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The Visiting Pastor

No matter your faith, this is relevant (yesterday, today, tomorrow) .........

A short Sunday stay-at-home sermon........

This is a story of a visiting pastor who attended a men's breakfast in the middle of a rural farming area of the country.
The group had asked an older farmer, decked out in bib overalls, to say grace for the morning breakfast.

" Lord, I hate buttermilk " , the farmer began.

The visiting pastor opened one eye to glance at the farmer and wonder where this was going.

The farmer loudly proclaimed, " Lord, I hate lard. "

Now the pastor was growing concerned.

Without missing a beat, the farmer continued,

" And Lord, you know I don't much care for raw white flour ".

The pastor once again opened an eye to glance around the room and saw that he wasn't the only one feeling uncomfortable.

Then the farmer added, " But Lord, when you mix them all together and bake them, I do love warm fresh biscuits. So Lord, when things come up that we don't like, when life gets hard, when we don't understand what you're saying to us, help us to just relax and wait until you are done mixing. It will probably be even better than biscuits.

Amen. "

Within that prayer there is great wisdom for all when it comes to complicated situation s like we are experiencing in the world today.

Stay strong, my friends, because our LORD is mixing several things that we don't really care for, but something even better is going to come when HE is done with it.

1,966 posted on 08/10/2020 3:34:45 AM PDT by lysie
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To: lysie

Good morning lysie! Thanks for breakfast, and the mini-sermon!


1,967 posted on 08/10/2020 3:59:33 AM PDT by JudyinCanada (I miss Brother Rob.)
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To: lysie

Thanks Lysie.


1,971 posted on 08/10/2020 4:57:46 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (2020 four more years!)
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To: lysie

Great sermon. Pretty much what my once farmer Pastor said. Trust in God's plan. Yes, a lot of bad is happening but the final step from God hasn't been done. We don't know the plan because we're not God and sometimes the horrible events seem overwhelming and we fall into questioning "what have we done to deserve this?"

Events shouldn't be questioned with doubts but trust. Trust that our Lord knows the best plan and its up to us to follow through this and make the best or it.

The farmer was able to put everything in perspective because he's ridden through hard times.


1,987 posted on 08/10/2020 7:37:10 AM PDT by STARLIT ("And those who were dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.".)
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