Eating Elephant

          Maybe you're not into eating elephant. That's okay, although if you are, I've heard you can purchase pre-packaged elephant ear in some major U.S. cities’ grocery stores. But eat a whole elephant? Not impossible, although looking at the creature may make it seem so.

          You might wonder what brought up this topic now or ever. This is how it happened:

          At times, when we'd been bombarded with numerous challenges and decisions, I wanted to throw my hands up and quit.

          It was time like that when hubby challenged me. "How do you eat an elephant?"

          I grudgingly replied, "One bite at a time." I knew the answer because I’ve been reminded of this many times before.

          You’d think I’d learn, but I tend to falter and need to regroup. Hubby’s good at bringing me back to square one.

          Sometimes life’s issues seem the size of an elephant. Insurmountable. You can’t see beyond the creature. What to do!

          If you are "facing an elephant," try "taking one bite at a time." One day at a time. Are you steeped in grief and cannot make it through a whole day? Then try one step at a time. And if you're totally spent, how 'bout a moment at a time?

          My life's verses are Proverbs 3:5,6~"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." I learned this Scripture in the King James Version as a child and still remember it best this way.

          Although I like some newer translations, I disagree with those reading "...and He will make your paths straight." God never promised an easy journey. He does assure, however, He’ll be with us every step of the way.

          If you've asked Jesus Christ to be your Savior and Lord, you do not travel even the roughest, most crooked paths alone. What comfort to know He has gone this route! We can trust Someone Who already knows the way.

          So, the next time you face something that seems too large, remember that "elephant in the room." And mind your manners! One bite at a time, please!

         

 

Moment By Moment

 

Dying with Jesus, by death reckoned mine; living with Jesus, a new life divine;

Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine, moment by moment, oh Lord, I am Thine.

 

(Refrain) Moment by moment I’m kept in His love; moment by moment I’ve life from above;

Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine; moment by moment, Oh Lord, I am Thine.

 

Never a trial that He is not there, never a burden that he doth not bear,

Never a sorrow that He doth not share, moment by moment, I’m under His care. (Refrain)

 

Never a weakness that He doth not feel, never a sickness that He cannot heal;

Moment by moment, in woe or in weal, Jesus, my Savior, abides with me still. (Refrain)

 

(from the hymn, Moment By Moment, by Daniel Webster Whittle—El Nathan, 1893, public domain)

 

 

          While working on this blog and adding the above hymn, I learned Major Daniel Webster Whittle and I share common ancestors. This was an exciting find! Here’s something my very distant cousin shared about his writing of hymns:

          “I hope that I will never write a hymn that does not contain a message—there are too many hymns that are just a meaningless jingle of words; to do good a hymn must be founded on God’s word and carry the message of God’s love.” 

                                                                                            –Major D. W. Whittle

 

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