Enjoy some chocolate milk

Well, I can hardly let today go by without acknowledging, according to the National Day Calendar, that today is National Chocolate Milk Day! Man, I really like me some chocolate milk. Anyone who really knows me or has been around me very much will attest to that fact.

There is something special about chocolate milk, and I don't necessarily mean the sweetness nor the chocolate per se. But, I have always enjoyed taking a glass of cold milk and mixing in chocolate mix. It will surely make you happy, happy, happy. However, as I have grown in my Christian walk and life, I have come to realize that even that simple glass of chocolate milk that I enjoy so much is a blessing from GOD.

Today's word is Ecclesiastes 2:24, ESV, which reads, "There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of GOD."

Solomon reminds us in this verse that there are few things better in this world than to eat, drink, and find enjoyment in our work. Now, he did not mean to be gluttons or drunkards. No, he simply meant that GOD has given us good food (enough food) and drink. How often, I complain about what we are having for dinner, when I should be grateful to my Father for providing such good food for my family and me. How often we complain about our jobs, when we should be grateful that we are able to work and that we have somewhere to work. It all comes from GOD, and we should be thankful and express our thanksgiving to Him.

So, even a simple glass of chocolate milk should remind us of how blessed we are through our Father in Heaven. He has given us exceedingly, abundantly above anything we could ever think, dream, or imagine. Give Him thanks, then enjoy some chocolate milk.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T