"What's God giving you?"

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One winter had been unusually cold where I live with lots of snow and ice storms. All of this bad weather meant that the birds didn’t have much to eat. And that meant our bird feeders had lots of birds.

One feeder was really a big hit. It was filled with thistle seed which is a real treat for finches and other small birds. They perch in a nearby Japanese maple tree and fly over and fight over who’s next to eat.

Well, that feeder hangs over the same porch as another feeder. This other feeder is filled with sunflower seeds. Recently I noticed a bird perched on the chain that hangs that feeder. Just beneath it were all the seeds that bird could ever hope to eat. But instead of enjoying those seeds, the bird just hung there, waiting for an opportunity to fly over to the thistle feeder.

Are you like that bird? Every day, God provides you with more than you really need and it’s within easy reach. But for some reason, you ignore it in favor of what someone else has.

Enjoy what God gives you today as you make a life, not just a living.

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