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An isolated moment in any given day can result in a torrent of imaginings.

Such was the case when, in the midst of Christmas baking, I reached for the eggs –  and discovered one less than a dozen…in both cartons I had purchased.

This gaping hole prompted me to picture someone desperate enough to carefully remove them, gingerly and discreetly exiting the store.

Where was their final destination? Would those eggs serve as  a meal for someone…or the addition to a bread or cookie batter as a special family treat?

My heart started to ache as I envisioned this incident; I began to pray for the person whose existence precipitated such actions.

As I emptied those cartons in the course of making holiday treats (of which we all devour excessively!), I reflected on my casual – and frequent – trips to the grocery.

How often I reach the checkout line with extra items purchased on impulse.

How often my cart is so very full.

And yet, to someone else, a couple of eggs are so important – vital, perhaps.

I think God wants us to be more mindful – grateful for all the comforts we are blessed with, relishing those intangibles that He freely gives.

In this season of overindulgence, He challenges us to be purposeful in our purchasing and generous in our praying.

As we concentrate on the doings of the holidays, are we lacking elsewhere – as in being present to the person or the situation before us?

Do our flurried and flustered minds leave an empty cavity where God should be?

As we check off our gift lists, let’s not forget about The One who has given us Everything.

What can we do for Him today?

What small gesture or kind word can fill that barren spot in someone’s heart?

The old saying goes, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”

When it comes to God, I disagree.  In Him, we can place all of our hopes and fears, joys and disappointments.

Even when we fall short.

And he also said, “It is finished! I am the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and the End. To all who are thirsty I will give freely from the springs of the water of life.  ~Revelation 21:6