PaPa took us all for crab cakes by the water.
As you can see Boston loved that idea until he found out crab cakes were fish.
He does not like fish~ so he settled for mac and cheese.
Hannah and Jacob
Uncle Caleb and Boston
This morning my devotion was called, Standing By The Beans. I seem to have turkey and ham on the mind so my thought was why are we discussing beans the week before Thanksgiving. Well let me fill you in.
Shammah was one of King David's men. He was assigned to stand guard over the field of lentils (just plain ole' beans)- just a lowly assignment. Yet, I am sure it was the livelihood of many. He was faithful to his duties no matter how trivial they may have seemed. There were others there but the Bible tells us they all fled. I wonder if they thought is was a job that was beneath them. Not Shammah- he stayed and stood guard when all the others fled the scene.
Guess what? Standing guard over a field of beans did not sound so appealing but then an army of Philistines showed up. Shammah defeated that entire army by himself landing himself right in the pages of God's Word as a great man after David. God helped him fight that battle because he had been faithful to do the little and unnoticed job. He became a hero for standing by the beans.
We live in such a ego-inflated society. We look at what people do, what they look like and how much money they make to decide their worth. Well I am here to tell you that God will help us fight our battles too if we continue to remain faithful in the simple tasks that God calls us to do. It may seem like your day today is as unimportant as standing by the beans. May we all be encouraged to remain faithful because just around the corner is a victory waiting! Woo hoo.... Now that makes tending to the beans a little more exciting!
"Moreover it is require in stewards,that a man be found faithful." (1 Cor. 4:2)
I will be back soon ~ I am being called away to color great masterpieces.
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