Yesterday I spent my morning helping an old lady that is a friend of mine. Its been way too long since I've been over to visit. I absolutely love working in her yard with her. She gives me plant starts, so my garden now has more than just food plants, and its getting pretty. She also feeds me sometimes. But mainly I just love how her sweet spirit brightens my days.
At the end of the day, the last thing I helped her with was moving a small hill of sticks, bits of wood and other dead plant remains. Honestly I looked at in and thought there was no way I would be able to do that in a day. It would probably take a couple weeks or a miracle. She thought the same.
We have been told that with faith we can move mountains. As I started to move that pile, arm load to wheel berrel load, one at a time up a big hill, I thought, Im moving a mountain here. Amazingly, some how, by the end of 1.5 hrs I had moved the whole thing. I dont think I have ever put a more determined effort into physical labor, but with every shovel full, and every wheel barrel load up that hill, I thought, this is like my life, and if I can move this, then I can have faith and hope, if I can move this small mountain, God can move the mountains in my life, even if its one shovel full, and one wheel barrel full at a time.
It was not easy. I had blackberry thorns poke through my gloves, I had cuts, I bled. It hurt. I pushed that wheel barrel and sometimes it got stuck, and sometimes I didn't think I could make it to the top to dump it, and I thought I would loose the whole load. Sometimes, it took all my strength. By the end I was exhausted. My back hurt, and I was sweating so badly, even though it wasn't a hot day, that my cell phone got wet in my pants pockets. I did it though, I did the impossible. I moved that small "mountain" and I did it in far less time than it should have taken.
Sometimes in life, there is a huge pile of junk, and it needs moving, and it seems impossible. Remember, with God, nothing is impossible. God can move mountains. He can help you to move mountains. Sometimes, probably most times, Its going to happen one shovel full at a time, one barrel full at a time. By small means, great things are brought to pass. Sometimes you will get cut, you will get hurt,you will get stuck, you will feel like you are sliding backwards down the hill, or maybe you will loose the whole load.
Don't quit. Keep going. God will help you move a mountain, even if its one little painful bit at a time, and it will be worth it when you are done, and you look back at that clean patch of dirt, ready to be put to good use.
Today there is a lot of thunder outside. My poor dog is terrified. I have something to help him weather the storm, its called a thundershirt. its a shirt with velcro for dogs, so they can feel all snuggled and safe. It doesn't completely remove his fear, but as long as he is by my side, and has his shirt on, he calms down, quits shaking, and can make it through the scary parts of a storm. God knows how to comfort us, to weather storms, he wraps us in his love and his word. With that, we can feel peace and comfort no matter how horrible of storm clouds gather around us.
At the end of the day, the last thing I helped her with was moving a small hill of sticks, bits of wood and other dead plant remains. Honestly I looked at in and thought there was no way I would be able to do that in a day. It would probably take a couple weeks or a miracle. She thought the same.
We have been told that with faith we can move mountains. As I started to move that pile, arm load to wheel berrel load, one at a time up a big hill, I thought, Im moving a mountain here. Amazingly, some how, by the end of 1.5 hrs I had moved the whole thing. I dont think I have ever put a more determined effort into physical labor, but with every shovel full, and every wheel barrel load up that hill, I thought, this is like my life, and if I can move this, then I can have faith and hope, if I can move this small mountain, God can move the mountains in my life, even if its one shovel full, and one wheel barrel full at a time.
It was not easy. I had blackberry thorns poke through my gloves, I had cuts, I bled. It hurt. I pushed that wheel barrel and sometimes it got stuck, and sometimes I didn't think I could make it to the top to dump it, and I thought I would loose the whole load. Sometimes, it took all my strength. By the end I was exhausted. My back hurt, and I was sweating so badly, even though it wasn't a hot day, that my cell phone got wet in my pants pockets. I did it though, I did the impossible. I moved that small "mountain" and I did it in far less time than it should have taken.
Sometimes in life, there is a huge pile of junk, and it needs moving, and it seems impossible. Remember, with God, nothing is impossible. God can move mountains. He can help you to move mountains. Sometimes, probably most times, Its going to happen one shovel full at a time, one barrel full at a time. By small means, great things are brought to pass. Sometimes you will get cut, you will get hurt,you will get stuck, you will feel like you are sliding backwards down the hill, or maybe you will loose the whole load.
Don't quit. Keep going. God will help you move a mountain, even if its one little painful bit at a time, and it will be worth it when you are done, and you look back at that clean patch of dirt, ready to be put to good use.
Today there is a lot of thunder outside. My poor dog is terrified. I have something to help him weather the storm, its called a thundershirt. its a shirt with velcro for dogs, so they can feel all snuggled and safe. It doesn't completely remove his fear, but as long as he is by my side, and has his shirt on, he calms down, quits shaking, and can make it through the scary parts of a storm. God knows how to comfort us, to weather storms, he wraps us in his love and his word. With that, we can feel peace and comfort no matter how horrible of storm clouds gather around us.
Beautiful. Both you and this post.
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