Lengthing the Journey

     I will start my Friendly Shade today with a little humor on being short since that is what I would like to blog about.  You know, God favors short people.  How do I know this?  God tells us in Matthew, “…Lo, I am with you always…”    

     However, short doesn’t just refer to people’s height.  Many people today are short on time.  They are short on cash.  They are short on patience.  They are short on faith.
     Zacchaeus was short in stature, but he overcame it by climbing a sycamore tree. He did not care that he was well-known and that people would laugh at his child-like desire to see Jesus.  It should be noted that Zacchaeus was a rich man, yet he was not satisfied.  There was something, obviously, missing in his life.  In the end, Zachaeus was willing to give back to the people a portion of his wealth to have God in his life, and he was rewarded by his action.    
     How different life would be if we would live every day as if it were our last.  It is then that we will finally set our priorities and put God first.  Only by putting God first will we be able to lengthen our shortfalls.  When we fail to give God our time, we are robbing God.  By not floating through the shopping areas and using that time in prayer and the word of God we will spend less and increase our cash flow.  We will get to know God better, and we will begin to imitate his ways; thereby, finding more patience, love, and faith.  Our jouney here may be short, but we can lengthen it in favor with God. 

 Ecclesiastes 5:10  He that loveth silver shall not satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.