My baloney sandwich

I remember when I was young and growing up, just a few miles down the road there was a National Park. In the Spring time and Summer time there were times that we would go the the park and spend the day and have a picnic. I remember one day we got a call from my aunt and uncle and wanted to meet us at the park one Saturday and have a picnic. That Saturday, mom packed some baloney sandwiches and some potato chips and we headed out.

When it came time to eat, we all sat down and begin to get out our baloney sandwiches and potato chips. Little did we know that my aunt had prepared a feast. 

She was a good cook and had no doubt worked hard to get food ready for the picnic. She had fried chicken, baked beans, potato salad, homemade biscuits, sliced tomatoes and two chocolate pies to top it off. 

After it was all spread out, we looked at out sandwiches and then looked at their feast. I can still remember, my aunt said, “Why don’t you join us? There is plenty of chicken and plenty of pie and everything else. And we just love baloney sandwiches. Let’s just put it all together.”

As I grew older and thought about that story, it dawned on me that God is telling us the very same thing.. “Why don’t you take what you have and what you are, and I will take what I have and what I am and we will share it together?” I began to see that when I put what I had and what I am and hope to be with what He is, I stumbled on the bargin of a lifetime.

I get to thinking sometimes, thinking of me sharing with God. When I think of how little I bring and how much God brings and invites me to share, I know that I am getting the better end of the deal. But, nevertheless, God still says, “Let’s just put it together. Besides, I like baloney!”