Monday's Message

He knows our Needs

We’ve all heard the saying the more we have, the more we want. But what does it look like to experience contentment in times of scarcity or plenty?

Thanks for joining us for Monday’s Message with Abigail Rice and Trench Classes United. Today’s poem is a great reminder that to stop and recognize the simple things will take us to higher ground.

This morning as I lay
I really didn’t want to wake
To the cries of a newborn babe
In a very hungry state

I could have easily fed him
and dozed back off to sleep
But I decided to move my feet

First thing
Coffee

​and as I was making coffee
I heard the song of a bird 
I could not see
 
Meandering out to my front porch
Hoping I could spot
Who was singing this sweet melody
 
I took a moment to pause
and sit and thank God
For this moment of stillness
For this quiet with Him
A moment of bliss
 
But still
I had questions
 
Wondering how long we would be in this mess
How long we would live in what feels like constant stress
From lack
and set back
After set back
 
When really I should be thanking Him
For providing for us
Over and over again
 
And He reminded me of this
Like the Israelites in the wilderness
Sending them meat
Even more than their need
Even when they complained
Even when they walked in sinful ways
 
Our God Gave
 
But greed got in the way…
 
A subtle reminder to always give thanks
Under all circumstances
Because God will provide
and keep us safe
Always
 
As breakfast was cooking
I caught my boys already outside
In papa's yard
Looking
 
For the same song of the bird
The melody they had heard
Was that of a quail
 
Reminding us
Our God prevails
Our God provides
and his time
Is always right
 
So today
Pause
And give thanks
Not because your life is aligned
And perfect on all sides
But because the song of the quail
Reminds us that our God never fails
 
 
“Now there went forth a wind from the Lord and it brought quail from the sea, and let them fall beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp and about two cubits deep on the surface of the ground. The people spent all day and all night and all the next day, and gathered the quail (he who gathered least gathered ten homers) and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp. While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord struck the people with a very severe plague. So the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had been greedy. From Kibroth-Hattaavah the people set out for Hazeroth, and they remained at Hazeroth.” - Numbers 11:31-35
 
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