Always Give Thanks!
Thank God for the poo! I had a couple of hilarious, holy joy moments recently – one of them right in the middle of a serious prayer meeting. It was an intense week on many levels personally and corporately at work. The group I was praying with had just shared their stress and challenges, but we decided to praise God anyway, which we started to do with a gentle praise song. I am painting the picture here of quiet, serious, intentional prayer. Bridie, our most gentle and lady-like member began to pray, describing a picture she saw of a field full of trees. Some of the trees were healthy and some unhealthy but fertilizer was being applied to all. “Oh,” she said, in a light bulb moment, “both need the fertilizer, both the healthy and the unhealthy need what the fertilizer brings, well then, thank God for the poo!” We burst out laughing! Holy joy! What a fantastic God picture! Fertilizer often stinks when it is thrown around. B...