Thanksgiving on Thursday...

It's Smarter to Travel in Groups

I saw this video clip today, and I sure had a

'revelation' on life as I watched it and laughed over it

with my children, niece and nephew.

It reminded me of Proverbs 11:4

"Where no counsel is, the people fall;

but in the multitude of counsellors

there is safety."

I just had to think of all the people

who have counselled me in my

short little lifetime...

Yes, it's true. Not all the counsel we are given

is of God or useable,

BUT... I wonder what would have happened

to me had I not been willing to be taught.

From a small girl in my father's house,

my mother taught me all she knew about 

keeping house well.

I regret the many days that my pride

hindered me from learning and having 

a willingness to understand what she

was teaching me.

Today I am so thankful that I was taught

how to keep a tidy home,

make home cooked meals,

grow my own food,

and practice hospitality.

I think of my father, who had (and still has)

a passion for Christian Day schools,

with Bible-based curriculum so that I would

have a God-centered education.

I was thinking how proud and self-sufficient we have become

in this generation...throwing off the restrictions of

many rules and traditions.

Granted, some rules and traditions are seriously out of whack

when honestly looking at the Word of God,

but I wonder...do we really value the people of God

like He intends that He should?

I am so very blessed by the godly counselors I have 

been given over the years. I have not always heard

easy-on-the-flesh things, but I so very thankful for

my godly husband and women of God who were sent

to me to teach me and warn me and encourage me in

the strait and narrow way.

Independent pride gets us into trouble...

We'll surely be eaten by the whale, the sea gull or

the anteater if we refuse to counsel with God's people

when He provides them for us.

Today...

I am thankful for the multitude of counselors,

and my heart is broken into many pieces

over those who have perverted this precious gift

that God has given,

whether by giving faulty worldly counsel 

mixed with other religions and voices,

or by idolizing power and religion

(I have seen both and want none of it!).

Neither one represents the true Christ

in His simplicity and splendor.

Let us value the truly godly counsellors

we have been given.

We can be sure that traveling in groups

with God's people is a safe and

advisable thing to do...

It takes humility always,

and grace,

but there is peace and blessing

in that kind of living.

If any of you readers are one of the

'counsellors' God brought to me 

over the years,

I give a shout out to you

and THANK YOU

from the bottom of my heart

for sharing your heart and

God's heart with me.