July 31, 2020
Dearest God in Heaven,
Let the scent of fresh hay & new
bag of grain always be sweet to me. Let the touch of a warm nose on my hand
always bring a smile.
Close your
eyes for a moment, imagine you are in the middle of a big open field that has
just been cut to be put up for hay. Take
a deep breath… can you smell it? That
rich sweet smell? It’s like nothing on
earth. Sweet, clean, fresh… Alfalfa, brome, prairie; all watched, cut and
raked while also watching the weather so it gets put up at the exact right
time. We horse people feed this to our
beloved horses generally year round.
Horses are
grazing animals, they are designed to constantly move, eat and forage. Even though they are a large animal that tends
to graze quite a bit, their stomach empties constantly as well. I bet you are thinking…what does hay have to
do with a horse grazing? Well, we have
taken horses and put them in stalls, we feed them 2-3 meals a day instead of
them grazing all day as they are designed to do.
You are
probably wondering where I am going with this… Just as horses are meant to
graze and digest their feed in small amounts throughout the day; we to need
little bits of God’s word every day throughout the day. Most of us spend a
quiet moment with God first thing in the morning and then last thing in the
evening. But what about a quiet
conversation with God during the day? I
am here at my desk and within reach I have 3 Bibles. I know if I walk down the hall to our
library, there are dozens more where I can also feed my soul. When was the last time you had a quiet
conversation with God, more than just once or twice a day? What if you take a moment or two out of your
day to feed your soul on God’s word?
(1
Chronicles 16:34):
“O give
thanks to the Lord; for God is good;
for Gods mercy endures forever”
Amen
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