Pearl of Wisdom
"Be willing to understand things that may appear to be against your way of
thinking. You may be suffering from hardening of the ego."
Today's Message: "It's hard to understand" by Bob Perks It's hard to understand
sometimes, but easy enough to see. I try to make sense of things and fail to
comprehend the magnitude, width and depth of all that is mine.
Still with all of that clearly in front of me, I find myself whining still,
because I don't have this or that.
It wouldn't take much to see those around me lacking even the stuff that I enjoy
and I am nowhere near a wealthy man by the world's standards. I have a simple
house, a car, food, a wife and family who love me.
I couldn't boast of a yacht, six figure income, tailored suits, shoes made in
Italy, or more bathrooms than bedrooms in my home.
Some of you may think that's not much.
Still others may read that and say, I rent a small apartment with one bedroom
that sleeps six. I can't afford to buy my child a toy boat to play with and my
income is below the poverty line. As for clothes and shoes I thank God for the
Salvation Army and my church.
That's hard to understand, but easy enough to see.
I wake up in the morning and I can't feel my feet sometimes. I walk slumped over
from muscle pain until I walk long enough not to feel it.
Some of you may say it's just old age, get used to it.
Others may be thinking that's nothing. I can't walk any more. My legs don't
function at all and I am confined to a wheel chair. My pain is constant because
I can't afford the drugs to make it all go away. I am crippled and can hardly
sit up long enough to eat.
That's hard to understand, but easy enough to see.
I moan about the fact that I don't see my one son at all and the other just
calls any more. He's too busy to stop by.
Some of you say they have their own life, let them live it. Be grateful, mine is
in his 30's and still living here.
Others might say at least you have two sons. I lost my son to war and my
daughter to cancer. Didn't your oldest survive his cancer? You ought to be
grateful he's alive.
That's hard to understand, but easy enough to see.
I sometimes question God.
Some might say so do I.
Others might add, me, too.
Still He loves all of us, doesn't he? He never gives up on us, does He? He sees
more in us than we do, gives even when we don't deserve it. He provides. He
guides. He lifts us up when no one else is there to do so. He forgives. He
listens.
You can't deny the abundance in your life. That's God...hard to understand
sometimes, but easy enough to see.
Bob Perks
2believe@comcast.net