This week in bible study we learned that as Christians we are to leave a portion of our fields unplowed and allow them to be gleaned by those who need. I was left to wonder what that would look like in my life and had the boldness to come to the Lord's throne of grace and ask him what does that mean for me here today? Well, I think he answered a portion of that question in the past two days. Thursday morning while in prayer and devotional time, I was keenly aware that I needed to leave some time open this week to just be, to just hang out with my family without an agenda. The only time this week that was a possibility was Saturday til 5:30ish. So, I said "Lord no matter what is offered I promise to leave Saturday open for this longing in my soul."
Later thursday afternoon, my friend Lady Di called to say, "I have these 4 tickets to the theater, I will give them to your family so you can go to the theater." I was so grateful she thought of us I said, "We'd love them." Then, I remembered my promise and that Grizz;y wouldn't be able to join us because he will be leaving before 6 to dine with friends for his birthday celebration. I recanted my former statement and explained the situation thanking her for thinking of us in the first place. I was honored she had considered us for this neat gift.
Then, today Grizzly and dancing cubbie were going to go a father daughter dance tonight. However, dancing cubbie ended up with a fever that kept her home from school. If we miss school, we miss fun activities after school too. I had planned for cubbie bear to go on a play date with friends while another friend(Nanax4) was planning on blessing me with tickets to the Lincoln Brewster concert. It is Grizzly's birthday today! Well, since his plans were cancelled, I didn't think it would be a good plan to leave him with no party and sick kids on his birthday. So, Nanax4 called me minutes before I was going to call her to tell her of my plan to not go. The good news is that she had others waiting in line to glean the ticket.
So, today I have a clearer understanding of what gleaning means in my life as far as staying socially active with events. I am interested in how that looks with relationships, ministry, family etc. By choosing not to plow to the edge of my social activity field at least 5 other people will experience blessing this week. I can see if I step back in service that others will have an opportunity to expand and serve. I see if I can't get back to this or that friend that God has them covered and it may allow someone to expand a relationship with someone else who can meet a need differently or better than I could meet a need. It seems like a humbling act that would bring great peace to one's life. As well as allow others to have some of the harvest.....if all of us Christians were honorable and chose not to plow our entire fields do you think it would allow the Lord to fed the hungry, heal the broken hearted and set some of the captives free?
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