Daily Devotion for August 5, 2022

Remember that old man in the country who didn’t say a lot? It seemed like the nicest person in the world. He would just sit on the porch, waved, smiled, or be somewhere working around the house. Even when his wife fussed or some other stressful situation, it seemed like that same situation never bothered him. That old country man had more patience than Job & Abraham combined. But when he did say something or had to speak out against something, his words & actions had more weight. Folks knew what he said was important & they respected him enough to listen to what he had to say. He knew what to say, how to say it, when to say it & who to say it to. Everything he did was always well thought through. Us folks of today need to take a page out of that country men’s playbook & utilize that same principle. They had much wisdom in their words & didn’t mind sharing with them youngings (if they wanted it). Even during hard times, they didn’t have much, but they still had joy & showed how to really trust God. We are now their descendants! As much as we have today, we don’t display anything close to what they had. Let’s start today by giving thanks to God for who He is & where He brought us from & watch our stress level lower & our problems won’t affect us as it is now. If that old country man was still here today & had what we have, how do you think he would respond? #He’ll say, “Praise tha Lawd!” Be blessed! #brotherprater
Brother Prater