It isn't a pretty Saturday. Not one that makes you want to go to the beach or mall; but it is beautiful to we drought- stricken South Texans! It is raining! Water is not running down the streets and ditches but it is sinking into the earth giving a much needed sip to plants and trees. It won't fill any of our half-empty lakes, but we aren't complaining, for it is raining.
It's a strange thing how we take things like rain for granted when it comes when it is supposed to, and in the right quantities. When it isn't here or comes in feet rather than inches makes for a different story.
That sort of scenario seems to be a part of life. When our health is good,along with our family, we kinda think that's the way it should be, but when everything unravels it is a different story. We know we should simply be grateful for each day that is good....and thank God. We also know we are to accept the days that bring cloudbursts of trial and pain.
Apostle Paul summed it up for himself and each of us who try to follow the better path of life. He said: `"I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation" "Tell us this secret, Paul....we need to know! It will help us stop a fruitless search for contentment in this fragile life!"
"Listen now. Here it is: I can do everything through Him who gives me strength." "That's it? There is no holy grail? No pot of gold at the end of a rainbow? No search for some buried treasure? No climb up Mount Whitney or trek through the Gobi desert? THAT is the secret to your contentment?" And it was.......and it is.
