Lord, I Hate Buttermilk

Lord, I Hate Buttermilk

by | Feb 17, 2021 | Community News, Devotional, Newsletter

“A new Pastor was attending a men’s breakfast in a rural area. 

He asked one of the impressive older farmers in attendance to say grace that morning. 

After all, were seated, the older farmer began: 

“Lord, I hate buttermilk.” 

The Pastor opened one eye and wondered where this was going. 

Then the farmer loudly proclaimed, “Lord, I hate lard.” 

Now the Pastor was worried. 

However without missing a beat, the farmer prayed on, 

“And Lord, you know I don’t care much for raw white flour.” 

Just as the Pastor was ready to stand and stop everything, the farmer continued, 

“But Lord, when You mix ‘em all together and bake ‘em up, I do love fresh biscuits. 

So Lord, when things come up we don’t like, when life gets hard, when we just don’t understand what You are sayin’ to us, we just need to relax and wait ‘till you’re done mixin’, and probably Lord, it will be somethin’ even better than biscuits. 

Amen.” 

This humorous story reminds me of Romans 8:28: 

“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”

There are many times that we don’t understand why things happen. Life has a lot of “lard” and “flour.” Imagine trying to eat them separately… That would not taste good at all! 

But when you mix the lard, flour and

buttermilk and bake it for ten minutes… You have delicious biscuits.

So, when we don’t understand, let us continue to trust God. He is making “somethin'”even better than biscuits.”

Sleep

Sleep

by | Feb 14, 2021 | Community News

Sleep

“I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭4:8‬ ‭

Do you have trouble going to sleep? Can’t seem to turn your mind off? Try Z-Help…. For a peaceful night’s sleep…

Just kidding… There’s no such thing as Z-Help. However, there are many sleep “aids.”

There are many medicines and herbs designed to help us go to sleep. 

White noise machines are used sometimes. I used to go to sleep with an ocean waves You Tube video playing. 

Some have suggested that we can’t get to sleep because of electronic devices. (I know, it’s hard to put them down!)

There are so many thoughts and research on this subject. 

But, the best advice might be in today’s verse.

Notice that David starts off by saying emphatically, “I will…” He decides to trust God.

It’s a conscious choice. I imagine being king has a lot of stress and headaches.There were enemies who wanted to kill him. So much responsibility! It would be easy to take these worries to bed, but David makes a choice. 

“I will lie down in peace and sleep…” How could he be at peace and sleep, with so much to be concerned about? 

The answer comes in the second half of the verse.

“For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.”

David places his trust in God. He trusted in Him alone! He realizes that staying awake and worrying doesn’t help.

While there is a lot of things we can do to help us go to sleep, I think the best of all is talking to God. Give Him your worries. He’ll be up all night anyway!