Olympic Peninsula Barn by Dee Kamp
Easier
to Put Socks on a Rooster
(Tales
from Life in Beaver Valley)
“How ya doing with building that new fence down near
the creek on your land?” I asked the local farmer and steady customer at the
Beaver Valley Store.
“It’s easier
putting socks on a rooster than dig those post holes, but God is always good to
see us through,” he declared with a big smile.
“I will praise the LORD at all times.
I
will constantly speak his praises.
I
will boast only in the LORD;
let
all who are helpless take heart.
Come,
let us tell of the LORD’s greatness;
let
us exalt his name together.” Psalm 34:1-3 NLT
I chuckled at the farmer’s response in typical
country jargon that was sprinkled with flavor and humor. But I observed from
those years in the store, that those who spoke the most about God’s goodness
chose to focus on the Lord’s mercy and grace rather than on their troubles. In
doing this, they always tasted God’s goodness and mercy.
It seems to me, that those who have the most to
thank God for in their life trials are those who have the most trials to be
thankful for. I still have the picture in my mind of the rooster in socks, but
the lasting picture for me is how good it was to witness God’s goodness in
their life.
With every posthole dug, with every trial traversed
over fields and beyond they showed us all how God is always with them every
step of the way.
“Those who
bless God in their trials will be blessed by God through their trials.”― Joanie
Yoder “God Alone”
“Easier to Put Socks on a
Rooster” by Dee Kamp, Grace Every Morning Ministries© October 26,
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