The kids have a new hobby. Collecting bugs for the turtles. Yum. I haven’t had the pleasure of observing. I’ll pass. I have however, noticed the resulting change in the behavior of the turtles. Whenever anyone walks near their cage they dive in the water and swim frantically near the top… watching for a hand to appear and drop a tasty bug morsel into their habitat. Again… yum.
Been thinking about this a lot. After all, the kids have been on a lot of bug hunts the last couple of days. And we’ve had lots of… experiences. Like the spider leg that walked around without the rest of the spider attached. Merry got quite the kick out of that. (sigh)
I decided there must be a lesson in here somewhere. Right? Please, God.
So here it is. The turtles ate turtle food for almost a year now and they were quite contented. But when they got a taste of the real stuff… well get outta the way! The pellets are boring and bland now!
When we get a taste of a REAL relationship with God… I mean the REAL thing… then anything else just isn;t enough. What constitutes a real relationship?
Reading His Word and having a verse pop out and speak to you in a way that changes who you are.
Hearing Him speak to you (almost audibly) and knowing that He really is there, with you, in you.
Feeling His comfort when you hurt.
Feeling His joy when you triumph.
Recognizing His voice and His hand when He chastens (spanks!!)
Seeing Him work in your life and KNOWING it was Him!
When you get a taste of these things, then the boring religiousness is nauseating, as is the food that the world offers. But if you don’t have these tasty morsels you forget… you become hungry and religion or the world become enticing again.
The cool thing is that God is always waiting with tasty morsels for us… all we need to do is raise our (spiritual) eyes to look. Open our hearts instead of our mouths. Snap it up and take some time to savor and digest. Yum!
What has God fed you with today?
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How very true. The sad thing is we sometimes never realize all that we have missed by not making the effort to go after the real article.
Thanks.
Excellent reminder, dear. Nothing satisfies you like “the real thing.”