Then I got on Facebook and
took a few minutes to watch a video my friend had posted. He leaves on a trip to Zimbabwe soon, and he
put a few documentaries about Zimbabwe on line so we could get a feel for what
he’s heading into.
It’s a country being poorly
run, and it has gone to a gold-only society.
No cash is accepted anymore, so people are literally panning for gold
all day long, only to find enough to buy maybe a loaf of bread. I watched little children standing in the mud
with shovels.
Old people who aren’t
strong enough to dig and pan are dying.
They interviewed
one young teenage girl who had been horribly beaten up by her grandma –because they
were starving.
When did you eat last? the
interviewer asked the young girl. After
a look of complete hopelessness, she spoke through a badly swollen mouth. Three
days ago.
After watching that video,
I made another trip to my kitchen and saw so much food. Rice, flour, cereal, apples, peanut butter… Food stored up.
Colossians 3:15 says, “Be
thankful.”
I almost wept as I poured
brown rice into the rice cooker for dinner last night. Rice, beans, chicken, lentils, salsa. Thanks to God for my wealth poured from
my lips, which were not swollen from a beating.
Are you in a tough spot? Thankfulness changes everything.
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