Today is Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005; Karen's Korner #573

Yesterday I had the opportunity to talk with a gal from near Davenport in eastern Iowa. Their family farms there.
 
"Did you get any rain last night?" she asked.
 
"Almost an inch!" I said. We had had a rain front blow through and got a drink of water for our crops in a short amount of time. I thought maybe the rains were pretty much spread across the state.
 
"We have had only 3/4 inch since the first of March," she said. "We continue to pray that we will get the rains we need for the crops. They are really starting to suffer from the lack of rain."
 
Throughout the day, I thought of how blessed we are to have had the right amounts of rain. Our crops here are looking very good.
 
So are the people in eastern Iowa and neighboring states east "unblessed"?
 
Does God choose to "bless" some and not others? Are we "blessed" when things go as we ask and as seems right to us? And not when it is less than we expected, prayed for, wanted?
 
I pondered that thought as I worked yesterday afternoon. And asked God that question.
 
It seemed He was directing me to "The Beattitudes" when Jesus was talking to crowds of people, teaching them. "..blessed are those who mourn, blessed are the persecuted, the meek, the merciful, and others.."
 
How can we be "blessed" when we get something different that what we would prefer?
 
Blessings sometimes come from Jesus' hand.
 
Other times they come from Jesus' heart.
 
When they come from His heart, we have to continue to trust Him; and we learn some things from His perspective. Maybe not ours.
 
Our crops here in central Iowa aren't in the bins; neither are those in eastern Iowa!
 
We can count on His blessings........always!!
 
 
 

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