! I may not have a shiny new car, but I happen to like the fact that I have something to get me around! Even if it's not the biggest and the best, I am comfortable enough with my life to allow the "food which perishes" to be my primary goal.

God had to deal with that so that I would give "the food that endures" the attention it needs. I must admit, this does feel extreme to me. Why did it have to come to this? I have no answer for that one!

I have nothing left to work with. I feel blessed to have a front row seat - uncomfortable as it is(!) to the miracles that are coming my way.

Seeing this whole situation from that perspective, you'd think that 'cutting the rope' in the vision God gave me a few weeks back would be easy. That rope is really thick! I think I've started sawing away at it.... so why do I take strange comfort that if I stop soon enough, the rope will stay in tact and I can wade over to the boat and jump into it? -Just being honest. Guess we'll see how that all plays out!