Put All Your Eggs in One Basket

What does the world say? “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket”.
This means don’t put all your resources on one hope, possibility or avenue of success or just one person. If that fails then you are left with nothing.

Yes, we have chickens!  Yes, we do collect the eggs each day in an egg basket!  It started with a thought.  It grew into a reality.  They’re actually pretty efficient.  We give them our fruit and veggie scraps and our garden clippings and supplement it with lay mash and hen scratch and they give us eggs!  Beautiful, tasty, organic, free range eggs.  Of all colors – green, blue, chocolate, tan, speckled, and white.  There is an additional benefit we hadn’t thought of when we started our hen house.  Doors in the neighborhood now open with anticipation as my husband walks around to deliver the extra!  God can and will use any means He wants as a door to building relationships – even chickens.  Isn’t that fun?!

What does the world say?  “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket”.

This means don’t put all your resources on one hope, possibility or avenue of success or just one person.  If that fails then you are left with nothing.  answers.com

Think of the word resource.  The noun resource means an available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed.  A source of aid or support.  The verb resource means to provide with or obtain resources.  Types of resources may be assets, ingenuity, inventiveness, aid, assistance, backing, support, funding, help, inventory, livelihood, recourse, refuge, and sustenance. Information taken from WordWeb.

Wikipedia Encyclopedia says: “A resource is a source or supply from which benefit is produced.  Typically resources are materials, energy, services, staff, knowledge, or other assets that are transformed to produce benefit and in the process may be consumed or made unavailable. … From a human perspective a natural resource is anything obtained from the environment to satisfy human needs and wants.”  

When reading on about resources, limited availability and the potential for depletion, is a grave concern in the world. Renewable and non-renewable resources are addressed.  Land, labor and capital are considered resources.  A current goal of natural resources is sustainability. These would include water, air, fish and minerals.  Sometimes restrictions are mandated on the use of our resources in the hopes that they will last longer.  Large companies and even the government are dedicated to finding ways to limit use of depleting resources and to convert items that we have in abundance to fill our needs.

Think of your personal resources.  Where are your needs met?  Have you diversified your assets so that you feel secure or do you realize your greatest asset is in God?  Are you willing to give Him everything and trust that He will fulfill your needs or do you have alternatives in the world just in case?

What does God say?

 

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Author: Sharyn Balogh

You know it's difficult to write about yourself. The most important fact I can disclose is that I'm saved by God's grace through faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. My desire is to live a life honoring to God in response for the gift of salvation I've been given. This is so much easier said than done! I struggle daily with right choices, right words, right thoughts, and right actions. My best and only defense against sin is the power of God in me and for that I am inexpressibly thankful. I have three amazing grown-up children who have responded to God's call in their lives along with their spouses. One of the great joys of my life is knowing my children and their families strive to serve and follow God. My grandchildren are another wonderful joy in my life! My husband and I are blessed with four beautiful grandchildren to date with another expected very soon on September 12th. We also are thankful for the comforting knowledge that an additional three of our grandchildren, a set of twins at three months gestation and a little boy, Isaac, at four and a half months gestation, are in our Savior's presence. I have attended the same church since the day my eyes were opened to Truth over thirty years ago. How fortunate it is to have been led by God’s hand immediately to a church body that follows the Bible, no man-made doctrines, just the Word clear and strong. My husband is my best friend, my confidant, my encourager, and I still can't believe how blessed I am by his example of love and generosity towards everyone around him. He is God-fearing, compassionate, and kind and I have learned so much from him. I am a daughter to my almost 92 year-old mother, sister to three brothers, a wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, aunt, great-aunt, neighbor and friend. That means, whomever is reading this, we probably have something in common! I love every unique role I have been placed in. I'm frequently stretched and sometimes feel like silly putty that wants to bounce right back into my comfort zone. My greatest ambition is to be a follower of Jesus; a light that shines for Him at all times, in all circumstances. So, there it is, a bit about me. I guess I was able to write about myself after all! However, my existence cannot be defined without Jesus Christ, my Lord and my Savior. His love has permeated my life to His glory and my eternal thankfulness.