whate'er betide?

A few years ago I was facing a confrontation and the stress of it caused me to seek advice from my mentor. So I took a trip up to Baltimore with him. On the way up, we talked about the different situations and strategies to handle them. What became clear was that looking at things from the different points of view makes a huge difference.

Once there we became better acquainted with the people of Baltimore, my mentor after a chance encounter to get some unintelligible directions to the local carry out commented "....these folks up here make a tenth of your salary and have more joy then you riding around in your Lexus and working at Marriott International"

Once we reached the funeral....He quoted another Christian that had recently experienced the lost of his father...now this Christian, well he didn't go to church as much as his other relatives and therefore his Christian sincerity would often seem to be in doubt..but at the point of stress, when the chips were down, and everyone else in the family was falling out because the patriarch was passing on he was cool as a cucumber, when confronted about his calm demeanor he said....

"If you really believe what you say you believe then there's really no reason to be all broken up, is there?“ Interesting perspective, isn’t it?

Be not dismayed whate'er betide,
God will take care of you

Beneath His wings of Love abide,
God will take care of you

God will take care of you
Through every day, over all the way
He will take care of you,
God will take care
of you

Wish list: Do we keep a "To give list" as long as our "wish list" and our "to do list?" We get preoccupied pursuing our gotta gets and our gotta get done's that we miss out on our oppurtunities to be philanthropic. Remember it is more blessed to give than to receive ...even than receiving from ourselves.