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– Psalm 119:105

The Cry of the Poor

4/18/2013

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The Lord hears the cry of the poor.  Psalm 34
When I hear the word poor I usually think of no money…anyone else think that?  I know financial poverty is not what the Psalmist was referring to so I paused to think about the bigger meaning of these words.  I pondered all the areas of my life where I was poor and here’s what I came up with.

There are days when I am very poor in patience.  My tongue can be snappy and my judgments quick.  One of the great casualties of being poor in patience is not being a good listener.  I wondered how many things happened on these days that could make me richer if I wasn’t so busy
being impatient. Lord, on these impatient days,help me remember to cry out for your calm and your peace.

Sometimes I am poor in trust.  When my pockets seem to be emptied of
this treasure I decide to take control and do God’s work for Him.  I tend to look to heaven and say “I got this one God!”  I can tell ya how that usually works out.  When I’m poor in trust I doubt His love for me and the wisdom of His plan…silly me!  I forget that I’m looking at one page of the story and He’s holding the whole book! Lord, on the days I lack trust, help me remember to say the words Jesus, I trust in You.

More often than I’d like to admit I’m poor in acceptance.  I have to remind myself often that things in my life are organized specifically the way God needs them to be.  When money is tight or when success seems to find its way into someone else’s life it’s tough not to get discouraged. One of the things I work on with my little lovelies is celebrating when good things come to others because they are blessings from God.  All too often instead of celebrating with others in their good fortune we evaluate all the reasons it should have happened to us instead.  When I’m poor in acceptance; Lord remind me to keep my nose in my own journey.

 I think I am the poorest when I fail to live in the present.  God has created THIS day for me.  Yesterday is already finished and tomorrow isn’t a guarantee.  The people, the opportunities, the joys and the challenges of THIS day are His gift to me and it’s my job to soak it all in and ask constantly through the day what the plan for all of it is.  When I get this right, I feel His blessings.  Recently I had a mountain of a day to climb; jobs, tasks, deadlines, projects and a teacher evaluation scheduled on top of it all. I woke up that morning feeling like limpy lettuce!  It wasn’t even 5 in the morning and I wanted to go back to bed and be done with the day. I threw up my hands in morning prayer thinking God, how in the world am I supposed to “rejoice and be glad”when I’ve got a day like this!  I then stumbled across the word surrender several times in my readings and prayers that morning.  So, that’s what I did…I flat out said, “God, if you plan to be hearing from me during evening prayers tonight, you best be sending re-enforcements because I can’t get this all done and still be joyful.”  I gave Him the day and I just sat back and watched Him show off! I was very rich indeed that day.  Things fell in place, help I didn’t even request showed up, and the little lovelies were particularly bright and funny that day.  The grand finale to the day was a cancelled meeting and plopping into bed at 11:40 only to realize that I’d smacked the wrong button on my alarm clock that morning and it was really only 10:40.  That was just icing on the cake! The Lord hears our cries…especially when we see and ask for help in the places we’re poor. Try Him…cry out and see how He answers

A Seed To Plant: Spend some time in prayer asking God to help you see the areas where you are poor.  He’s waiting to hear and answer your cry for riches in these areas.  

Blessings on your day!



 
 

3 Comments
Shannon
4/20/2013 03:35:39 am

Love it momma! I think u and i have the same things to work on...this is my favorite blog yet! :)

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Carolyn
5/10/2013 01:12:26 pm

I've read this article many times. It gives me new insight every time I read it. It really speaks to me. Thank you.

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Dianne
6/26/2013 08:38:15 am

I've just started reading your blog and I love this entry! I am poor in so many of these ways - but mostly in acceptance. Like Carolyn, this really speaks to me.

Thank you!

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