Davy P.

 

Miss Seal was a good second-grade teacher.  Although I can’t remember a specific thing that I learned in the second grade, I made it through college, so I must have learned enough in the second grade.  In the second grade, my favorite time of the day was recess.  There were several boys that were great at softball, and they were the envy of all of the rest of us boys.  And then there was Davy P.  He was awkward (even more than I was) and had crooked teeth.  But Davy had a gift that no other boy had in the second grade had: Davy had such bad eyes that his glasses looked like the bottoms of coke bottles.  And at recess, he would let us use his glasses to focus the sun and burn leaves.  Great fun, although Davy couldn’t see what was going on.  Hey, everyone in life has a gift.  You may not think that you have a gift (Davy and I didn’t think so), but you do.  Just try everything and you are bound to find something that you are good at.  And then use that gift to be a blessing to others.  Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 9:10, “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might …”  Whatever your talent is, do it to the best of your ability … even if it is burning leaves at recess.

Little Blessings

 

I went on a mission trip (with the tourist stuff too) to the Dominican Republic this past month and missed 5 sessions of cardiac rehab.  I was a little concerned because I’ve just grown fond of my heart pumping, and I want to keep it doing so.  But I was pleasantly surprised to find that Jason had exactly the same weights on his patio that I use at cardiac rehab.  I missed the exercise machines, but I was able to keep up with the weights.  “Thank you, dear Lord, for the little things that you give to me each day.”  Psalm 84:11, “For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.”

Thirsty

 

Several months ago, Jason S. invited me to visit his ministry in the Dominican Republic.  I enjoyed the ten-day trip and enjoyed his kind hospitality.  There were many details to remember and most of them I covered.  The few that I overlooked didn’t threaten the trip.  For instance, I forgot to feed the birds in my back yard.  But they did just fine without me.  I forgot to stop the mail.  But I called my neighbor and she took care of the mail each day.  But the morning that I left, I watered my two inside plants not knowing what to do.  They would just have to make it (or not) for ten days.  And when I got back, the plants were wilted and dry, but after drinking up some water, they perked right up after a day.  Hey, have you ever been thirsty after a hot afternoon in the summer sun?  A cool drink of water refreshes the soul and revives the spirit.  Jesus asked the Samaritan woman for a drink of water in John 4.  She drew some cooling water from the deep well, and an interesting conversation followed.  John 4:13&14, “Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”  The woman offered Jesus physical water to satisfy His parched throat, but Jesus offered the woman spiritual water to refresh her needy soul.  Hey, have you had a refreshing drink of that spiritual water?  Have you let Jesus Christ meet your soul’s needs?  Take a moment and talk with Him in prayer.  You’ll be glad that you did.