To Get or to Receive...and a few other Thursday Thoughts

Happy, hope-full Thursday!Hope-full no matter what!!because of Whose Name we can call upon;Jesus! Acts 3:19-20Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, 20 and that he may send the Messiah, who has been appointed for you—even Jesus. *** What a peace each morning, to rest in the Giver's Hands whatever the day unfolds!And when we ask of Him whatever He wills, then all we have we have received!!When we neglect to ask, then all we have is simply what we get, minus the joy of the awareness of having received.When we receive somethingthe receiving of it inspires thankfulness/praiseto the Giver! *** If we ask, we receiveOtherwise we just ‘get’The end result that ‘reach’ achievesMay seem the same, and yet Though seizing of ‘the prize’May share a common endThe ‘given’ and the ‘gotten’ guiseAre worlds apart, my friend One works with wantful thoughtOne begins on its kneesThen, how we gained The Same Thing soughtOnly the Giver sees © Janet Martin *** it is hard to store treasurein heaven, while laying up treasure on earththe measure to whom much is givenwithout heaven's storebears no worth... What will life be but a squanderedwonderful giftgroaned-grinned?If, all we have gainedwhen plunderedis nothing but chaff on the wind *** *** rationalism,spiritualism,sensationalism,oh my!Lord, pray these never overpower the swayof three little words *** If all I had was what I giveOh, would it be enoughTo satisfy my mouth with breadAnd my longing with love? *** And this last one inspired by my husband who is a truckdriver and just left the scene of a fatal accidentmoments ago(a car crushed by a gravel truck)🙏😥💔 Our life is like a flowerThat someday God will fell...and of that day and hournot one of us can tell ***