Of Mice and Men and Jerusalem Artichokes
Journal 2005 04 09
Of Mice and Men and Jerusalem Artichokes
Two days out of Fort Mandan and the men have resumed their routine of rising early, breaking camp and moving several miles before preparing breakfast.
Yesterday the Captains stopped at the upper Mandan village to share a “farewell pipe” with Chief Black Cat.
Today the Corps makes over twenty-three miles upstream. They must have been working hard. This is upstream against a strong current.
Up until now Sacagawea has only been identified as Charbonneau’s wife or “squar”. The Captains now begin to use her name. The teenage Shoshone bride begins to really contribute to the success of the journey early on. She is identified today because she gathered “Jerusalem artichokes”, a type of root known to the men.
Sacagawea gathered these roots by poking around piles of wood looking for storehouses of these roots. Mice gathered the roots and stockpiled them under about six inches of dirt.
Can you imagine serving such an item on any table of any family we know? “Oh by the way, don’t mind the tooth marks on the artichokes, they are just from the mice.” I’m picturing three young princesses around my table and their queen. The screams, scrunched up faces and revulsion would be comical. Not to leave myself out, I would have been chewing everyone out for allowing the food to be stored in such a manner that the mice got into it. And then I would have tossed it out.
I can’t help but think there are items that God has provided for our consumption that we scream, turn our nose up at and push away in revulsion because they don’t meet our expectations of what we think we require for food and care.
If you fall into that category, and I know that I do, stop it today and ask the Father to not withhold anything that He has ordained for us to consume and partake in. He is good all the time and His love for us endures forever.
If He has provided “Jerusalem artichokes” to complete your meal of bison steak and flatbread, can you truly give thanks? Or will you choke it down passing judgment on His provision for this day?
Can we from our hearts “give thanks to the Lord for His mercy(love) endures forever”? Or are we holding Him in contempt and suspicion because we have judged His provision to fall short of our needs?
His path for our life may be supplied by mice stockpiling roots for our consumption as we journey along the track He has set for us. Are we willing to set down that course and eat of the fruit He has provided to sustain us?
Of Mice and Men and Jerusalem Artichokes
Two days out of Fort Mandan and the men have resumed their routine of rising early, breaking camp and moving several miles before preparing breakfast.
Yesterday the Captains stopped at the upper Mandan village to share a “farewell pipe” with Chief Black Cat.
Today the Corps makes over twenty-three miles upstream. They must have been working hard. This is upstream against a strong current.
Up until now Sacagawea has only been identified as Charbonneau’s wife or “squar”. The Captains now begin to use her name. The teenage Shoshone bride begins to really contribute to the success of the journey early on. She is identified today because she gathered “Jerusalem artichokes”, a type of root known to the men.
Sacagawea gathered these roots by poking around piles of wood looking for storehouses of these roots. Mice gathered the roots and stockpiled them under about six inches of dirt.
Can you imagine serving such an item on any table of any family we know? “Oh by the way, don’t mind the tooth marks on the artichokes, they are just from the mice.” I’m picturing three young princesses around my table and their queen. The screams, scrunched up faces and revulsion would be comical. Not to leave myself out, I would have been chewing everyone out for allowing the food to be stored in such a manner that the mice got into it. And then I would have tossed it out.
I can’t help but think there are items that God has provided for our consumption that we scream, turn our nose up at and push away in revulsion because they don’t meet our expectations of what we think we require for food and care.
If you fall into that category, and I know that I do, stop it today and ask the Father to not withhold anything that He has ordained for us to consume and partake in. He is good all the time and His love for us endures forever.
If He has provided “Jerusalem artichokes” to complete your meal of bison steak and flatbread, can you truly give thanks? Or will you choke it down passing judgment on His provision for this day?
Can we from our hearts “give thanks to the Lord for His mercy(love) endures forever”? Or are we holding Him in contempt and suspicion because we have judged His provision to fall short of our needs?
His path for our life may be supplied by mice stockpiling roots for our consumption as we journey along the track He has set for us. Are we willing to set down that course and eat of the fruit He has provided to sustain us?
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