God's Blessings

As a kid growing up in Ohio, we had both an apple tree and a cherry tree in our back yard. Times were tough back then. My folks were rasing four of us siblings. Plus during some of those years, we also had two cousins living with us due to family problems in their lives. I know times were probably lean in the food department at times, but I don't recall ever going without it. And those fruit trees made up the difference at times, I am sure. 

My mother would use them for pies, dumplings and such. What a joy they were just to eat right off the tree. Back then we didn't even worry about washing them first. Ha, ha. 

Many years later, our own back yard provided us with many apples on the four trees we had there, and I took over the job that my mom had by using them to feed my own growing brood. 

God gives us so much in his world, to enjoy. Take the cherries. They come in its own edible wrapper, filled with a sweet goodness and packed with vitamins and minerals and fiber. And back then because candy and other sweets were more rare, all that it really took to satisfy us was a bit of sugar on it.

Our apple tree bore green apples which too are full of fiber, good fort bones and lungs. And more. Unfortunately for my brother and some neighbor boys, they were used back in the day for throwing at each other in their own mock playtime battles. As did my boys who engaged in their own battles against each other with them.

Still thinking back to those days, these fruits kept us going as well as the gardens that my mother would also have growing to keep us healthy.

Yes, God was good to us even in those lean times. And even throughout the years following, in my own growing family, we never went hungry.

“Praise the Lord…who satisfies your desires with good things…” Psalms 103:5

My prayer is that he will also satisfy those that all over this country, and all over this world who may be starving and or hungry today, that they may be filled with the goodness of God. 

Thanks for coming by today, Friends. May your evening be peaceful and full of God's blessing.