Who needs a good shaking???

Last Saturday I decided to try another brand of cereal but with the same ingredients, like oats and raisins. On the front of the box was this picture of a tasty spoonful of "crunchy sweetened wheat flakes with oat clusters and raisins." Unfortunately, when I poured my first bowl, no raisins nor oat clusters came out with my flakes. So, I was like, "Millville cheated me out of my raisins and oats!" Thankfully, I had some raisins of my own to add to the cereal. After having to add raisins to a few bowls, I had concluded that this was a case of ''false advertisement''! Since I don't advocate throwing good food away I decided to keep the cereal and just continue to add raisins. This morning before pouring me a bowl, I decided to shake the box, really just to be shaking. Lo and behold when I opened the bag and peeped into it I saw a few raisins between some flakes! So I closed the box and gave it a few more shakes. After those shakes, the infamous oat clusters were there! Haa-le-lu-jah! Haa-le-lu-jah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Ha-le-ey-lu-jah! Yep, I was some kind of happy! My first spoonful almost looked like that one on the front of the box! I was like, ''it's true, it's true, there are raisins and oat clusters in the box"! (Smile) I immediately began to think about the shaking that I have been experiencing in my own life these last few months. I realized that it is all to bring up and out what is inside of me. God has placed inside of me everything that I need to accomplish His purpose for my life and sometimes He has to move me or some things/people around me in order for those things to surface. I'm working on my second CD project entitled "Wilderness Worship - The Transition". During this transition, I have learned to worship and praise God when everything around me says that I should be depressed and bitter. BUT...I believe that God HAD to place me in a wilderness experience in order for me to write the songs and poems I've written that I KNOW are gonna help someone else. Millville's intentions were to provide me, the consumer, with healthy bran flakes and some extra ingredients that will enhance the taste, as well as provide other nutrients. Nowhere on the box did it say ''shake before opening'' because Millville had done it's part by putting the ingredients in there. It was up to me to get to the good stuff....the substance. In order to get there, I had to shake the box. Does things seem to be spiraling out of control in your life? Are you losing things/people that you held very dear to your heart? Are you experiencing unexpected or 'out-of-the-blue' things? If so, then are these things 'shaking you up'? If so, then I would encourage you not to focus on the negative but dig deep into your heart and allow these things to make you better, not bitter. Allow God to pull out of you what He put into you when He created you. I would also admonish you to watch what you consume as well, naturally and spiritually. Be careful of what you watch on television, what you read in books, magazines, etc., what and who you listen to, because whatever is in you is gonna come out, sooner or later. If you're not being shaken, then ask yourself, do I need one? Peace, Blessings, and Favor