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A prayer for God to meet your needs by Betsy de Cruz, read by Liam Arton.

Oh how abundant is your goodness, would you have stored up for those who fear you and

worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind?

Psalm 3119

I'll never forget the evening I served raw chicken to friends who came for dinner.

Yes you read that right, raw chicken.

Even though I thought I'd put it in the oven early enough, for some reason that mystery

bird just wouldn't cook.

An hour after our guests arrived, their two-year-old boy made it obvious he was starving,

so in desperation I got the chicken out of the oven to carve it no matter what.

That undercooked bird yielded a miserable quantity of meat.

However, a small plate of undercooked chicken couldn't ruin the laughter and conversation

we enjoyed.

The next day, the large bouquet of flowers our friends had brought reminded me of our

lovely evening together.

And yet I kept replaying the culinary disaster over and over in my mind.

Until I realized I had a choice.

What I choose to remember the scarcity of that pitiful chicken or what I smile over

the joys of friendship, laughter and lovely flowers.

So often we replay shortage and insufficiency in our minds.

Yet God has blessed us with abundance and more than enough provision.

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