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All winter long the chickens and ducks wandered with free reign through the yard winding their way through flowerbeds and paths. We have really enjoyed their antics and listening to their chatter. I sure hope our slug and spider population has diminished over the winter. As enjoyable as it has been to watch them, by the end of winter their kitchen mess grew. They are messy grazers! Scratching and digging day after day left the cafeteria quite a disaster. The raised beds and paths were covered and rearranged. Alas, we had to put them in their pen and shut the gate. We are still cleaning up the cafeteria!
God invites us to His “cafeteria”. We are to live on every Word that comes from the mouth of God. Matthew 4:4. Acts 2:42 tells us to devote ourselves to the teaching of the Word together. Seeking and longing for the kingdom of God has much to do with the taking in of God’s Word, His Scriptures. If you have ever really studied God’s Word you know that your hen scratching notes are messy. I have lists of word meanings, arrows crisscrossing the page, colors of pencils for certain themes, cross references scribbled here and there, study books opened with slips of paper sticking out, and piles of notes laying around. Pretty soon it is such a mess I have to take time out to straighten things up a bit. But, Oh! What glorious delight it brings! There is nothing quite like it. You ought to try it for yourself. It reminds me of Jeremiah 15:16, “Your Words were found, and I ate them, and Your Word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart...”. Yes, God’s cafeteria is full of wonderful life-giving flavors and joys. Truly, Jesus says, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.” John 6:35. What a feast! Scratchings and all!
K.C.
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