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Twinkies From God
by Steve Klusmeyer - 10/31/2002
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Imagine That Many Twinkies
"Think of the biggest number you can. Now add five. Then, imagine if you had that many Twinkies. Wow, that's five more than the biggest number you could come up with!" This quote was by a six year old, reportedly from an actual newspaper contest where participants age 4 to 15 were asked to imitate "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey (Saturday Night Live)." I doubt that the child was trying to quote scripture; but it is a pretty good paraphrase of a verse from the Bible book of Malachi. "'Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,' says the Lord Almighty, 'and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.'"Think Like a Child
Now, without getting into all the deep issues of this verse, I would like to think on the level of the six year old for a moment (ok, maybe that's how I always think). How many Twinkies did you imagine? (If you like, you can insert something in place of the Twinkies. My favorite would be anything with chocolate - do they still make chocolate covered Twinkies?) Think about it - - - God loves you and desires His best for you. He wants you to trust Him and He will "pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it." Now that may or may not be in the form of Twinkies; but Matthew tells us, "Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!" -Matthew 7:9-11. And you can mark it down; God knows how to give good gifts. He gave the greatest gift, His Son.Where Are All the Twinkies?
Now as much as I like Twinkies (with chocolate), I know that there is a limit to what is good for me. God knows which blessings are good for us and how much is just enough. Even so, He says it will still be so much that we won't have room for it. Yet, there are times when I wonder where all the Twinkies have gone. Has God forgotten about me? When I am in the midst of problems, it is hard to remember that God's plan for my life involves everything that happens to me. He will bring good out of the worst situation. So whatever circumstances come, I can stop and think of the largest number that I can - - - add five to it - - - and know that, WOW! That doesn't even come close to the blessings God has planned for me.What are life answers to some of this world's greatest challenges? Answer
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