Mary T. Berry
We've had a turtle in our back yard for about two months now. How do I know it's the same turtle? Mary has three legs. Yes, she's missing her right front appendage. How do I know she's a she? Well that's another seven questions, so let's just say I'm guessing based on the color of her eyes and the shape of her shell. And that she seems to respond when I call her name, Mary.
Mary likes strawberries. It's how she got her last name. She gets one every morning. Sometimes she buries half (yes, I cut them in half for her, so it doesn’t roll. She only has one front leg to hold it with, after all) and eats it later in the day. Sometimes she hides under the gardenia. Sometimes in the Canna lilies. Sometimes she strolls through the weeds and grass to the base of the bird bath. Sometimes she disappears completely and I've never been able to find where she went. So I know she travels a bit. Despite her handicap, set back, or disability, she is still a turtle. She still operates, lives, moves and "turtles."
Believer, are you facing a difficulty in your life? Things not working out like you thought they would? Are you experiencing a financial setback, a health issue, or a relationship crisis? You can smile in the face of it knowing God's plan for your life is better than you could ever draw it up to be. You can relax in His grace. You can rest on His promises.
Does that assurance make things easier? Maybe not. Mary still struggles, but she is still what God created her to be. She is still a turtle God created for His purpose and His glory. Romans 8:18-25 says, "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience."
Jesus Christ will return one Day and set all things right. I imagine Mary groans to be made whole. I groan to be made whole! He's coming back to judge the earth, and everyone in it, the dead and the living. Are you ready?
Mary likes strawberries. It's how she got her last name. She gets one every morning. Sometimes she buries half (yes, I cut them in half for her, so it doesn’t roll. She only has one front leg to hold it with, after all) and eats it later in the day. Sometimes she hides under the gardenia. Sometimes in the Canna lilies. Sometimes she strolls through the weeds and grass to the base of the bird bath. Sometimes she disappears completely and I've never been able to find where she went. So I know she travels a bit. Despite her handicap, set back, or disability, she is still a turtle. She still operates, lives, moves and "turtles."
Believer, are you facing a difficulty in your life? Things not working out like you thought they would? Are you experiencing a financial setback, a health issue, or a relationship crisis? You can smile in the face of it knowing God's plan for your life is better than you could ever draw it up to be. You can relax in His grace. You can rest on His promises.
Does that assurance make things easier? Maybe not. Mary still struggles, but she is still what God created her to be. She is still a turtle God created for His purpose and His glory. Romans 8:18-25 says, "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience."
Jesus Christ will return one Day and set all things right. I imagine Mary groans to be made whole. I groan to be made whole! He's coming back to judge the earth, and everyone in it, the dead and the living. Are you ready?
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