Stimulated without a Stimulus

I can do it.  I can pay my debt, find work, and even live at peace with my neighbor.  No, I do not a stimulus plan from the White House.  I do not need President Obama to give me a loan or design a program like “Cash for Clunkers.” No, I simply need to refer to God’s grace, mercy, forgiveness and lovingkindness, and then I can keep going a little further.  It’s all the stimulation that I need.

I think of His mercy and grace when my brother turns his back on me or my sister has an ill word to say about me.  I am prepared by His forgiveness when those who have wronged and betrayed me do not ask for forgiveness or to be reconciled with me.  I hold close to His lovingkindness in order to share love and kindness with my brothers and sisters who have not been loved and who find it hard to love.  The Lord has stimulated me without any need for a stimulus plan.