Thursday's Thought

1 Timothy 6:8

And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

Good morning, everybody!

Continuing to blog about being thankful, today's spoonful of gratitude will be about food, raiment, and shelter. For all these three blessings, I am truly thankful. Without them, I would be hungry, naked, and homeless. 

In the great Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6, specifically), Jesus admonished the listeners against fretting over food. 

Matthew 6:25-26

²⁵ Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

²⁶ Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

He further taught them against worrying over their clothing:

Matthew 6:28-29

²⁸ And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

²⁹ And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Jesus cares about His children. He taught us to seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, then all these things will be added to us. (Matthew 6;33) 

I just want to thank God today for all the food in my cabinets; all the clothes in my closet; and for the warm, dry, nice places I have to live (whether at home in MS, or on the road). I'm abundantly blessed but, more than anything in this life, I want to have a grateful heart. I do not want to take the blessings of the Lord for granted.

Let's take time today to thank the Lord for just these three blessings of food, clothing, and shelter.

God bless you all this Thursday. Hope to see you again tomorrow!