The woman wasn t easily convinced, but finally she gave in and bought a swing. Bright and early the next morning the woman was at the store again. The owner could tell by the look on her face that something was wrong. The parrot died, she said. Yes, right before he died.
People sometimes forget the main thing.
The message in today s lesson is that the main thing is to remember whose we are. We are God s children. And being wholly His means we are to trust him wholly. Being wholly God s helps us have a right perspective on all of life. It isn t easy to be wholly God s in a world that offers so much in terms of material wealth.