And God is Able...

The other morning when I went for my morning run I was on my porch stretching and inwardly lamenting that winter had returned after a few 'teaser' days. It was freezing again. My thoughts were interrupted by the beautiful trills of a songbird accompanied by the background chirping and peeps of many other feathered friends. I was thinking,"Don't these birds realize spring is gone?...it's winter again!" As I ran, I felt the Lord instructing my heart. There was a lesson in this for me. Surely those birds could feel the frigid temperature yet they continued to sing on.

It made me think: how often am I more affected by the 'climate' around me than trusting in the promises of God? In a given day, there always seem to be someone who is 'off'(often it is my heart that needs major adjusting!) Sometimes two are off simultaneously...a few minutes later, it could be a different combination altogether...add into this homeschool lessons, chores, meal prep, doctors appointments, choosing curriculum for next year, and my heart can be so tempted to unbelief, anger, discouragement, and weariness. Yet this is what rang out in my mind as I continued to think on this even today...Lord what is it you are trying to say?
And God is able...
He reminded me of one of my favorite 'medicine for the soul verses'
1 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

So He has promised that He is able to make His grace abound in me...I have all I need to do the job He has called me to. What a comfort!

Oh, how I long to be more like that songbird singing forth praise when the climate around me is less than spring like. When I am tempted to be discouraged by character issues in my heart or in one of our children or when I am tempted to fret due to an unending 'to do' list... let me sing on knowing that God is able.