Gleanings....Inspiration......God's Provision

Leviticus 23:22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

I love these vereses! It is actually the inspiration for this blog.

God told his children when they reaped the harvest to leave leave the gleanings for the pour and strangers.

I'm glad gleanings have been left for me by former gleaners (more in number than I could ever tell, by special friends I have met along the way, and also by so many new friends even in blogland that I have gleaned so much from.

It is my desire that I too will leave the gleanings from what the Lord gives me daily for, of course the poor, (could be poor as in need of encouragement), and for strangers. Think about that; the first time someone visits a blog, they could be counted a stranger, I guess. I would hope they would glean so much at my blog that they wouldn't be a stranger any more! My mom has a sign in her kitchen that says "He who enters is a stranger only once". I love that, and hope it's true of my blog!

One Thing to Never Say 'NO' To

The kids are all settled in bed, and you, as a mother (or grandmother) are ready to relax and have a little "Me" time.  (You know you do!)

So you think!

It's then your sweet, precious adorable, child yells,

MOM,

"I 'NEED' a drink of water"!

Like you, this has happened to me with my children and grandchildren many times. 

Sometimes you may already be in bed yourself,  half asleep, and the last thing you want to do is trudge into the kitchen to get a glass of water. 

Would our attitude change if we knew we were getting paid for it??????

WE ARE!

Of course, because we love our children, (and especially our grandchildren  ; ) !!!!!), we would never say no to them,

HOWEVER,

JESUS,

In Matthew 10:42, might have been talking about someone we don't know; a stranger, a missionary, the preacher, a new neighbor, someone going through a difficult time, the down and outers, the homeless, etc.  In Matthew 10:42, Jesus says, 

 ".And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward."

In a previous verse, (v. 8),  Jesus  taught that we are to give

 "freely"  

 This is what He did for us, isn't it?

Isn't it interesting how that we can see Jesus in as small a thing as a child asking for a drink of water! 

Hopefully,

they will be able to see Jesus in us as well as we "freely", without thought of reward, give it to them!

We just better be sure we

 "Never say NO"!  to a cup of water!