THANKS AGAIN LORD

THANKS AGAIN LORD

"A man's mind plans his way,

but the Lord directs his steps."

(Proverbs 16:9 RSV)

I have mentioned before purchasing a patch of woods

to go hide in when I need some peace and quite.  Being

a poor boy I purchased it at a state tax sale.  That allowed

me to get it very, very cheap.  That is, with just play

money.

I had my heart set on some woods that had about three

times the acreage of what I ended up with.  It had nothing,
nothing, nothing but trees on it.  My intent had been to drag by
hand lumber down into the middle and build a small shack
 to sleep in, if I wanted to.,

But I was out bid and very disappointed.  However one
small place simply would not sell at the sale. [This was
God's doing.]  So later I bought it from the state.

The place I ended up buying had an abandoned structure

on it.  With some patching up I had a place to sleep, to

cook and with a wood stove for warmth.  I have been

thanking God for that ever since.

But today, and the purpose of my thanksgiving, I looked

into the county assessors records out of curiosity.

Guess what!

The market value of the little place I bought is three and

one third times more than what I paid.

And, the market value of the place I wanted so bad is,

only one fifth of what the other man paid for it.

(Poor guy.)

Thank God he did not let me have what I wanted so bad.

THANK YOU JESUS.