Where Do You Go To Get Fed?

by Debbi Weeks

When my daughter, Rebekah, was a toddler (she’ll be 18 in May!) she ate her meals at the family table in a high chair. But in between meals when she wanted a snack she was trained to sit on the mat in front of our kitchen sink to eat – this was supposed to avoid food and crumbs from being scattered throughout the house. It was pretty cute when we would visit friends’ or family’s homes because she would search out their kitchen, find the rug in front of the sink and plop down expecting a snack or treat. She would wait there in anxious anticipation of being fed (can you say Pavlov’s dog?! ) Rebekah knew where to go for her needs to be met.

So, this just begs the question (or at least in my mind it does), do you know where to go to get fed? I’m not talking a physical place like Rebekah, but rather where you go to be truly fed; where you go to be spiritually nourished and have your needs met. Where do you go to be fed? The even better question is, do you go where you can be fed?

God says, “Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.” (Psalm 34:8) and “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” (John 6:35)

Come to Jesus. Feed on Him. Come have your needs met. He is all we need.

Father God I praise You for being the bread of life – our sustenance.

Please forgive me for not always going to where I will be truly fed.

Thank You teaching me through my children.

Please take me to where I can feed solely on You.

In Christ’s Name, Amen.

F.R.O.G.

(I pulled this off of a post I had put recently on my own blog...I liked the reminder today...thought you might as well.)

F.R.O.G.
Missy Grant

I received an email during my work hours today that had a sign off that said, F.R.O.G. and then this after it read...Fully Rely On God. Now, I'm going to apologize right now if this is a copyright of anyone. It wasn't marked that way and I am not claiming it, but I did enjoy it. Fully Rely on God. It reminded me of lots of things, but the frog analogy was compelling. Do you know the story of the two frogs...it goes like this:

Two frogs fell into a can of cream
Or so I've heard it told
The sides of the can were shiny and steep
The cream was deep and cold.
"O, what the use?" said No. 1
"Tis fate-no help around!
Good-bye, my friend!
Good-bye, said world!"
And weep still, he drowned.
But No. 2 of sterner stuff,
Dog paddled in surprise,
The while he wiped his creamy face
And dried his creamy eyes.
"I'll swim awhile, at least," he said
Or so it has been said...
It wouldn't really help the world
If one more frog was dead."
An hour or two he kicked and swam
Not once, he stopped to mutter,
But kicked and swam and swam and kicked, then hopped out,
via butter.

In my bible study group today we looked back on a year of study together. We realized that while our prayers went up our circumstances did not necessarily change - but our hearts did. God is always faithful. The frog analogy above is a good reminder that we can mutter and give up or we can Fully Rely on God, pursue His face within our circumstances and have unexpected blessing when God takes our creamy circumstances and turns them into butter.

"O taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!"
Psalm 34:8