Sunday School Picnic

Hello Friends,Today I would like to share with you a wonderful story that I read out of my Homecoming Magazine.It is by Bob Benson,and it will stir your heart! It is called "Sunday School Picnic."

Do you remember when they had old-fashioned Sunday School Picnics? It was before air-conditioning.
They said,"We'll meet at Sycamore Lodge in Shelby Park at 4:30 Saturday.
You bring your supper and we'll furnish the tea."

But you came home at the last minute and when you got ready to pack your lunch,all you could find in the refrigerator was one dried up piece of baloney and just enough mustard in the bottom of the jar so that you got it all over your knuckles trying to get it.And there were just two stale pieces of bread.So you made your baloney sandwich and wrapped it in some brown bag and went to the picnic.
When it came time to eat,you sat at the end of a table and spread out your sandwich. But the folks next to you-the lady was a good cook and she had worked all day and she had fried chicken and baked beans and potato salad and homemade rolls and sliced tomatoes and pickles and olives and celery and topped it off with two big homemade chocolate pies.And they spread it all out beside you . And there you were with your baloney sandwich.
But they said to you,"Why dont we put it all together?" "No,I couldnt do that,I just couldn't think of it,you murmured,embarrassed.
"Oh,Come on! There's plenty of chicken,and plenty of pie,and plenty of everything-and we just love baloney sandwiches."Let's just put it all together." And so you did and there you sat-eating like a king,when you came a pauper.
And I get to thinking-I think of me"sharing in the very being of God."
When I think of how little I bring,and how much He brings and that he invites me to share. I know I should be shouting from the housetops but I am so filled with awe and wonder that I can barely be heard.
I know you don't have enough love and faith,or grace,or mercy or wisdom.But he has. He has all those things in abundance and says,"Let's just put it all together.Everything I possess is available to you.Everything I am and can be to a person,I will be to you."

When I think about it like that,it really amuses me to see somebody running along through life hanging on to their dumb bag with that stale baloney sandwich saying,"God's not going to get my sandwich! No,sirree,this is mine!"

Did you ever see anybody like that? So needy--just about half-starved to death,hanging on for dear life?
It's not that He needs your sandwich.The fact is,YOU need HIS chicken.

Has this story touched your life today? It sure did mine and we all can reflect on the way we treat God and the way we treat others. Jesus said,if you see a brother in need,help him.If you have two coats,give him one,if you have two cans of food,give one,if your enemy is thirsty,give him drink.If he hungers,give him food. It's time people to let go and let God! Let God take your life and mold it into His will for you,after all,He has a feast waiting for you. The table is spread and he says,Come and Dine. Who wants an old baloney sandwich when God has the best of the best for you! God bless you today and get on your knees and let go and let God!