George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver is one of the men I have come to admire and one whose life about whom I enjoy reading. He was born in Diamond, Missouri, which was called Diamond Grove when he was born. He is considered to be the main person who thought to use crop rotations with cotton, peanuts and soybeans. This helped save the depleted soil of the South when it had become almost useless with only cotton production for years. He also found many uses for peanuts, even though he was not the inventor of peanut butter as some people like to report.
Personal note: I have a link to Diamond since a few miles outside of the town is where my mother, Mary, was born.
He was a Christian and, like Mabel, depended on the Lord for his life and inspiration. Here are a couple of quotes from him as he was sharing on his dependence on the Lord for answers.
From the book by Lawrence Elliott which is a biography, George Washington Carver – The Man Who Overcame

“On getting things done – “Back of my workshop there is a little grove of trees. One has been cut down. It makes a good seat. I have made it a rule to go out and sit on it at 4 o’clock every morning and ask the good Lord what I am to do that day. Then I go ahead and do it.” (Page 200)

Sharing a story with some young people on his questions to God.
“Oh, Mr. Creator, why did you make this universe?”
Softly he went on with the story: “And the Creator answered me. ‘You want to know too much for that little mind of yours,’ He said. ‘Ask me something more your size.’
“So I said, ‘Dear Mr. Creator, tell me what man was made for.’
“Again He spoke to me, and He said, ‘Little man, you are still asking for more than you can handle. Cut down the extent of your request and improve the intent.’”
“And then I asked my last question. ‘Mr. Creator, why did You make the peanut?’
“ ‘That’s better!’ the Lord said, and He gave me a handful of peanuts and went with me back to the laboratory and, together, we got down to work.” (Page 156)

Question: What if we took our ‘walking orders’ every morning from the Lord and fulfilled them as well as Carver did?
Lord, may You be glorified in our lives every moment. Amen.

Morphing of Mabel #6 (Final)

Two final thoughts on Mabel
Here is a woman who was deaf, blind, could not walk, cound not care for herself or even feed herself. From society’s estimates, she was not living a life of value. Society would say she did not have any quality of life. However, I believe from the divine estimate, she was living a life of glory. She brought God’s Glory to the young man who shared the story and the author, John Ortberg. Her story has touched me many times even during this time of sharing with you. You have been impacted by Mabel, if I can be so bold to say, if you have read her story. Mabel has given us all a touch of the glory of Christ. What a legacy she left!
The other thought is how Mabel lived in the presence of her Lord daily, minute by minute. How are we to do this? How about ‘practicing His presence?’ How about living in our spirit? Singing songs of worship, offering prayers of praise, sacrificing in worship by acts of service and meditating on His Word. Mabel practiced these and was able to say, “He's all the world to me. And then Mabel began to sing an old hymn:
Jesus is all the world to me,
My life, my joy, my all.
He is my strength from day to day,
Without him I would fall.
When I am sad to him I go,
No other one can cheer me so,
When I am sad He makes me glad.
He’s my friend.”

Amen and Amen.