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Picked Clean - February 13, 2006
When walking on the beach at Sanibell Island, I came upon something I'd never seen before: a perfectly formed skeleton of a fish. Nearly every bone was intact, from the head down the backbone, and including the ribs. Birds and scavengers had picked it clean. The tail was still attached; however, little flesh remained on the bones. One seagull, determined in his effort, was pulling on one of the few remnants of meat still attached.
Have you ever felt as if you had been "picked clean"? Have circumstances and people pulled on your life until you feel dried up, brittle and bare; exposed as the fish skeleton I saw? When you feel this way, and at the end of your rope, just remember that God wants to put a safety net of His protection around and under you. It may be in the form of another Christian to intercede in prayer for you, or one to call you with an encouraging word. Someone may take time to just be a good listener. God may wrap you in His love by giving you a glimpse of unexpected beauty or a heartfelt laugh. He might just grant a reprieve from your oppressive circumstances.
We should be thankful that we, as God's children, can be put back together again. Unlike the fish I saw that was picked clean, we NEVER are. No one can take God away from us.
Contributed by Marion Smith
When walking on the beach at Sanibell Island, I came upon something I'd never seen before: a perfectly formed skeleton of a fish. Nearly every bone was intact, from the head down the backbone, and including the ribs. Birds and scavengers had picked it clean. The tail was still attached; however, little flesh remained on the bones. One seagull, determined in his effort, was pulling on one of the few remnants of meat still attached.
Have you ever felt as if you had been "picked clean"? Have circumstances and people pulled on your life until you feel dried up, brittle and bare; exposed as the fish skeleton I saw? When you feel this way, and at the end of your rope, just remember that God wants to put a safety net of His protection around and under you. It may be in the form of another Christian to intercede in prayer for you, or one to call you with an encouraging word. Someone may take time to just be a good listener. God may wrap you in His love by giving you a glimpse of unexpected beauty or a heartfelt laugh. He might just grant a reprieve from your oppressive circumstances.
We should be thankful that we, as God's children, can be put back together again. Unlike the fish I saw that was picked clean, we NEVER are. No one can take God away from us.
Contributed by Marion Smith