Almond Union of Churches has a Coffee House on the fourth Saturday of each month. Often the musicians will share their testimonies and stories to encourage our faith as they perform for us.
That was case on Saturday night, when the Power Company was here. It was a great night and I know that everyone who came was blessed by the time spent together. And Peter, the lead singer, often shared with us.
One of the things he said really struck me. He had a macaroni strainer, and held it up and said each morning he holds his strainer up and realizes that in that day there may be problems and struggles that arise. But God has promised that he will not allow anything that we can’t handle.
We all laughed at the image of his holding up his macaroni strainer each morning, but the concept that all our problems have already been “Father filtered” and we can know that anything that gets through the filter is small enough for us to handle. We might be stretched from time to time, but the really big stuff can’t get through.
That was case on Saturday night, when the Power Company was here. It was a great night and I know that everyone who came was blessed by the time spent together. And Peter, the lead singer, often shared with us.
One of the things he said really struck me. He had a macaroni strainer, and held it up and said each morning he holds his strainer up and realizes that in that day there may be problems and struggles that arise. But God has promised that he will not allow anything that we can’t handle.
We all laughed at the image of his holding up his macaroni strainer each morning, but the concept that all our problems have already been “Father filtered” and we can know that anything that gets through the filter is small enough for us to handle. We might be stretched from time to time, but the really big stuff can’t get through.
The image of the strainer is good image. We can trust in God to filter our days, and not allow anything beyond our capacity to handle it. And we can trust God to get us through struggles that do get through!
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