Saturday blessing

On Saturday morning we went on another field trip.  I hadn't packed our usual lunch because there was nothing interesting left in the fridge.  By 12:00 noon, I was hungry.
"Where do you want to eat?" Terry asked.
"Somewhere like a deli", I answered.
Our neighbours had mentioned a whole food market; it was nearby, so we ventured in.  It looked promising; people were eating outside with paper plates of food.  Were we surprise as we walked in the door.  A team of servers stood at attention, ready to serve a complete turkey dinner!  "We offer this free meal once a year, " they said.  (What better advertising for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday) They scooped tiny portions of everything onto our plates: creamed spinach, creamed corn, cranberries, mashed potatoes, salad, and thick slices of ham and free range turkey.  Even a small sample of naturally sweetened pie--a choice of 3 kinds--and a tiny cup of "freshly squeezed" apple juice. 
Speechless, we sat outside to enjoy our meal.  "Only in America!" I thought to myself. 
It reminded me of several instances of meals in the Bible.  In Matthew 14 Jesus miraculously feeds 5,000 hungry people because, except for a small boy, they didn't bring their lunches either.  In Matthew 22, special guests were invited to the wedding of the king's son, but for various reasons, they couldn't make it.  Then the king invited the poor people who hung out on the street corners. Matthew 25 describes the arrival of the bridegroom while half the wedding party was out belatedly buying oil for their lamps.  The ones who were ready went with the bridegroom to enjoy the wedding feast.
God wants to fill us with good things, but we have to be hungry.  We have to take the opportunity when we can.  Our neighbours, who were at the market just before us, missed out.  "We didn't see anything," they said. The ones invited to the wedding feast missed out because they were busy doing other things that seemed more important to them. In the third story, after the wedding attendants went into the celebration, the door was shut. The others who were off catchiing up on their shopping couldn't get in.  In Isaiah 55 God invites us to "Come, buy wine and milk, without money, and without cost."  We can have priceless spiritual blessings just for the the taking.  It really is that simple.  Are you hungry for God?  He is inviting you to partake of his riches.   Don't wait till it is too late.