The Barren Fig Tree Cursed:
Prayerfully, I pray I am not like the fig tree. I can only wish that over the years, I have grown fruit for God if only in a gentle word with someone, or mannerisms. God knows me, so only he knows the answer to this parable that still applies to our world today. So many ways, we can be like a producing fig tree. The scripture below the story of the fig tree, Jesus reassures that in all things, all it takes is faith, and many things can be achieved. Faith can move mountains, and we do see it every day when we help with a prayer chain for an illness, for others who have concerns in their life. Miracles happen around us each and every day.
I have a simple example when not even thinking about faith or God's help in the situation. Such a simple act, but in the end, I give the credit to God in this minute happening. I went to my sister's to swim and visit. When the grandson and I hopped out of the car, my brain said, just put your purse in the car trunk area. No need to take it in. I did, and locked the car. Immediately, I knew what I had done. Keys to my car were in my purse now locked in my car. My brain did a quick run through of who might have a key to my house to retrieve a second set of keys. One son lives over an hour away and was at work, one son lives in another state four hours away, but, just maybe, my nurse daughter who also has a key to my house just might be working at the local hospital in the town where my sister lives. She was. So after the visit, my sister ran me over to the hospital to retrieve her keys to my house, took me home, got my second set of keys, and back to my car. Problem solved and I could quit panicking.
However, that is not the miracle that I did not know had transpired until about a week or so later. My daughter, the nurse, related to me in a conversation that she had quit taking that set of keys to work with her in the past few months. She needed none for work that were on that set. She said though, that day, something just said, (well we know who...not what) take that set of keys with you today. Small simple miracle that I am so thankful for because otherwise would have had to call locksmith, etc. to get home. Miracles happen every single day, even little ones. It was a blessing, and I am counting it as one. I think God knew that I did not need an added stress to the last few months, he saw my needs, and acted as he does. I thanked him that day, and again the day my daughter told me about the keys.
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Peabea
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So grateful that God worked out the key situation so beautifully--and then let you discover the backstory to his providence!
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So true because even as I said silent prayers that day that I could retrieve the house key to get the car keys, had no clue the back workings. :) Thank you for visiting and commenting.
DeleteThere are so many ways that God carefully and affectionately watches over us. I pray that as you adjust to your new normal that you will see His care and love in these tangible ways.
ReplyDeleteThank you Elizabeth, and thank you for the prayers. It is an adjusting process and a new normal. I always look forward to the visitors to the blog and comments, and getting to go visit others.
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