[The Mayor]

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Consider The Source
February 6, 2012

I love cinnamon. I love cinnamon rolls, cinnamon graham crackers, cinnamon candies, cinnamon toast, cinnamon apples, and cinnamon pretzels. Cinnamon is one of those spices that makes other things taste better. However, it never crossed my mind to think about where cinnamon comes from. Then, on a recent trip to Sri Lanka, I learned that 90 percent of all the cinnamon in the world comes from that island nation located in the Indian Ocean. For all of the cinnamon I’ve enjoyed over the years, I never stopped to consider its source.

Sadly, my walk with Christ is sometimes like that. God has blessed me with a wonderful wife, five children, and grandchildren who are more fun than a barrel of monkeys. In the midst of my enjoyment of them, however, I sometimes fail to consider the source of those blessings—what the hymnwriter called the “fount of every blessing.” James put it like this: “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning” (1:17).

How ungrateful we would be to enjoy the rich blessings of life without thanking the Father who is the source of all of creation.

Dear Lord, from whom all blessings flow,
Most precious gifts dost Thou bestow;
So truly faithful may I be
As Thou art gracious unto me. —Roworth

Gratitude is a God-honoring attitude.

Read: James 1:12-18

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights. —James 1:17

Bible in a year:
Numbers 4-6

[jaycee]

How ungrateful we would be to enjoy the rich blessings of life without thanking the Father who is the source of all of creation.

Thank you for this good lesson on Monday to begin our week with. We appreciate ODB each day, Rus!

[geologist]

Thank you, Mayor, for the Daily Bread.

There is a tendency for people to look out, ahead, what is coming next, plans for the future, often we give the LORD brief moments of thanks and we are off on another plan to entertain, or learning how to eat better, or exercise more, or enjoying time with our friends, and of course work, reading a good book, and hopefully helping or aiding others. Where is the LORD'S time? Imagine all our activity and thinking from the higher perspective of the LORD'S point of view. Quiet time with the Lord in His Word is healing, and prayer keeps our attention in the Spirit, and not on the flesh. God is good.

Something to think about.

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank you for your Always Wonderful Posts, Mr. Mayor, and I was Blessed to Read your Recent News about the Mixer.
Our God is Good!

(((((God Bless you!)))))