Today I want to tell you a story that I heard recently. I was sitting around a table with some of my girlfriend's family a couple of days ago and Aunt M told us this story. I think she actually knew the person involved but I don't remember that part for sure.
There was a man who was on his way to west Texas many years ago. Now the drive to west Texas from central/east Texas is a very long one and there are some stretches even today where there are not very many gas stations, etc., but when this story took place, the man was stopping at the last gas station for many miles. Since there was a long stretch of highway between gas stations, he decided to stop for gas.
While he was filling up the car, he noticed that there was a little hamburger place attached to the gas station. Well, if there wasn't another gas station for miles, there wasn't another place to stop and each lunch either. He was hungry so he decided to stop and eat. As he sat down, a gruff looking waitress came over and took his order. He ordered a hamburger and a glass of tea. When the tea came she gave him only one packet of sugar. So he put that packet in and stirred a little bit and tasted the tea. It wasn't very sweet so when the waitress came by, he asked for a few more packets of tea. To which she replied in her gruff voice, "Keep stirring!" and walked off.
So he stirred a little while longer and tasted the tea again. There were still granules of sugar in the bottom of the glass but it tasted a little sweeter yet. The waitress came by, looked at the glass and said again, "Keep stirring!" Back to stirring he went. When he got done, he tasted the tea and it was pretty sweet after all. He was satisfied. But the waitress wasn't. She came by again and said, "Keep stirring!" So he stirred until all the granules in the glass were gone. When he tasted the tea it was very sweet all on one packet of sugar.
Now let me ask you this. Have you ever been at a place where you think you need something? Maybe you think you need more money. How about this one. Maybe you think you are not capable of doing something and you need more talent. Possibly you think you need more love in your life. Well met me tell you this - "Keep stirring!" God has placed all the talent and love you will ever need inside of you when you made Jesus the lord of your life. The bible says that David stirred up the gifts of God in his life with his words. So Keep Stirring! You have all the talent you will ever need. I just may need to be developed in you.
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There was a man who was on his way to west Texas many years ago. Now the drive to west Texas from central/east Texas is a very long one and there are some stretches even today where there are not very many gas stations, etc., but when this story took place, the man was stopping at the last gas station for many miles. Since there was a long stretch of highway between gas stations, he decided to stop for gas.
While he was filling up the car, he noticed that there was a little hamburger place attached to the gas station. Well, if there wasn't another gas station for miles, there wasn't another place to stop and each lunch either. He was hungry so he decided to stop and eat. As he sat down, a gruff looking waitress came over and took his order. He ordered a hamburger and a glass of tea. When the tea came she gave him only one packet of sugar. So he put that packet in and stirred a little bit and tasted the tea. It wasn't very sweet so when the waitress came by, he asked for a few more packets of tea. To which she replied in her gruff voice, "Keep stirring!" and walked off.
So he stirred a little while longer and tasted the tea again. There were still granules of sugar in the bottom of the glass but it tasted a little sweeter yet. The waitress came by, looked at the glass and said again, "Keep stirring!" Back to stirring he went. When he got done, he tasted the tea and it was pretty sweet after all. He was satisfied. But the waitress wasn't. She came by again and said, "Keep stirring!" So he stirred until all the granules in the glass were gone. When he tasted the tea it was very sweet all on one packet of sugar.
Now let me ask you this. Have you ever been at a place where you think you need something? Maybe you think you need more money. How about this one. Maybe you think you are not capable of doing something and you need more talent. Possibly you think you need more love in your life. Well met me tell you this - "Keep stirring!" God has placed all the talent and love you will ever need inside of you when you made Jesus the lord of your life. The bible says that David stirred up the gifts of God in his life with his words. So Keep Stirring! You have all the talent you will ever need. I just may need to be developed in you.
That's another Opinion of the Minion.
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