After you read this story...can you think of times when things got so dark and crisis set into your life, only to look back and realize what a blessing those times were, for had it not occurred, you would not be in the magnificence of today? Could it be that this HAS happened and you simply did not "see" the blessings in disguise (blind to the possibility that the messenger who brought on the crisis was really an angel)? And most importantly, how are you looking back at the "situation"? Are you In gratitude and appreciation or carrying anger and unforgiveness in your heart? How does that feel? Think About it.... In the tiny town of Enterprise, Alabama, there is a statue dedicated to an insect—the boll weevil. This insect decimated the cotton crops of the South in the early 1900s, which was a devastating blow to farmers. To overcome this challenge, the farmers in Enterprise decided to plant peanuts instead of cotton. They found that they could harvest more peanuts per square foot than they had been able to do with cotton, so their peanut harvest was far more prosperous. In 1919, the Enterprise town leaders memorialized the insect by erecting a statue and a plaque that reads, “In profound appreciation of the boll weevil and what it has done as the herald of prosperity.” A synonym for herald is a sign, a messenger. The leaders recognized that the blight of the boll weevil was simply a messenger that prosperity was on its way. Many times a challenge will appear in our lives, and it is simply a “herald of prosperity” if we choose to see beyond the outer appearances. These are the times when we’re urged to see the bigger picture, that God is in everything and everyone, and that something bigger is trying to birth through the challenge. Claim the challenge as your sign and your herald of prosperity! Then move forward with confidence, knowing that everything is unfolding in divine right order for your new and bigger life. Affirmation Despite outer appearances, something is moving in the unseen for my greater good. From the Daily Guides by Rev. Sally Robbins, SOM June 2013.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:00:00 +0000
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