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The God Of The Flipside
Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: When we are going through tough Sh@! if we turn to God he can help us find blessings and gain through the pain. He will repay the years the locusts have eaten
he was taken to stay with relatives to recuperate. at first he felt suicidal. he would be nothing more than a cripple. he had nothing to do but to read and there were only two books - one a book of romances the other lives of the saints. As he read the romances he felt excited, but when he stopped he felt empty inside. When he read the lives of the saints - he was surprised to find himself equally engaged - but even more, when he stopped he felt full inside. he realised God was speaking to him, gave his life to Jesus - and formed a missiionary order of monks - the Society of Jesus or Jesuits. While other Christians were busy fighting each other within his lifetime his order took the gospel to Japan, India, and even China. Today thousands of Jesuits serve throughout the world - and millions of people are Christians because of their preaching. And all because of one young knight who had such high dreams, but career ended in tragedy when a canon ball smashed his leg.
I don’t know whether God wants you to found the next Kentucky fried chicken or the next jesuit order. I don’t know whether he wants to do it when you are a young man like Ignatius or an old man like Colonel Sanders. But I know we can be addicted to what is comfortable and mediocre and that God wants better things for us.
Whatever is broken in our life, God can use that to bring blessings to us -“I will repay you for the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter.. you shall eat in plenty and be satisfied and praise the name of the Lord.”
In Harvest we give thanks for the food on our table, but we need to do it with the attitude of people who have been hungry, and finally here is the crop they can eat. We need to recognise our dependence on God, and then whatever is broken in our lives, God can take that brokenness and turn our pain into blessings and gain.I will repay you for the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter.. you shall eat in plenty and be satisfied and praise the name of the Lord.”
[stories about Harland Sanders and the Beejees taken from the book "The Flipside" by Adam J Jackson]
