Cherhitte’s Weblog

The other night Pastor Ken and I were on our “Date Night”, and we decided to go to Charlie and Jakes. Many of you know that I am a vegetarian, so Charlie and Jakes does not give me many options, so I ate something before we went. While we were there we found ourselves talking a lot about the church, which is something we try not to do on “Date Night”. Since I wasn’t eating I found myself just watching Pastor Ken devour this chicken, and as you can see, he was loving every minute of it. 

Several thoughts crossed my mind while I was watching him:

1. He is grossing me out!

2. Why does he keep eating when there is no more meat on the bone?

3. I wish as Christians, we had that kind of hunger, to keep gnawing when it seems like there’s nothing left!

I thought about the many times that we have given up. When it seems that we are not getting anything. I know that many times in my life I have thought, well nothing has happened yet, so maybe this is God’s will and I stop seeking him on that particular matter. There are many people around us that need us NOT to give up. There is a story in the Bible in Ezekiel Chapter 4 where God told Ezekiel to put an iron pan on his head, and lie down on his side for 390 days. Then after he did that he was told by God to lay on the other side for 40 more days. Ezekiel was needing an answer from the Lord. Now I am not sure about any of you, but God has never asked me to do that! We complain to God that we have not received an answer after a week of prayer, but what about 390 days? Or what about 5 years? There are so many stories where people have not given up on their prayers to God and after years and years they finally receive the answer. Now I am not sure why this is, but I feel there is a lesson. Never give up, never give up, never give up! Or rather, Never stop praying, never stop praying, never stop praying!