Four Things

As mothers and carers there are four things that we need to make our families feel richly blessed. These would be food, clothes, a place to rest and a roof over our

heads.

The food only needs to be basic and there are times when there is very little. It may take some imagination to make it stretch a lot further than it limits. We may not have to feed the five thousand like Jesus did as recorded in Matthew 14 but there are many stories being told of how the available food went much further than cooks expected.

Clothes don’t have to be of the latest style but we need to be covered and God often surprises us with gifts of unexpected wearable things. There have been many people who have met this need in others by setting up or donating excess clothes to charities in what we call in Australia “Opportunity Shops”. No matter what we wear we need to remember that real style comes with confidence in ourselves and our Lord.

Rest is essential, its allows our bodies time to heal and repair and regardless of whether we are sleeping on the floor or in a palace God has designed our bodies to recover from the day’s troubles and worries during sleep. Besides it gives us the opportunity to get up in the morning and start with a brand new day.

A roof over our heads allows us to gather our families in one place, a place to care, teach and develop those very important relationships that will keep us connected throughout the lives of those around us. It may only be a tent, a humble dwelling or some flash mansion but it is the amount of love and care carried out under that roof that will determine how rich people will feel.