11-07am
I’m happy to announce that I have not complained since the recycling bin! Yesterday I bought a chocolate (see my gratitude pic below) & when I got to the till and they rang it up, it scanned R32 instead of 11! How’s that for a till blunder? If I wasn’t concentrating, I would have just paid and walked out, but I WAS concentrating and said, ‘that can’t be!’ This is a difference between complaining and drawing attention to an error! This was definitely the latter! I drew their attention to a mistake and asked them to check, which they did. What surprised me is that the bar code was wrong in the till itself. I wondered how many people had bought that chocolate and it had go through will all the other shopping and the excessive price wasn’t noticed. If I’d been at another supermarket, I may have got it for free!
This morning’s Focus on the Family on CCFm was brilliant. Pastor Ed Underwood has a very personal story of extreme suffering and how it led him to ‘give up on God.’ It’s a great relief that when we give up on God, He doesn’t give up on us. You can listen to the programme yourself.
Pastor Ed Underwood
Talking of hardship, never underestimate God! There is a brilliant nugget of wisdom recorded for us in the Old Testament that is pregnant with insight into God’s intimate relationship with us.
Genesis 18:
12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, ‘After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?’ 13 Then the Lord said to Abraham, ‘Why did Sarah laugh and say, “Will I really have a child, now that I am old?” 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.’
“Sarah laughed TO HERSELF as she THOUGHT…” – she did not speak out loud. It wasn’t a conversation she had with Abraham. It was all in her mind. We have all chuckled to ourselves over something. Even then, we have a Witness to what goes on in our minds. We need to be careful what we think. Next time you imagine the impossible, remember 2 things: 1. God sees your thoughts. 2. NOTHING is too hard for the Lord! NOTHING!
God bless you today!
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂
Gratitude Pic: This whole 35g bar (8 squares) has 12g carbs and 180 calories. So that’s 3g carbs per 2 squares…it’s a pleasure to consume them!
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